A study of five teachers and 316 junior high school physical education students reveals an unequal distribution of positive reinforcement teacher behavior among individual students. Factors influencing the amount of rewarding behavior directed to students include elements such as student gender, teacher perception of student skill level, student…

Summarizing three different perspectives on lifelong learning in America, these three conference papers each reflect the orientation of a particular group of individuals involved in a particular project or study. Charles I. Bunting reflects the concerns of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as presented in its first report on…

This report calls attention to those areas of research on aging in the behavioral and social sciences that have promise for both short-run and long-term. It looks at the societal context for aging, at processes of aging in the individual, and, finally, at the older person in the context of various social institutions. The societal context examines…

THE STUDY INVESTIGATED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SOCIAL FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANTS AND DROPOUTS IN THE UNION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (ULP), A THREE-YEAR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SERVICE OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. THE ULP MEETS 24 WEEKS PER YEAR, ONE NIGHT PER WEEK, IN 15 CITIES IN OHIO, AND HAD…

THE MAJOR PRUPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUNG FARMERS' SELF PERCEPTION AS ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR MONETARY AND NONMONETARY SUCCESS IN FARMING. DATA FROM 125 QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED FROM A SAMPLE OF 250 SELECTED YOUNG FARMERS LOCATED IN 35 OHIO COUNTIES WERE TESTED BY FACTOR AND MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND…

The purpose of this study was to delineate behavioral tasks which should ideally constitute the role of the local school food service supervisor and the relationship of certain variables to the perception of this role. A role model of 43 behavioral tasks was developed and incorporated in a survey form. This was used to collect data from local…

This study sought to define the future role of the highest ranking woman student personnel administrator in a college or university and to suggest an appropriate training program. Data on relevant historical factors, influential background and educational characteristics, potentially influential educational and societal concepts, and suitable…

In this study of the relationship between activity after retirement and personal adjustment to occupational retirement, the importance of activity was seen as dependent on perceptions of the retirement role and on self-concepts. About 240 retired male residents of Sun City, California, furnished general background data and information on their…

This study identified professional training needs of extension agents in Western Nigeria as the basis for a curriculum at the college level. Using the critical incidents method in personal interviews, 175 critical behaviors were collected from 115 agents in five levels of position in the Ministry of Agriculture. The 565 behaviors extracted from…

The terminology and identification phase of a project on minimal brain dysfunction in children is described. Two subsequent phases are to deal with services and research. Included in the first phase are the following: an introduction to the problem, history and blueprint of the project, a brief history of the concept of minimal brain dysfunction,…

This paper integrates theory and research on the adolescent society into a comprehensive model of the status attainment process. The analysis reveals that a multidimensional conception of the adolescent role informs understanding of the dynamics of the status attainment process; that perceived peer status does not mediate antecedent effects on…

This study investigates the relationship between selected student characteristics and an indicated preference for self-directed study. Additional relationships between academic achievement, self concept, cognitive style, and teacher ratings are also examined. Subjects for the study were 58 students from grades five through eight in a large county…

The task group report presented in this publication is one of a series prepared by eminent psychologists who have served as consultants in the U.S.O.E.-sponsored grant study to conduct a Critical Appraisal of the Personality-Emotions-Motivation Domain. In order to achieve the goal of identifying important problems and areas for new research and…

The Porter Need Satisfaction Questionnaire (PNSQ) is a 13-item questionnaire designed to measure a respondent's need satisfaction in five areas: Security, Social, Esteem, Autonomy, and Self-Actualization. In this study, the internal structure of the PNSQ is reexamined using a large multiorganizational sample of 2,049 middle and upper level…

In summation of the three surveys which comprised the total Adult Needs Assessment, four basic generalities describe the adult learning situation in Colorado. (1) The people recognize and appreciate adult learning as a necessary and desirable means toward improving their lives. Their view toward education is serious and mature. (2) The public…