It is possible to examine the development of English wh-questions in first and second language learners and to detect regularities in the order of emergence of certain linguistic structures. It is also possible to speculate whether the stages in language acquisition correspond to the transformational derivation in transformational grammar. The…

The Office of New Careers (ONC) was established in July 1969, to help program agencies realize the full potential of the new careers concept as a service-delivery vehicle. However, without knowledge of the current, general status of the New Careers basic component, the Office could do little to begin its leadership role. Therefore, the element of…

The conference theme was "The Promise and Perils of Educational Information Systems," defined as collections of test data on knowledges, skills, interests, and attitudes maintained for the purpose of educational decision making. Topics covered were: "Longer Education: Thinner, Broader, or Higher" (Fritz Machlup); "Testing:…

A method for studying medical reasoning in a life-like setting is reported. Simulated medical problems, amplified by concurrent thinking aloud, episodic retrospection during the work-up, and videotape-stimulated retrospection, are used to obtain records of the behavior and reasoning physicians use to solve diagnostic problems. The fundamental…

The Learning Institute of North Carolina prepared this second annual report on the effectiveness of North Carolina's Migrant Education Program. The report presents information on new programs, exemplary projects, children served, and project self-evaluation in terms of 22 migrant projects evaluated by on-site visitation in the summer of 1970.…

Research in second language learning supports the hypothesis that success in language learning is related to students' attitudes about the culture represented by the target language. This study tests the hypothesis by examining two Spanish programs at three high schools which have a large Mexican-American student enrollment. Declining enrollment…

In 1965-66 most local school districts in Pennsylvania completed reorganization by consolidating 67 county school offices into 25 or 30 intermediate administrative units. This document presents the results of various task group activities and projected activities to develop a "generalized" educational planning, programing, budgeting…

The 1968-69 evaluation of Kentucky's Rural Child Care Project had 5 major objectives: to assess the relationship between a child's attendance in a Child Development Center and his subsequent intellectual performance and academic achievement in elementary school; to evaluate the impact of changes in the Child Development Program itself on…

A survey of high school juniors and seniors in areas served by members of the Appalachian Developing Institutions Consortium was conducted to: (1) discover the kind of image each consortium institution had with these students; and (2) obtain information on these students' backgrounds and educational plans to assist administrations in establishing…

These 35 extensive lesson plans for the instructor in a basic training program for accident investigation are intended for use with a student study guide and a manual for administrators and planners, available as VT 019 456 and VT 019 455, respectively. As part of a curriculum package developed by the Center for Vocational and Technical Education…

This paper illustrates three different, but interrelated approaches to investigating the role of formal schooling in the political learning process from survey data. The assumption is made that the formation of students' political beliefs are affected by factors which are both internal and external to the school setting. Data from which…

This paper discusses a process model designed for the Kansas City (Missouri) School District. The model attempts to achieve the translation of student learning tasks into an operational and accountable program of instruction on a five year cycle plan. A flow chart of the model is presented and appropriate segments and outcomes of the process…

In this evaluation study, two groups of children who attended kindergarten either one-half day every day or full-day on alternate days were compared. An opinion survey was conducted to obtain the observations of parents, kindergarten teachers, and elementary principals in relation to the all-day alternate day schedule in 55 school districts. Data…

This report contains the results of a pilot test which represents the first complete field test of methodological work begun in October 1967 under a Federal grant for the purpose of job analysis in the health services. This 4-year Health Services Mobility Study permitted basic research, field testing, practical application, and policy involvement…

Intended as a basis for vocational curriculum development useful for educators working with educable mentally handicapped high school students, this research study of work aptitudes necessary for the educable retarded includes extensive data resulting from a 5-year investigation of unique factors important for their vocational adjustment. The…