RESEARCH IDENTIFIED CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE GIRL SCOUT VOLUNTEER TRAINERS AND DEVELOPED CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS. TWELVE PROBLEM SITUATIONS, SECURED THROUGH A CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE, TESTED EVALUATIVE JUDGMENT AND WERE SCORED FOR PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION. FORCED CHOICE QUESTIONS TESTED CONTENT VERSUS GROUP ORIENTATION.…

TWO RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS, SOCIAL ACTION AND GROUP FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE, WERE CHOSEN TO ANALYZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY EXTENSION WORKERS. IN A STUDY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF PROGRAM PLANNING INTO A COUNTY, THE FULFILLMENT OF EACH OF 34 STEPS IN THE SOCIAL ACTION PROCESS WAS ANALYZED AND FOUND TO BE ONLY SOMEWHAT…

THE PILOT REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE HARTFORD STATE JAIL BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1965 AND JUNE 1966 WAS SPONSORED BY THE CONNECTICUT STATE JAIL ADMINISTRATION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FINANCED UNDER THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963, AND ADVISED BY THE LOCAL OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE AD HOC JAIL COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER…

TWO SURVEYS MADE BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF MEDICINE HAT JUNIOR COLLEGE (MHJC), MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS REPORT--(1) ADULT INTEREST IN STUDY AT THE COLLEGE AND (2) THE EDUCATIONAL PLANS OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 11 AND 12 IN THE COLLEGE SERVICE AREA. IN THE FIRST STUDY, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO 1,669 INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICINE…

BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO ENABLE TEACHERS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN TO RECOGNIZE AND TO MEET EFFECTIVELY THE CHILDREN'S NEEDS. EIGHT TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED--(1) NATURE AND CAUSES, (2) IDENTIFICATION, (3) SERVICES (PERSONNEL), (4) PROGRAM PLANNING, (5) PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, (6) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL…

Volume II of this study reports two nationwide surveys of distributive education teacher-coordinators: (1) survey of time and place for teaching distributive education topics and (2) survey of added training needed by the teacher-coordinator. From the population of both the high schools and the community colleges, a systematic random sample of…

IN THIS REVISED REPORT, CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW INCOME GROUPS IN THE MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, AREA ARE DESCRIBED AND AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BASED ON IMMEDIATE EDUCATIONAL ATTACK ON THE PROBLEM ARE ASSESSED, A PROJECTED ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST MODESTO AREAS IS DEVELOPED, AND EFFORTS TO CARRY OUT EARLIER PROPOSALS ARE DESCRIBED.…

FOUR RESEARCH STUDIES ON THE BLIND ARE PRESENTED--"CANE TRAVEL--TECHNIQUES AND DIFFICULTIES" BY D. LIDDLE, "THE MUSICAL ABILITY OF BLIND CHILDREN" BY DEREK J. PITTMAN, "THE EVALUATION OF VERBAL PERFORMANCE IN MULTIPLY-HANDICAPPED BLIND CHILDREN" BY W. SCOTT CURTIS, AND "THE EVALUATION AND SIMULATION OF MOBILITY…

GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD ARE PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD, MOTIVATION AND REINFORCEMENT TECHNIQUES, AND TECHNIQUES FOR INSTRUCTING PUPILS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE, AND MATHEMATICS. THE DUTIES…

A workshop held prior to the convention of the American College Personnel Association in Detroit, Michigan, in April, 1968, operated under the theme "College Personnel Services for the Adult: Student Assistance, Involvement, Development." Papers given in the six sessions covered testing, financial aid, adult characteristics, motives, needs, and…

An overview of educational and psychological literature concerning the gifted is presented in 55 papers with editorial comments. The historical development of the study of the gifted and cultural attitudes are first considered. Discussions of the effectiveness of various screening methods for identifying the gifted include evaluation of creative,…

The National Association of Secondary-School Principals devotes this entire issue of "The Bulletin" to the smaller secondary school. Included are articles dealing with the relationship of intermediate units and small high schools, teaching opportunities and demands in smaller secondary schools, a nongraded program, new technology, curriculum…

College students were presented with a series of four problems, each presented in four different formats: verbally, in abstract symbols, in negative abstract symbols, and in geometric figures. Problem-solving performance was evaluated in terms of the sequence of questions that a subject asks in order to solve a problem. They were also tested by…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter proposes that school crime and disruption be conceptualized as a function of the congruence or fit between the personal characteristics of individual students and the social environments of the schools they attend. In developing a conceptual model, a selective…

The present study offers a model of second language learning and examines aspects of the model in two experiments with high school students learning French. The model describes learning in terms of three parameters - learning processes, learning strategies, and learner characteristics. These three parameters together may be used to explain both…