This report describes a higher education enrollment projection model developed for the state of Washington. The model operates on a student flow concept quantifying students through the flows of entrances, retention, transfers, and exits. The model is based on the assumption that the manner in which students now move through the State's higher…

This publication was prepared to accompany the revised "Wildlife and Fish Section" of "A Guide for Teaching Conservation Education in the Schools of Louisiana." Its purpose is to provide teachers with information about possible sources of teaching materials that can be obtained free or with only a small expenditure of funds.…

Presented in this summary document are 17 charts and statements concerning youth unemployment. Topics covered include: (1) the ratio of teenage to adult unemployment rates, (2) the population explosion, (3) effects of staying in school, (4) state minimum wage patterns, and (5) the effects of a differential on family income. A recommended course of…

This chart represents a state-by-state compilation of the numerous statutes, executive orders, attorney general opinions, and court decisions which govern state and local government labor relations. Where available, information on each authority includes: (1) administrative body, (2) bargaining rights, (3) recognition rights and procedure, (4)…

Written for training directors and human resource developers who have had experience and now need a systematic way to plan new programs, this book presents a new way of thinking about human learning and of organizing programs which has been developed from the systems engineering field. A first chapter explains what is meant by "systems"…

Part of the Project CAREER guidance component, this manual provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for preparing career preparation analysis charts called "careerograms," which are visual devices that synthesize information contained in the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" (DOT) and the "Occupational Outlook…

This booklet presents a step-by-step system for planning and carrying out an effective public communication campaign. In his discussion, the author concentrates on various planning processes rather than on the mechanics of writing, designing, photographing, or editing. However, while the booklet's emphasis is definitely on planning, many specific…

An analysis of two paradigms suggests that predictions in regard to the effects of stimulus preexposure must take into account not only the novelty of the stimulus, but the relationship of that novelty to that of the environment at the time of testing. (Editor/RK)

Four experiments gave direct tests of a popular hypothesis about the role of classical conditioning in person perception and social judgment. (Editor)

Emphasizing the relationships between the objectives and identified competencies of an instructional program to the method and media used, the author discusses the timing of the method/media decision and a basis for making selections. Presents a three-page flowgram depicting essential considerations in method/media selection. (EM)

This article looks beyond class size to such specifics as teachers' load, subject electives available, subject load, and different class groupings in developing a flow chart that gives added understanding and control over the variables relating to the deployment of teachers. (Author/IRT)

The Automatic Interaction Detector (AID 3) is used in a search for interaction effects between absence from school and location from school, school size, location of home, age, sex, position in family and socio-economic status among a national sample of Irish primary school children. (Editor)

Sixty-four children, eight mothers and four teachers traveled on a bus that blew a tire in the middle of the world's busiest freeway. What saved the trip from this unexpected "letdown" and expected chaos was a "bag of tricks" that the author developed from 16 years of experience in and out of the primary-grade classroom. (Author/RK)

The hypothesis that either familiarization or the association of items to context produces the crossover effect in whole-part learning was tested. The crossover effect refers to the eventual negative information transfer that occurs at the end of second-list learning. Results were interpreted in terms of a stage model of learning. (Editor/RK)