The experimental group contained 39 entering freshman nursing students who volunteered for "human relations training." The volunteer control group of 23 received human relations training through the lecture-discussion method, and the control group consisted of 41 non-volunteers who received no additional training in human relations. Four…

Supported by Title VI funds, this study focuses on the kind and extent of help recommended for handicapped children, specifically in one Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA X) in Iowa. Three major considerations were: (1) How should RESA X relate to local school districts in developing programs for exceptional children; (2) What aid can RESA…

This document describes, in four progress reports, the development and initial projects of a 6-year study, the Montessori Research Project, which is seeking to determine the benefits to preschool children of various educational programs, specifically, Montessori programs versus non-Montessori programs. The study is being conducted by the…

The 1968 training research register of the British Department of Employment and Productivity lists and classifies current and recently completed projects, and indicates the range of research in the training and closely related fields. It is arranged according to a classification system based on nine main schedules: National Considerations; The…

The Iowa Research Coordinating Unit is located in the State Department of Public Instruction and is responsible through the Director, Vocational Education Branch, to the Associate Superintendent, Vocational Education Branch. The unit initiates activity to stimulate, encourage, and coordinate statewide research on employment opportunities, human…

This monograph outlines the present position of research in the field of student mental health. The aim is to provide a selective review of the literature in this field, to indicate those particular areas in which research is now being carried out and to give an indication of those areas in which research could usefully be done. Topics covered…

Intended as a follow-up to a 1969 survey of educational research institutes and projects in various European countries, this volume covers research units and projects of five European socialist countries for 1970-72. The main purpose of this raw, working document is to increase the exchange of information on educational research. Data was…

The 109-item College Diagnostic Questionnaire (CDQ) was designed to assess student attitudes toward a variety of activities occurring before classes begin at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The CDQ was administered to the 4,502 freshmen (58% of the total freshmen class) who attended the College Diagnostic Testing Session…

This study was undertaken to assess: (1) the U.S. corporate demand for Americans holding an MBA degree with a concentration in International Management, (2) the U.S. corporate demand for foreign nationals holding a similar American MBA degree, and (3) the corporate perception of the value of foreign languages in such an international curriculum. A…

Articles resulting from studies conducted by college undergraduates in all areas of experimental psychology are provided, together with abstracts of other papers authored by students in the field of study. The articles are: The Influence of SET on Solving Hidden-Word Problems by Lana I. Boutacoff; Violation of Personal Space in Deviant Adolescents…

The degree of relationship between observed faculty personal characteristics and judged teaching effectiveness was investigated. Students in a liberal arts college rated faculty on two typical teaching instruments and the Osgood Semantic Differential. Data came from 1,500 student judgments on 108 (86 percent response) faculty. Factor analysis,…

The paper served as a report on research in progress that attempted to evaluate the effects of group disparity on the occupational choice of southern high school students. It focused specifically on the aspiration choices of 8,802 tenth grade students in 4 southern states: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The relative effects of…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between selected student characteristics, student involvement in learning, and achievement. Both naturalistic (n = 28, 27) and experimental studies were conducted. In the experimental study, two classes (n = 29, 26) learned a sequence of matrix arithmetic by mastery learning strategies.…

A 10 percent random sample of the 1972 senior class was requested to respond to an 11 page, 90-item questionnaire concerning their educational experiences at the six state Regents' institutions. Replies were received from 62.5 percent of Fort Hays Kansas State College (FHKSC) seniors and 58.0 percent from five other institutions. The data were…

An Honors-Pass-Fail (H-P-F) grading system was introduced experimentally to replace A-B-C-F grading in all graduate education courses. H-P-F was more effective than A-B-C-F grading in distinguishing between exceptional and average student achievement. The percentage of highest possible grades declined from 50 percent A's to about 25 percent H…