STUDENT ORIENTATION TOWARD COLLEGE WAS STUDIED BY ADMINISTERING A UNIFORM BATTERY OF TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, INCLUDING THE CLARK AND TROW ROLE ORIENTATION INSTRUMENT (RO), TO 1,988 ENTERING FRESHMEN AT 13 SMALL COLLEGES. IN THE SPRING, 25 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN MOST OF THE SAME BATTERY. STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR TYPES ON…

Traditional female status, roles, and aspirations and changes that have occurred in American society are traced. While women were barred from colleges and universities in the 1800's, they now account for more than 50 percent of college students. It is projected that by the year 2000, women will represent an even larger percentage of the college…

As an extension of previous work on perceived quality of life, this study investigated some possible effects of high school grade level (10th and 12th) and sex on perceived quality of school life. In addition, effects and relationships of these variables on/to academic achievement were investigated. The total sample was 63 rural high school…

This workshop module is designed to train teachers to use fantasy techniques as a means of strengthening their students' nonsexist behaviors. Workshop activities include a discussion on the rationale for using daydreams to modify behavior and attitudes and the exploration of the experience of a guided daydream. Guidelines are provided for teachers…

A study was undertaken to describe the job and required competencies of local coordinators of vocational education programs in Minnesota for handicapped and disadvantaged students. The approach taken to the job description was a competency-based training design, calling for the specification of the competencies required by the position. A list of…

In order to discover and describe the role perceptions, expectations, and conflicts specific to Chicano community college administrators, the following instrument scales were developed: (1) an individual-institutional conflict scale, (2) an ideographic-nomothetic scale, (3) a conflicting expectations scale, and (4) a role ambiguity scale. The…

The resource guide for secondary students and teachers is designed to introduce futures planning concepts for democratic social change and the skills necessary for effective planning. The objective is to help students understand the world realistically, to point out ways each person shares in world problems, and to instill the knowledge that they…

Interview data on the learning experiences and techniques of 90 Swedish teenagers and adults were further analyzed to explore changes in views on learning reported by the subjects themselves, and differences between subjects with respect to age (range 15-73) and formal education (range 6-17 years). Some subjects equated knowledge with discrete…

RATINGS OF THE LEADER'S INITIATION OF STRUCTURE AND CONSIDERATION WERE OBTAINED FROM 36 INTERCULTURAL DISCUSSION GROUPS OF ONE AMERICAN AND ONE INDIAN GRADUATE STUDENT PLUS AN AMERICAN LEADER. RATINGS OF GROUP ATMOSPHERE, ESTEEM FOR LEADER, AND LEADER EFFECTIVENESS WERE ALSO OBTAINED AFTER EACH GROUP COMPLETED AN INTERCULTURAL NEGOTIATION TASK AND…

THE SYMBOL TEST OF ORIGINALITY (STO) WAS STUDIED AND MODIFIED TO SUBSTANTIATE ITS USEFULNESS AND TO MEET SEVERAL CRITERIA FOR TEST CONSTRUCTION--FREEDOM FROM INTELLECTUAL BIAS, SIMPLICITY, OBJECTIVITY, AND DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO A GENERAL CREATIVITY FACTOR. FROM AN ORIGINAL GROUP OF 4,500 PERSONS RANGING IN AGE FROM 10 TO 25 YEARS, FROM FIFTH…

THE THEORY OF TRAINING IN THE INDIANA PLAN INSTITUTE WAS INVESTIGATED AND THE NATURE OF THE TRAINER ROLE AS ITS FOCAL MEANS OF ACTUALIZATION WAS ANALYZED. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM LITERATURE, WRITINGS, AND THE INVESTIGATOR'S TRAINING EXPERIENCE. FIVE CATEGORIES WERE CHOSEN FOR STUDY--(1) EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF THE INDIANA PLAN, (2)…

Theoretical and empirical research derived from Piagetian theory is collected on the intellectual development of the elementary school child and his acquisition and utilization of conservation concepts. The articles present diversity of method and motive in the results of replication (validation studies of the description of cognitive growth) and…

Over 200 children were tested to determine whether, of prospective first grade pupils, the 25% scoring lowest on tests of visual-motor-perceptual development would also be clustered in the lowest third of first grade performance on word recognition skills at the end of the year. Tests given upon entrance were the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test,…

Under the sponsorship of the National Project in Agricultural Communications, a series of 14 lessons by various authors has been compiled to serve as a reader or training manual in the field of visual communications. Several models of communications are outlined and evaluated. Many studies which concern themselves with the concepts of source,…

The study explored the differential levels of satisfaction between adults and adolescents with such dimensions of community life as services, recreation, social environment, family situations, housing, and medical care. Information was also acquired on work status, material possessions, and participation in organizations. Comparisons were made…