Reported is the progress of a 5-year project to provide vocational rehabilitation services to a group of quadriplegic, triplegic, and paraplegic clients in a university setting. Rehabilitative nursing, physical therapy, medical consultation, occupational therapy, tutoring, and other services are provided in a special residential unit, for the…

The functions of the Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education, established under a Ford Foundation grant at the University of Wisconsin in 1964, are to examine, evaluate, and further the development of the nation's system of occupational education by research, graduate study, conferences, establishment of a national depository of…

The history and significance of relevance as a concept in information retrieval is reviewed. The shift from the idea of relevance as an objective criterion for measures to the widespread acceptance of relevance as a manifestation of a highly subjective and inconsistent response is discussed. It is argued that relevance judgments can b e useful as…

This study evaluated and measured the effectiveness and enduring effects of two training groups with respect to transmitting knowledge and affecting change. Control subjects and experimental subjects were used. Data was obtained from the Sixteen Factor Personality Questionnaire, the Gough-Sanford Rigidity Scale, and the IPAT 8 Parallel Form…

Abstracts of 151 studies completed in agricultural education during the 1963-65 academic years are included in this annotated bibliography. Criteria used by the research committee of the Agricultural Education Division of the American Vocational Association in selecting studies for publication were: (1) The study contributed significantly to the…

This report is a summary of research in the teaching of mathematics as reported to the U.S. Office of Education for the years 1959 and 1960. This analysis of research in mathematics education is designed to help both research workers and classroom teachers improve mathematics instruction. One hundred and five reported research studies are included…

The final report of the North Carolina Research Coordinating Unit in Occupational Education defines the major purposes of the Unit as: (1) stimulating research in occupational education, (2) identifying problems for research, (3) making data available to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners on occupational education from national, state,…

Occupational research and development goals concern: (1) stimulating occupational research and development activities, (2) developing coordination for a state system of occupational research and development, (3) maintaining information of research findings and needs, (4) increasing producer and consumer competence of state personnel, and (5)…

This final report of the Florida Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) for Vocational Education covers a period from December 1, 1966 to August 31, 1969. The RCU was established to coordinate, encourage, and assist in the preparation of studies needed to improve vocational education in Florida, and to disseminate the results. This report includes a…

This report, covering the period from June 28, 1966 to August 31, 1969, presents the goals of the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU), nine projects in which the RCU was involved, conferences and presentations by RCU personnel, a report of staffing patterns, and conclusions and recommendations. The greatest effort was directed toward the development…

This research program has been concerned with three major subprojects: identifying concepts and behaviors which critically affect intercultural relations; developing principles and methods for programed self-instructional cultural training to help Americans adjust to, and work more effectively in, foreign cultures, or with persons from different…

Language Research in Progress (LRIP) is a facility for the rapid exchange of information among researchers on current work in all fields pertaining to human communication. It is concerned with current documented research, details of which are submitted voluntarily by investigators. The system consists of (1) a collection of document files…

This report describes a marine studies program sponsored by the University of Hawaii. The publication presents the students' own stories of their experiences. An overview of the kind of program, student qualifications and requirements, and scope of the Marine Option Program (MOP) is included in the report. Details are provided relating to (1) the…

The variable of permissiveness developed and measured by Ira Reiss in the form of a Guttman scale of premarital sexual permissiveness was subjected to critical analysis. Both conceptual analysis and testing of questions regarding methodology and interpretation of the scale were used. Several questions were raised about the Reiss scale including:…

At the beginning of the 1973-74 academic year alcohol usage was officially permitted for the first time in residence halls at the Twin Cities Campus of the University of Minnesota. To determine residents' perceptions of the effects of the change in drinking policy, interviews were conducted with 49 current dormitory residents, who had also lived…