FROM REPORTS AND DATA THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO THE UNITED STATES CHILDREN'S BUREAU THROUGH 1962, A REVIEW WAS MADE OF RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT RELATED TO AVAILABILITY AND USE OF HEALTH SERVICES BY UNMARRIED MOTHERS. INCLUDED ARE COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY IN BIRTHS OUT OF WEDLOCK--(1) STUDIES OF PRENATAL MEDICAL CARE FOR UNMARRIED MOTHERS,…

THE MEXICAN AMERICAN POPULATION IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ORIGINALLY HAD LAND GRANTS FROM THE SPANISH CROWN. LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OR ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP HAS CAUSED THE MEXICAN AMERICAN TO LOSE MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT LANDS. THE MEXICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, ORIGINALLY STRUCTURED UPON THE FARM VILLAGE,…

LEADERSHIP IN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF NEW NATIONS CAN BE PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITIES, FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF THE UNITED STATES. THREE ROLES ARE SUGGESTED FOR UNIVERSITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES--(1) THE EDUCATION OF AGRICULTURISTS, VETERINARIANS, AND TECHNICIANS WHO CAN APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO FARM…

TWO TYPES OF COUNSELING PROGRAMS WERE COMPARED BY RANDOM ASSIGNMENT OF 30 COUNSELORS TO TWO PRACTICUM TREATMENTS. FIFTEEN COUNSELORS RECEIVED 60 HOURS OF COUNSELING EXPERIENCE CONCENTRATED INTO THE LAST 3 MONTHS OF A YEAR-LONG TRAINING PROGRAM. ANOTHER 15 RECEIVED 60 HOURS DISTRIBUTED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. SUPERVISING STAFF AND METHODS OF…

In a between-subject experimental design, 31 randomly selected junior high school students demonstrated lateral eye movement (LEM) immediately following the administration of each question in a group of questions, designed to alternately activate either the left or the right cerebral hemisphere. Because the subjects showed consistency in their…

Effects were studied of 12 teacher and 11 student characteristics (including SES and ethnicity) on 7 student outcomes--cognitive, affective and coping skills. Fifty-three sixth grade teachers and 1,190 Black, Chicano and Anglo students participated. A series of covariance and regression analyses showed significant curvilinear and interaction…

This study surveyed the classroom teacher as an agent of political socialization. Subjects were 1,057 prospective teachers from five heterogeneous colleges and universities in the upper north central region of the U.S. Questionnaire data revealed that, in general, subjects felt politically competent and efficacious, had a limited knowledge of the…

This set of three papers is an account of the Finnish approach to mass media education and to the research orientation which instigated it. "From Mass Media to Mass Consciousness; Current Thinking in Scandinavia" provides a research orientation, presents several examples of research projects, and lists central theoretical assumptions that underlie…

There is a relationship between maternal anxiety and lead levels in children. Data were collected from the mothers of 15 children with "normal" lead levels and 15 children with elevated blood levels. Anxiety was measured by the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. All families lived in areas with poor housing. Treatment of lead poisoning tends…

Academic honesty/dishonesty at North Carolina State University was studied through a survey of undergraduate students and teaching faculty at the beginning of the fall 1975 semester. Information is presented on the percentage of students who have cheated, faculty estimation of cheating, estimated percentage of cheating falling into selected…

This report describes the development and offering of a 4-day short course on the use of computer-based information resources in the college science classroom. The audience for the short course was university, junior college, and community college instructional personnel in the various science disciplines. Instructional units included a survey of…

Organization and management of social research and development throughout the federal government are reviewed. The report is intended for use by persons who administer, are affected by, and/or make policy decisions regarding the system of federal support for the production and application of knowledge of social problems. The report is presented in…

This document introduces research aimed to explore methods that could be used to make inferences about causual effects of educational change over time when data are from an educational panel. This preface, the first in a series of 14 chapters described in SO 011 760-772, discusses an educational research project designed to examine affects of…

FORTY-ONE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION LEADERS AND 23 CONSULTANTS PARTICIPATED IN A SEMINAR TO DISCUSS EXISTING RESEARCH METHODS BELIEVED TO BE USEFUL IN CONTROLLING CURRICULUM VARIABLES. THE SEMINAR WAS ONE OF SIX CONDUCTED IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN VOCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY. PRESENTATIONS…

THIS STUDY SURVEYS THE ORGANIZATION, SCOPE, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION OF INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA. METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED IN THE STUDY IS BASED ON PERSONAL OBSERVATION, PUBLISHED MATERIALS, AND EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH LEADING YUGOSLAV EDUCATORS, SCHOLARS, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.…