Summarizes findings from a study undertaken to investigate the relationships between child's language development and learning ability and suggests some implications of those findings for those concerned with the care and early education of children. (MP)

Presents the career-related perceptions of 648 adults identified as talented high school students. The follow up assessment showed that more than a quarter had felt unprepared to make career decisions after high school, although a majority felt they had lived up to their abilities. (JAC)

The director of the National Institute of Adult Education describes some of the British strategies for bridging the gap between the acquisition of basic skills and their application to patterns of lifelong education. (SK)

Summarizes research which identified characteristics of evaluation planning, implementation, and follow-up that enhance the likelihood that the resulting information will be utilized. Delineates the exemplary practices employed in North Central Association's planning, implementation, and follow-up procedures. (CAM)

Results indicated that adolescents using positive or neutral voice tones during emotionally laden discussions with their parents tended to show relatively adequate levels of psychosocial adjustment as young adults, while adolescents using exclusively negative voice tones tended to show adjustment difficulties in early adulthood. (Author/SW)

Annual controlled outcome results revealed that the program led to significant and consistent reductions in expulsions, suspensions, and grade failure, and variable, often significant, gains in attendance and achievement. (Author)

The body weight of former participants to control long-term efficiency of behavior-oriented weight reduction programs was rechecked. Only 4 of the 21 available subjects regained weight over the three-year period. On an average, subjects lost 4.4 kilograms over the follow-up period. (Author)

Examines the interrelations of work experience and psychological involvement in work among male college graduates over a 10-year period. Both the occupational socialization and the occupational selection hypotheses are supported by the data analysis. (Author/JOW)

Followup responses of 1976 and 1977 participants in the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, a six-week summer program for gifted students, and analysis of learning styles suggested that Ss who report a right cerebral hemisphere or integrated learning style made significantly more applications of their new learnings than Ss with a left hemisphere…

The social power theory of parental identification was supported. Perceived outcome-control power was the weakest power variable and perceived referent power was generally the strongest variable. Lack of consistent patterning of parental identification by sex of adolescent and parent is evidenced. (Author)

A model is presented for conducting follow-up studies of preservice and inservice teacher training. (JD)

Eight chronic adult stutterers underwent an electromyographic (EMG) biological feedback training program to reduce masseter muscle tension in an effort to improve fluency. All subjects mastered the program within 10 30-minute sessions. Measures of muscle tension and fluency indicated improvements that were maintained three to six months later.…

The Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) was used to describe the developmental status of 59 children before the start of kindergarten. A number of variables from the MCDI were highly correlated with this continuum of difficulty in mastering reading, with parental report of the child's general development and knowledge of letters and…

It was found that clients who traveled often were younger (under age 25), women, had experienced little stress or change, needed no help when traveling or used a dog guide, and had become blind at a younger age. (Author)

Presents a follow-up report on Alpha, an experimental unit of the College of DuPage in Illinois. Traces the postgraduation activities of Alpha graduates and describes new Alpha programs and projects. (CAM)