Continuity is one of the great facilitators of educational impact--measurable phenomena of positive or negative value which follow the completion of a project or program. It is assumed that continuity in educational research leads to accumulations of (1) research skills, (2) knowledge about previous related research, (3) contacts with like-minded…

This study asks (1) are teachers able to identify creative children in their classrooms at better than chance level, (2) does this ability change with grade level, and (3) does creativity itself increase as a function of grade level in school? The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking--Circles Subtest--was administered to 455 first, second, and…

In an attempt to clarify the structure of positive and negative parenthood motivations, a series of factor analyses were performed on importance ratings of empirically generated reasons for and against having a child. Findings were: (1) evidence for bipolar factors is weak; (2) both positive and negative motivations have a moderately strong single…

A review of the literature concerning the relative breadths of masculine and feminine sex-role standards in our culture suggested the hypothesis that the addition of neutral items to the IT Scale for Children (a projective measure of sex-role preference) would have a greater effect on boys' scores than girls' scores. Sixteen neutral items were…

The National Education Association (NEA) Project on Utilization of Inservice Education Research and Development Products is described, and the steps in the development of the project are presented, including: (1) location and screening of potential items for inclusion in the information bank (books, guides, films, modules, video-recordings,…

Photojournalism research includes the resurrection and editing of historic, seldom-seen photographs. A sample of this kind of research is a project at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock that involves selecting photographic material from a little-seen National Archives collection of pictures from the files of the War Relocation Authority, an…

THE SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS OBTAINING THE 80 HIGHEST MEAN SCORES ON THE METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TEST FORM D WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO GROUPS OF EASY OR DIFFICULT TASKS WITHIN EACH OF FIVE DECIBEL LEVEL GROUPS. THE LEARNING TASKS WERE TAKEN FROM THE MEANINGFULNESS OF ALL POSSIBLE CVC TRIGRAMS (ARCHER, 1960). THE APPARATUS INCLUDED A TAPE RECORDING OF…

Thirty-four key ideas on research and research management summarize the views of scientists in charge of research institutes who attended three regional seminars held in 1960 and 1961 in France, Austria, and Denmark. Meaningful research, whether pure, directed, or applied, requires professional management by directors who are technically skilled…

The three major project objectives were as follows: (1) development of procedures for determining the optimum number of subgroups (and hence, moderated scoring keys) required for maximizing the predictive effectiveness of an inventory; (2) development of a single scale for reporting the scores obtained from a set of moderated keys; and, (3)…

Few meaningful sex differences will be reported if investigators go beyond the reporting of statistical significance to determine the indices of experimental effect size. Techniques for obtaining this type of information include the calculation of d and the estimate of omega squared, which indicate the advisability of continuing a line of…

Halloween costumes may be used to examine the influence violent models have on children. On Halloween evening observers recorded the frequency of violent and nonviolent costumes worn by children. When all of the data are inspected they suggest that children confronted with several aggressive models may be more likely to identify with the…

Citations and abstracts for on-going and completed projects of educational research and development in participating countries are compiled by the European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED). Projects are grouped and cross referenced according to facets and sub-facets of the EUDISED Thesaurus. Titles not in English or…

The concept of family life cycle has become increasingly prominent in the study of family development--the formation, maintenance, change, and dissolution of marriage and family relations. An evaluation of this concept is accomplished by examining the relationships between three possible stratification schemes: stage of the family life cycle,…

Three clearly distinguishable lists were given simultaneously for learning. In one condition, subjects recalled all three lists; in a second condition, each list was given a different type of retention test although one of the lists was recalled. All subjects were fully informed of the materials and tests. The critical interest was in the recall…

In a federal correctional institution, cognitive and behavioral variables related to the inmates' loss of freedom and their attempts at reestablishing freedom within the boundaries of the institution were collected. Variables were: (1) personal variables (age, sex, education, etc.); (2) perceptions about life and freedoms in the institution; (3)…