Over the last decade the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) has stimulated and sponsored research related to the status, problems, and future prospects of Mexican Americans in Texas. This document lists the over 40 reports which were part of 6 TAES research projects. It also contains relevant TAES and Texas A&M research reports…

This conference explored ways to improve mathematics education for inner-city schools. Five position papers, together with summaries of the discussions of these papers by conference participants, are contained in this report. Topics range over types of pre- and in-service teacher training, laboratories and materials for the inner-city school, and…

The program agenda, roster of participants, report of the business meeting, and resolutions passed at the conference are reported in these proceedings. Presentations made at the meeting are reproduced in full or summarized. These include: TVA--A Pilot Plant in Environmental Education; Why an Energy Shortage?; Role of National Organizations in…

Oregon's educational needs were identified through 120 in-depth interviews with the general public, educators, students, and dropouts. The result of these interviews was a list of 27 critical needs. An interview instrument was developed around these critical needs, and was administered to a statewide sample of the population of Oregon who…

The usefulness of the sets of cases developed in a previous technical report are examined as potential tests of leadership. Each set of cases generates, from a single subject, a number of scores which can be logically derived and which have substantial face validity. The intercorrelations among the scores, their split half reliability, and the…

This document presents the papers and proceedings of the Lutheran Educational Conference of North America's annual convention, 1972. The theme was chosen to underscore the need for cooperation among the Lutheran institutions of higher learning and to provide a vehicle for discussion of new developments in college-governmemt relations, current…

The selection of play materials has long been of concern to parents and educators. Many play materials simply do not engage children. In this study toys were openly displayed for free selection and play within a children's recreation center. Data were collected on the subject population, toy selection and toy usage. The results indicated that…

Summarized in this pamphlet are the U.S. Office of Education grants for 1973 in the field of environmental education. Fifty-four projects designed to enhance environmental literacy and promote understanding of contemporary ecological problems were awarded $1,180,125 in federal grants, ranging from $1,010 to $64,000. Funded under the Environmental…

A theory of psychophysics is discussed that enlarges the classical theory in three general ways: (1) the multidimensional nature of perception is made explicit; (2) the transformations of the theory are interpreted geometrically; and (3) attributes are distinguished from sensations and only partially ordered. It is shown that, with the enlarged…

This study examines the background characteristics of two large national samples of first-time enrolled freshmen who (a) attended college within their state of residence but away from their home community, (b) migrated to a college in an adjacent state, (c) migrated to a college in a distant state, and (d) attended college in their home community.…

The formulas which give the standard errors of factor loading estimates while available and computable are complicated, and our understanding of them is limited. A nontechnical description of their behavior under favorable and unfavorable conditions is given. Of particular interest is their behavior in the presence of singularities arising from…

The following topics of the annual report of the evaluation and assessment unit of the New Mexico State Department of Education are discussed: (1) standardized/norm-referenced testing program, (2) objective-based testing program, (3) assistance to the mutual action plan, (4) technical assistance and consultative services to SDE staff and…

These hearings on the proper and improper use of drugs by athletes before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency include testimonies by athletes, trainers, physicians, researchers, and representatives of national athletic associations; supplementary articles on drugs; extensive information on drugs used and abused by…

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a private, nonprofit corporation sponsored by 41 colleges and universities in the South. The pioneer among corporate university management groups of its type in the United States, ORAU conducts programs of education, information, research, and human resources development under contract with the U.S.…

Presented in this report is a summary evaluation of the Tri-District Cooperative Development of Land Laboratories For Conservation and Outdoor Education project. School districts participating in the project include Worthington, Grandview Heights, and Westerville, Ohio. Part I of the three-part report evaluates the overall efforts of the three…