This compilation of approximately two hundred document resumes provides educators with abstracts of research, instructional, and other materials in vocational and technical education, and abstracts of funded research and development proposals. The resumes are arranged in ascending order according to an ED (ERIC Document) accession number, with…

This paper examines the publication of reports of library research progress in the Federal Republic of Germany and proposes problems of research publication that should be considered by the International Federation of Library Associations. Within Germany, four agencies, the German Library Association, the German Research Association, the German…

High social anxiety subjects switched from assuming greater personal responsibility for success than for failure to assuming greater responsibility for failure than for success when told that their attributions would be scrutinized by others. Low social anxiety individuals did just the opposite. Additional studies of response among high and low…

AN ANALYTIC EMPIRICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MEXICANS IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED. MEXICAN-AMERICANS FORM AN IMPORTANT ETHNIC GROUP BY VIRTUE OF NUMBERS, REGIONAL CONCENTRATION, SOCIAL POSITION, AND DYNAMIC CHARACTER. FINDINGS SHOULD BE AMENABLE TO COMPARATIVE TREATMENT WITH OTHER STATUS AND ETHNIC GROUPS. THE APPROACH INVOLVES A SERIES OF…

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HELD A 2-DAY SEMINAR IN NOVEMBER 1966 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO POOL EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND IDEAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. THE PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTED THE OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH (OMPER), OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE MANPOWER…

SCIENTIFIC REPORT NO. 1 OF THIS PROJECT CONTAINS FOUR PARTS. THE FIRST, BY P. ROSENBAUM AND D. LOCHAK, PRESENTS AND EXPLAINS THE "IBM CORE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH" AND GIVES A SET OF 66 DERIVATIONS CONSTRUCTED IN TERMS OF THE CORE GRAMMAR. PART II, "DESIGN OF A GRAMMAR TESTER" BY D. LIEBERMAN, SUMMARIZES THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS OF…

THE EFFECTS OF TEST ANXIETY AND TEST STRESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO DIFFERENT INTELLECTUAL TASKS WERE STUDIED. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE DESCRIPTIVE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY WOULD BE GREATER FOR DIFFICULT BUT SIMPLE TASKS THAN FOR COMPLEX BUT EASY TASKS, AND THAT SITUATIONAL STRESS WOULD BE MORE DISRUPTIVE FOR COMPLEX TASKS THAN FOR SIMPLE TASKS. A…

THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE--(1) THE IDENTIFICATION OF KEY VARIABLES IN AROUSING MOTIVATION, AND (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA WHICH INCREASE ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEED ACHIEVEMENT (N=ACH) THEORY AND RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ARE DISCUSSED. METHODS OF MEASURING MOTIVATION ARE DESCRIBED. PROPOSITIONS BASIC TO THE STUDY…

THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND RELATED DYNAMICS OF THE SCHOOL AND THEIR EFFECT UPON THE TEACHER'S THINKING, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR ARE STUDIED. THESE THEORETICAL ORGANIZATION MODELS ARE DISCUSSED--(1) THE AUTHORITARIAN, (2) THE RATIONALISTIC, AND (3) THE HUMANISTIC. MIXED MODEL TYPES STUDIED WERE--THE AUTHORITARIAN-RATIONALISTIC (AR) AND THE…

THE USE OF ETHNIC LABELS AND THEIR MEANING TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ISRAEL WAS INVESTIGATED IN THREE STUDIES. THE FIRST, EMPLOYING SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHODOLOGY, EXAMINED STEOEOTYPES AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION. RESULTS SHOW THAT ISRAELI YOUTHS--(1) EXPERIENCE THEIR ISRAELI SUBIDENTITY AS MORE MEANINGFUL AND FAVORED THAN THEIR JEWISH…

MENTAL ABILITY CAN BE MEASURED BY THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS RATHER THAN BY THE NUMBER OF CORRECT SOLUTIONS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE--(1) TO DEVELOP AND STUDY PROPERTIES OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES WHICH REVEAL THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS, (2) TO DEVELOP WAYS OF DESCRIBING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESSES, AND (3) TO…

THE RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT (RCU) WAS ESTABLISHED IN AUGUST 1965, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. ITS BASIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) INITIATE, STIMULATE, ASSIST, AND COORDINATE RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN AND AMONG EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, (2) CONDUCT RESEARCH INDEPENDENTLY OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER APPROPRIATE…

ACTIVITIES PURSUED BY THE CENTER FROM THE TIME OF ITS DESIGNATION AS A RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT (RCU), JUNE 30, 1965, TO NOVEMBER 30, 1966 ARE REPORTED. OBJECTIVES OF THE RCU WERE TO (1) BUILD AN ATMOSPHERE WITHIN THE STATE THAT COMMITS ITSELF TO RESEARCH AND IS RECEPTIVE TO IT, (2) STIMULATE PROJECTS, IDEAS, AND UNDERSTANDING OF RESEARCH, (3)…

STATE STAFF, LOCAL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL OF CONNECTICUT CONDUCTED 32 VOCATIONAL RESEARCH STUDIES. EACH IS SUMMARIZED TO INCLUDE PROJECT NUMBER, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, PROJECT CONSULTANT, PURPOSE OF STUDY, SOURCE OF DATA, AND FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS. SOME STUDIES ARE PRESENTLY IN PROGRESS. THEY INCLUDE--(1)…

A PROGRAM TO TEACH DECISION-MAKING SKILLS TO NINTH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS USING LOCAL RESEARCH DATA, VISUAL AIDS, AND OTHER MATERIALS WAS UNDERTAKEN. IN GROUP GUIDANCE SESSIONS, THESE PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED--(1) SOME DECISIONS ARE NEVER CONSCIOUSLY MADE, (2) THE EMOTIONAL BASES OF DECISIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED, (3) MANY STUDENTS AVOID MAKING…