This report studies the influence of professional reference groups on the decisions of teachers. The two professional groups were categorized as either mathematicians or educators in order to determine which group was more influential. Preservice secondary school mathematics teachers at the University of Texas at Austin were randomly assigned to…

Proceedings of the conference on rate and/or frequency-controlled speech contain 33 conference papers. Reports fall into three basic categories: basic research concerning the perception and listening comprehension of time and/or frequency-controlled speech; technical reports concerning the production of time and/or frequency-controlled speech; and…

This publication summarizes 182 projects supported by the research grants program of the Division of Nursing of the Public Health Service during 1955-1969. The projects are classified in three broad areas, including: (1) Organization, Distribution, and Delivery of Nursing Services, (2) Recruitment, Selection, Education, and Characteristics of the…

A RESEARCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES AND PRIORITIES FOR NEEDED RESEARCH IN OFFICE EDUCATION. CONFERENCE LEADERS, SPEAKERS, AND PARTICIPANTS WERE DRAWN FROM STATE SUPERVISORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS EDUCATION, BUSINESS MANAGERS, LABOR LEADERS, AND…

Presented is a general overview and summary of the 1974-1975 Sea Grant Program activities and research. Included are marine advisory services, education, coastal resources, aquaculture, fisheries, new marine products, and energy resources. (SL)

Martinson's provocative article in Public Interest (Spring, 1974), denying efficacy in prisoner reform, singled out one of the uncertainties in correctional research. In their totality, these uncertainties embrace not only rehabilitative programs but also the method, theory, and organization of correctional research. To comprehend the status and…

This speech reports an experiment on memory and verbal ability. The study notes that in previous research, verbal ability has been found to correlate with sensitivity to order, an important component of intelligence. This relationship may be due largely to the greater word store of high verbal scorers. The author's experimental hypothesis is that…

This study was performed to determine how a child's self-concept influences their drug attitudes and behaviors. "Anti-Social Tendencies" and "Family Relations" correlated significantly and negatively with the use of almost all substances and positively with drug attitude. "Feeling of Belonging" was related negatively to the use of dangerous drugs.…

The authors investigated the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed men using two inventories of vocational orientation. The results revealed that two scales of one and four scales of the other inventory successfully differentiated the occupational groups consistant with Holland's theoretical framework. (Author/SE)

College students (N=18) participated in a 24-hour marathon gestalt workshop and responded to the Eysenck Personality Inventory before and after the event. Results revealed a significant positive change at the .01 level on a measure of neuroticism-stability and no change on a measure of extroversion-introversion. (Author)

The College and University Environmental Scales (CUES) were used to investigate possible effects of the Group Life Seminar (GLS) on freshmen's perceptions of the Kansas State University environment. The findings suggest that the GLS participants perceived the campus as being more practical, friendly, open, and academically challenging than did…

The present study investigated the relationship between spatial placement of human figure drawings and measures of test anxiety, time estimation, and conceptual maturity. Results are discussed. (Author)

A follow-up study of teacher education graduates (N=160) was conducted to determine the nature of their current employment. Teacher education graduates simultaneously sought academic and nonacademic employment. The study supports a growing contention that teacher education programs are a liberal arts option with a vocational choice. (Author)

This research examined whether the "will to manage" is diminishing by use of the instrumentality theory of motivation. Measures of outcome importance and the instrumentality of a managerial career in attaining the outcomes were determined. Results supported the hypothesis that the "will to manage" is declining. (Author)

Information in the literature stresses the use of more humane approaches to education. The number of titles for the last 10 years was counted in the Education Index. The results indicated that there is a significant trend toward an increasing number of titles published. (Author)