Fifteen reviews of conference reports, research and demonstration projects, and surveys pertain to the need for and applicability of vocational education for the disadvantaged in general, and specifically for disadvantaged adults and youth, and the handicapped. "Plain Talk," a continuing column by the editor, discusses the need for vocational…

The first part of a six volume compilation of research on the training, orientation, and selection of Army noncommissioned officers (NCOs), this document provides a general overview of Task NCO from its inception in 1957 to its implementation, and includes a summary of the Leader Preparation Course. Other volumes are: Orientation and…

The directory contains information on centers, facilities, and schools which provide some services or programs suitable to the needs of the deaf or hearing impaired who have additonal handicaps (adults as well as children). A brief description of the facility, the clients served, and the services offered accompanies the listing of each facility's…

The report contains a series of papers that have been presented during the past decade by lawyers and economists at workshops sponsored by the North Central Land Economics Research Committee. The papers describe the bringing together of legal and economic research methods in order to solve rural problems. The first paper is entitled…

A paper and four research studies involving computer assisted instruction (CAI) are reported. "On Narrowing the Credibility Gap for Computer-Assisted Instruction" by Harold E. Mitzel reviews the cost, shortage of programs, and lack of detailed educational plans as major reasons for the nonacceptance of computer-assisted instruction. "A Comparison…

This study assesses the social intelligence component using the Friendship Rating Scale. In a cohesive fifth grade class, peer acceptance was found to covary with academic achievement at the same magnitude that such achievement related with measured intelligence. Self ratings were not as efficient as peer ratings in the prediction of academic…

This study was designed to enhance self understanding in counselor trainees. Research focused on the effect of Self Understanding Groups on practicum enrollees. Two groups, one with 18 practicum students, and another group enrolled in practicum and also involved in Self Understanding Groups, were formed. The criterion measure for the effect of the…

The study was designed to determine if a significant relationship existed between the organizational climate of the high school and the functions counselors performed in nine selected high schools in Pinellas County, Florida. Two instruments were used: (1) The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) dealing with eight…

This handbook was compiled for the 44th Linguistic Society of America Meeting in San Francisco, December 29-31, 1969. It consists of the official program for the meeting, abstracts of the 78 papers presented there, and advertisements. The abstracts are arranged in alphabetical order by author, and in some cases are accompanied by handouts. (DO)

This final report of the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education (RCU) summarizes activities during the period from August 1966 to August 31, 1969. Major activities and accomplishments of the RCU include program initiation, development of research and related activities, ancillary research and related projects, the…

The study deals with various predictors of time spent on dairy subjects by Extension agents and predictors of contacts made by agents with dairy clientele. Purposes were to determine the relationships, if any, between various independent variables and groups of independent variables (agents' background and training, county dairy situation, agents'…

This study attempts to examine three basic characteristics of vocational-technical instructors (industrial experience, teaching experience, and college credits earned) in terms of their relationship to student shop achievement as measured by the Ohio Trade and Industrial Education Achievement Tests (OTAT). Rated in the study sample were 31…

DAP is the acronym for a set of concepts and procedures that the members of any group can employ to refine their problemsolving skills and bring them to bear on real-life, day-to-day group needs. Based on a particular view of human beings, communication, and the process of inquiry, DAP involves the members of a group in generating and using three…

Educational institutions, particularly colleges and universities, will be affected by the change in status of 18 to 21 year olds legally. In Federal elections nationwide they have been given the right to vote. In about one-half of the states in the nation they have been enfranchised as legal adults. The full implications of this change of status…

The purpose of this study was to investigate further the relationship between sex and a decline of intellectual abilities during adolescence and to examine some personality differences between young women who declined in intellectual abilities during adolescence and those who did not. Differences examined were: need to be included, need to be…