This sub-study of a 39-month longitudinal study conducted by the University of Illinois in cooperation with the University of Iowa, undertook to discern the trends in practical nursing in Iowa and to record a history of its development. The 435 member 10 percent random sample of practical nurses licensed in Iowa through December 1965, which was…

Descriptions of special programs and research efforts in the schools of India during the period July-September, 1967 are presented in this bibliography of over 200 items with abstracts. Materials cover different levels of education: adult, basic, higher, general, elementary, secondary, part-time, rural, and special education. Also treated are…

The effectiveness of the Youth Training Project administered by The Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) of Saint Louis, Missouri, is assessed in this followup study. The report is based upon an analysis of data regarding 91 youths who actually completed the entire JEVS program. The data were obtained from JEVS records and trainee and…

This study was undertaken to determine the advisability of establishing an area vocational-technical school. The county's population characteristics and the economic base of the county as well as its history were studied for background information. the staff then surveyed 2,288 high school seniors in the county to determine which ones and how many…

During the first months after birth, a child's functions begin to emerge. By age three a child is expected to have mastered the basic tasks of (1) good vegetative functioning (management of drives and impulses involved in eating and elimination), (2) perceptual organization and familiarization with the home environment and skills to orient to a…

The purpose of this study was to review current developments in team teaching and to assess its potential in the Calgary, Alberta, schools. An investigation into team teaching situations in schools in the eastern half of the United States and Canada revealed characteristics common to successful programs (e.g., charismatic leadership and innovative…

Suggestions for curriculum development for educable mentally handicapped, visually handicapped students aged 13 to 18 years are presented. A discussion of communication skills includes the areas of listening, oral communication, reading, writing, and spelling and teaching methods for each. The goals of the computation skills sequence, basic…

The academic and professional preparation of elementary, secondary, and college teachers of English is discussed, and recommendations for strengthening the teaching profession are presented. Specific topics of discussion are (1) teacher roles and personal characteristics, (2) the recruitment, selection, certification, and assignment of English…

A longitudinal study begun in 1956 on the effect of the child's temperament on his development included 141 children, 136 of whom remained throughout the study. Aged 4 to 10 years in 1966, the 69 boys and 67 girls had a mean IQ of 127 established at 3 and 6 years of age and were from 85 middle or upper middle class families. The Parental Attitude…

This document comprises the final report of the Detroit Dialect Study (see also AL 001 422 and AL 001 419). In order to contrast the speech patterns of various socio-economic groups, the research design included--(1) randomly selecting approximately 700 Detroit residents of four major age groups from an enumerated population providing as few…

The discussion sessions recorded in this volume cover various aspects of foreign language instruction including (1) the roles of both the state and the individual educator in the promotion of legislation, in the adoption of texts and other instructional materials, and in the development of curriculum, (2) problems of articulation, student…

Compiled for language teachers and directors of instructional materials centers, this reference list contains mostly recent materials. Each listing includes price of the item, publisher or distributor, as well as a content annotation where necessary. Teaching aids and professional references make up the two largest sections. English as a foreign…

Designed to identify the functions necessary for an adequate student personnel program in the 2-year community college and to develop guidelines based on the identified functions, a questionnaire was distributed to 100 public junior colleges in Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Responses from the 86 participants were used…

This document describes the legislative history, development, and current status of the University of Kentucky Community College System. Legislated in 1962, the 13-college system enrolled 17,196 credit students in 1976 compared to 1,907 in 1967. Transfer students accounted for 37.4% of enrollment, Applied Science degree students accounted for…

The design of the 1969-70 Parent Interview (PI) survey specified that interviews be taken with the parents of children in Follow Through classes and with those of children in comparison classes of non-Follow Through children. A total of 14,833 interviews were conducted between January and March 1970 by the National Opinion Research Center in 49…