A study was made of relationships of personal value orientations to personal characteristics of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service (CES) professional staff members, their perceptions of certain CES organizational elements (legal, process, functional, structural, personnel), and the distribution of high value orientations. A preliminary…

Based on adult education students who completed Ph.D. work in the Department of Education, University of Chicago, during 1960-69, this study examined the problems they perceive in completing doctoral study. Eighty-five doctoral graduates submitted usable questionnaires. Data were obtained on completion time as related to such variables as number…

Focusing on a professional continuing education program in group discussion leadership skills for Louisiana public health workers, this study assessed the overall value of training to participants, and sought relationships between certain background characteristics and the value ascribed to the training experience. The Kropp-Verner Evaluation…

These transcriptions of children living in a suburb of Paris represent and illustrate linguistic behavior and interests of the average nine-year-old French child. Seventy-nine children in groups of three were recorded in 30-minute periods of free conversation and 10-minute periods of play. Analysis reveals more than 30 centers of interest which…

During the summer of 1969, 16 youths from the Los Angeles County Probation Department's facilities participated in the Upward Bound program at the Claremont colleges together with 60 other students from surrounding communities. This program was established to provide the probation department with information useful in establishing similar joint…

This extensively annotated bibliography supplements an article by Zana Stein and Mervyn Susser entitled "Mutability of Intelligence and Epidemiology of Mild Mental Retardation," appearing in "Review of Educational Research," Volume 40, Number 1, February 1970, pages 29-67. Resource materials listed focus on: the fate of…

Beginning with general information on the scope and subject coverage of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education (ERIC/AE) and on principal periodicals covering the literature, this annotated bibliography lists 74 literature reviews, research registers, ERIC/AE current and basic information sources, Central ERIC and Government Printing Office…

This study in Knox County, Tennessee, was done to determine how those attending Extension clothing construction workshops differed from others; which recommended clothing instruction practices were being used; and factors influencing respondents to adopt or reject practices. Forty-five participants and a random sample of 45 nonparticipants were…

Instructional materials provided in this second of a two-year sequence are designed to broaden and deepen the overview of Greek and Roman civilization and language developed in the initial year of study. Literary selections in the six units allow the student a comparison of themes and ideas in classical and contemporary literature. Major sections…

Sixteen social studies teaching units for Navajo beginning students through grade 4 are presented in this curriculum guide. Purpose of the guide is to promote the Navajo child's understanding of how he interacts with members of his nuclear and extended families, with peers and teachers within the school, with members of communities located in the…

Sixteen social studies teaching units for Navajo students in grades 5 through 8 are presented in this curriculum guide. Purpose of the guide is to promote the Navajo child's understanding of how he interacts with members of his nuclear and extended families, with peers and teachers within the school, with members of communities located in the…

Changes in occupational patterns of local rural communities and outmigrating rural youth led to apparent deficiencies in small rural schools' vocational, occupational education programs. This project provided in-service workshops to develop courses and to review and revise the curriculum for various occupational fields. The project resulted in…

The arid areas of the world, especially the Middle East and North Africa, need to develop an educational system that is attuned to the needs of the people in order to improve human and institutional competencies required to solve social and economic problems. Since arid areas have special characteristics, it is necessary to find applicable…

Occupational standing is determined by the amount and quality of educational attainment, which in turn is influenced by a number of other determinants. Thus, any possible deficiencies in rural education may have effects on rural youth. By and large, nonmetropolitan people, people of rural regions, and those of rural ethnic groups (or from ethnic…

Reading innovations incorporated into the Newton, Massachusetts, school system are discussed. The program emphasizes individual differences, the influence of the home environment in developing attitudes towards reading, and the importance of prereading experiences for kindergarten children. The basal reading program, the individualized reading…