The personal space of strangers who are not attempting to influence each other has been extensively studied using single dependent measures. Multivariate personal space can be defined by three dimensions: relational, locational and interactional, and operationalized by the measures previously used singly. The present experiment tested the relation…

The activities at the President's Assembly on State Policy Research at the University of Illinois, which was convened to explore a series of questions related to the interaction between universities and the agencies that create public policy, are reported. The report of the assembly, which is a statement representing general agreement among the…

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 131 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. LISTED UNDER BOOKS ARE 55 ITEMS DATING FROM 1959 TO 1966. ARTICLES AND PERIODICALS CITED DATE FROM 1915 TO 1965 AND NUMBER 53. INCLUDED AS MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS ARE 23 LISTINGS SUCH AS THESES, PROJECT REPORTS, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, AND DITTOS…

THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP) IS A 5-YEAR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM INFANCY TO 14 YEARS. THE INITIAL PHASE OF EIP CONSISTS OF INFANT TESTING WHICH BEGINS AT BIRTH. DATA ON INTELLIGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THIS PHASE OF THE PROGRAM SHOW THAT AMONG THESE CHILDREN THE…

THE ROLE OF THE CLASSROOM ELEMENTARY TEACHER IN FLES PROGRAMS IS DISCUSSED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FLES TELEVISION COURSES. HER IMPORTANCE IN PROVIDING FOLLOW-UP TO THE PROGRAMS AND HER NEED FOR ADEQUATE MANUALS, RECORDINGS, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS IS STRESSED IN THE FINDINGS OF THREE RESEARCH PROJECTS. SOME OF THE AVAILABLE FLES TELEVISION…

This followup study was conducted 1 year after the 1966 National Seminar on Vocational Guidance. Questionnaires were sent to 85 participants from the 47 participating states; replies were received from one or more participants from 80 percent (38) of the states. Reports received described 215 outcomes either attributable specifically to the…

The Arizona Research Coordinating Unit has concentrated its efforts during the past 18 months on a study of engineering technology which was published in March of 1968. A second major project is a study of vocational-technical education in the state to be used as a basis for future planning. Other activities included assistance with several…

Nine groups of undergraduate students were formed on the basis of one-third splits of the distributions of their scores on an internality-externality measure and on an achievement motive measure. Academic performance was measured by obtaining grade point averages for all subjects. Analysis of variance showed that internal students made higher…

Six hundred seventy one inner city high school women were administered an attitude scale designed to measure their sex role perception. The data was subjected to principal factor analysis with a varimax rotation. Four underlying factors comprising sex role perception were determined. The factors and their implications for educators are discussed.…

This report covers three time periods during which students in five New York City high schools had use of a Computer Assisted Guidance (CAG) system. The basic objectives of the CAG project were to demonstrate the feasibility of using an automated system to provide high school students with factual and current information on colleges and careers,…

The attendance behavior of students who were new to Grand Valley State Colleges (GVSC) for both fall 1975 and fall 1976 is analyzed, comparing those who returned for winter term against those who did not. Seventy-three percent of the new students entering in fall 1975 were found to return for the winter term compared to 68 percent of those…

Peer tutoring programs represent an innovative approach for optimally utilizing resources existing within classrooms. While most tutoring programs are aimed at helping tutees or tutors with academic difficulties, this study involved all children in two classrooms in a peer tutoring project. A multiple baseline design indicated that prompting was…

This research examines the interaction between college students' control orientation and a discrepancy score of GPA minus expected grade in course, on the dependent measure of 13 student rating items. It was hypothesized that students with an external locus of control who also showed a discrepancy between expected and actual grades would distort…

Described are the development, implementation, and evaluation of six 3-hour inservice training sessions designed to help five participating teachers improve imagination and creativity in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. Content areas for each session are outlined; activities including brainstorming and role playing are reviewed; and…

This project, conducted by the Southern California Community College Institutional Research Association, was designed to provide a needs assessment of aging and retired persons in Southern California in the area of vocational education and to provide training for researchers and occupational education coordinators in survey research methodologies.…