A follow up study of recruits, whose adaptation to the army had been initially studied in Basic Combat Training (BCT) was conducted to determine their performance subsequent to BCT, and their degree of success in the army in relationship to recruit characteristics observed. Administrative data were collected by means of questionnaires. Early army…

This is a report on further construct validation of the Sage Developmental Scales for the late adolescent period which intends to make these scales more useful to counselors of college freshmen. This study is also a further step in clarifying the dimensions measured by the Developmental Scales through the use of trait adjectives. It was…

The present study and a replication investigated the effects of personality variables on test scores obtained under Answer Every Item (AEI), Do Not Guess (DNG) and Coombs' Type (CT) directions. Subjects were administered a dominance scale and extreme scorers randomly assigned to one of the types of directions, then randomly assigned to complete an…

Many teen-agers readily identify with the family portrayed in "Cheaper by the Dozen" and, consequently, the novel is good supplementary reading for a unit on "The Family." A main objective of one class study of the novel was an analysis of Mr. Gilbreth's personality and his philosophy of life. Students noted his character…

The purpose of this study was to find a method for individualizing instruction in a beginning college-level speech communications course--a course which allows for student-instructor interaction. To determine the relationship between the personality typology of introversion-extraversion and types of oral instructor criticism, 76 students who had…

This monograph contains the third section, operations at the factor level, of a report of studies done in Helsinki, Finland, describing school achievement in terms of ability, trait, situational, and background variables. The report (1) investigates the structure of school achievement, (2) describes school achievement in terms of selected…

To determine specific environmental variables of the elementary school is the purpose of this study. Stable characteristics of intelligence and achievement were selected because they were considered useful for generating salient environmental counterparts likely to exist in elementary institutions. Achievement motivation, language development, and…

This study sought to relate the dynamic patterns of older adults to their use of television within the whole range of activity patterns available to them. Central to the study was an intensive interview study of a select sample (32 women and 18 men in a Columbus, Ohio, senior citizen community); this precluded derivative generalizations for the…

To explore how individuals in the corrections fields perceive their work, the functioning of their agencies, and the effectiveness of the various correctional fields, a national sample of 1,870 correctional workers in institutions and in probation and parole agencies were interviewed. Some findings were: (1) A majority saw the total system as…

When the University of California at Berkeley initiated year-round operation in the summer of 1967, the prevailing question concerned whether such a system would work. Midway through the summer term of the following year, a mail survey of 2,100 students --a 25% sample of those enrolled in the 1968 Summer Quarter-- was conducted to evaluate the…

One hundred sixty-eight women, most of them mothers of about age 40, were tested on the 16 PF Questionnaire as part of a group counseling class to help them find new life goals. Scores revealed them to be highly intelligent and highly creative as compared to the standard for adult women. Factor direction suggests that self-renewing women as a…

Thirty-five disadvantaged Negro 4-year-olds were observed by one or the other of two white male child psychiatrists during a 30-minute play session. After the session, the observer dictated a descriptive summary of the session. He filled out a rating scale on aspects of the child's behavior, including speech and play behavior, nature of social…

The two major components in the Theory of Work Adjustment are the individual and the work environment. This theory is an individual-environment matching model with four basic components: (1) the work personality of the individual, (2) the work environment, (3) measured work adjustment, and (4) work adjustment outcomes. The individual's work…

This annotated list of Educational Testing Service (ETS) studies includes the following types of investigations with findings related to low socioeconomic and minority groups: studies designed specifically to investigate the educational, personal, and social characteristics of the disadvantaged; studies of other populations of minority groups as a…

This 1968 seminar for adult basic education program administrators was designed to identify problem areas and to consider some of the solutions. Major topics included the special needs of undereducated urban adults, characteristics of Appalachian adults, criteria for teacher selection and evaluation, the counseling of adult students, and trends in…