A cross-cultural comparative analysis was made of managerial education programs in the United States and Brazil and, based on the findings, an entrepreneurial education program was designed for underdeveloped Northeast Brazil. Persons were found in this region who could act as entrepreneurs except for a lack of fundamental knowledge and skills;…

The orientation, interaction, and personal and social characteristics of an area development leadership group in Iowa were analyzed with the aim of helping plan educational efforts for the Extension Service. Objectives were to determine the extent of communication of selected social system elements by the state staff to the leadership group;…

This study investigated differences and similarities between those inmates at the State Prison of Southern Michigan who had participated in the Academic School adult education programs and another group who had never participated in any adult education activity. Variables were personality factors as defined by the Sixteen Personality Factor…

This research investigates how androgynous men and women are evaluated relative to those who are sex-typed or sex reversed, and also investigates the joint effects of attractiveness and sex-role upon such evaluation. Two studies with replicable results were conducted. In each, approximately 185 male and 185 female undergraduates were asked to rate…

Designed for a 90- or l80-day middle/junior high school career orientation course, this teacher's guide and the accompanying student activity manual focus on how personal needs can be met in the career world. Course goals listed are as follows: (1) to increase understanding of self by helping students analyze personal interests, abilities, values,…

This paper describes a project designed to evaluate the New York State Adoption Exchange, a program providing information on adoptable children and families approved for adoption across the state of New York. The first section of the paper describes the rationale for the development of the evaluation project. The second section traces the problems…

The Institutional Renewal Scale (IRS) is a twelve-items attitude scale designed to measure attitudes toward educational innovation in schools. The development of the scale is described and a copy of the scale is included. Items were selected on the basis of both scale values and discrimination indices. A comparison was made between the scores of…

There is a persistent belief that, in making dating choices, men are more influenced by physical attractiveness and less influenced by personality characteristics of potential dates than are women. This study was designed to test whether this is true of college students. On the basis of pre-test ratings, a set of nine facial photographs and nine…

Presented is a research bibliography (covering the years 1888 to 1975) which contains annotations of 439 studies and bibliographical citations of 419 additional projects on physical education, recreation, and psychomotor function of mentally retarded persons. In addition to review and analyses of trends and major findings, unanswered questions…

The purpose of this study was to determine which personality traits as measured by the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) are predictive of academic achievement in urban college freshmen of the Federal City College. The measures of achievement were grade point average (GPA) and the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program (CGPP) test…

The instructional concept guide is part of a system developed for tutor training and support. It is primarily designed for volunteers, but it can also be adapted to the training of paraprofessional tutors for any type of adult literacy program. A key component in the system is the Tutor Support Library, consisting of Instructional Concept Guides…

Volume 2 of the final report of the ROTC/Army Career Commitment Model consists of copies of questionnaires, answer sheets, and codebooks related to the research study described in Volume 1. It contains copies of three Career Attitude Surveys (High School Student Questionnaire, College Student Questionnaire, and Army Officer Questionnaire); three…

For some time now, classroom teachers have encouraged quiet manners and docile servitude of children who attend school. There is evidence to support the notion that this type of environment is not necessarily the best for maximizing the learning potential of all children. A variety of research efforts indicate that American black children and…

This paper describes the first part of a study concerned with student success in a practical nursing course offered in the British Columbia Vocational School in Nelson. The study resulted from a concern about the increased number of students who did not complete the training during the year 1969. The procedure involved transfering student data…

This investigation, conducted at Clearfield, Utah, Job Corps Urban Center, attempted to help the Advanced Education Department select and predict the performance of corpsmen who would attempt the General Education Development (GED) test (high school equivalency). Previous selection procedures were cumbersome, confusing, and with a high attrition…