The purpose of this study was to evaluate cognitive growth of elementary school students (K-6) in an integrated dental health education program. The project was initiated by the Rural Dental Health Program in a rural Pennsylvania community. The sample population of the research project consisted of 1,917 students from nine elementary schools in…

Two contrasting views of the form and structure of knowledge are discussed -- an audiovisual model vs a computer tape library. The importance of two distinct psychological systems to represent language and knowledge of the world is stressed. (AM)

The research effort focused on the communication needs of school professionals and parents of handicapped children. The research sample, drawn from a 20 county area of North Central Texas, was comprised of 447 parents/advocates of the handicapped and 606 school professionals (special teachers and mainstream teachers) serving the handicapped in…

A continuing debate among those studying the Holocaust in Europe during the Nazi era is when Americans first learned of the mass murder of Jews being carried out in the extermination camps. Historians suggest that Americans had been made skeptical of charges of German brutality by World War I "atrocity propaganda," and that the language…

The effectiveness of an educational intervention program in increasing the parenting skills and knowledge of adolescents with infants was evaluated. The early part of the program consisted of an "informal" group which received individual counseling without a formal curriculum. This group consisted of 29 mothers whose babies were two months of age,…

THE ROLE OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS IN EDUCATING CITIZENS FOR THE FUTURE IS DISCUSSED. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO HELP CITIZENS DEVELOP ABILITIES AND SKILLS WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO COPE WITH LIFE'S PROBLEMS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD. KNOWLEDGE, A SENSE OF VALUES, SELF-INVOLVEMENT, AND A SENSE OF WONDER SHOULD BE DEVELOPED IN TODAY'S STUDENTS SO THAT HE…

THIS TWO PART STUDY ASSESSED THE EXTENT OF DRINKING AMONG REPRESENTATIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR SOURCES OF ALCOHOL, DETERMINED THE KINDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALCOHOL HELD BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GENERAL, AND SURVEYED THE KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUNDS OF TEACHERS WHO TEACH ABOUT ALCOHOL IN THEIR CLASSES. FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE STUDY,…

A study was conducted to examine the process of the development of knowledge structures concerning events. Specifically, it investigated (1) the ways in which individuals build theories about events as they experience them; (2) the number of events an individual must experience, and how similar those events must be, before he or she begins to…

Eighty-one randomly selected cotton producers in Lauderdale County were interviewed for the purposes of: (1) characterizing those in different cotton yield groups, (2) determining which practices were being used by those in different yield groups, and (3) identifying some of the factors influencing the farmers to use or not to use the 12 practices…

The purpose of this report was to investigate tenth grade students' attitudes toward environmental quality and health knowledge. A tenth grade vocational agriculture class, a tenth grade biology class, and a random sample of all tenth grade students from each of twelve randomly selected Pennsylvania schools were used in the study. The sample was…

Improved training and development of the ability and desire in pupils to deepen and broaden the knowledge obtained in the classroom can be met in biology only if students are able to use the knowledge of biology they acquire and, thus, appreciate it more. (Author/ND)

Previous surveys indicate that approximately 30 percent of students at major universities are unaware of the existence of campus counseling services. Reports also reflect a misunderstanding about counseling center functions. A survey was conducted to examine public information approaches used in varying ways by campus services centers throughout…