Age 3 follow-up data are presented for sample of 34 toddlers diagnosed between ages of 24 and 31 months with expressive specific language impairment. Late talkers made more rapid progress in lexical development and in descriptive, explanatory, and definitive use of language than in syntactic and morphological language. Toddlers who'd been more…

Studied the recollections of preschool day care experiences of 60 early adolescents who participated in the Victoria Day Care Research Project in the early 1980s. Found that 87% remembered day care experiences. Females remembered relationships more than males. Naptime was remembered as tedious and unnecessary. The majority of remembered emotions…

This follow-up study surveyed earlier winners of the St. Petersburg (Russia) mathematical Olympiad in 1991 (n=58) and 2001 (n=30). Findings are detailed concerning respondents' academic degrees, employment, publications, schools attended, and perceived quality of mathematical education. Respondents' views about education were conservative and…

This follow-up study of Kansas Regents Honors Academy participants found that they were likely to be white females who pursued postsecondary education in their home state and entered the fields of biological sciences, social sciences, business, engineering, English, or education. Data offer guidance for advising academically gifted students. (EV)

An adult male with mild mental retardation had previously been trained in a match-to-sample task on 16 arbitrary relations among 16 visual stimuli and 2 auditory stimuli. Testing indicated the development of 112 additional arbitrary relations that had never been reinforced. On two-year and three-year followup, his performances remained stable.…

Thirteen children (age 8-14) with an auditory-linguistic subtype of learning disability participated for 1 year in a Tomatis Program of auditory training and were assessed in a 2-year follow-up study. Results fail to support educational efficacy of the program but do support the efficacy of less exotic remedial procedures. (Author/JDD)

Employees of four manufacturing plants who were at risk because of high blood pressure, obesity, or smoking were periodically contacted by wellness counselors. Over a three-year period, seven strategies for behavior change were used. High blood pressure clients were most likely to begin risk reduction actions. Frequency of followup showed positive…

A discussion of the McMaster University Doctor of Medicine program reviews key elements of its history and distinctive approach, describes the process and substance of curriculum change over the past decade, summarizes follow-up studies of graduates, and analyzes the current program context. (MSE)

Followup 8 years after reduction of antiepileptic drugs in 50 institutionalized developmentally disabled epileptic patients found recurrence of seizures in 26 patients. Predictors for a seizure-free state off medication included few documented seizures in lifetime, no gross neurological abnormalities, and persistently normal electroencephalograms.…

Five responses to Alvarez (EC 220 238) comment on discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs with mentally retarded patients. (DB)

Investigated long-term stability of vocational interests in 409 college freshmen tested with Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory as freshmen in 1974, four years later (N=204), and in 1986. Results revealed remarkable degree of interest stability over all three time intervals and individual differences in stability over time. (Author/NB)

Offers an overview of trends and issues in student tracking, including methods of collecting data, determining which data should be gathered, obtaining follow-up data, and using results to inform decisions about institutional planning and improvement. (DMM)

A retrospective survey was conducted with 47 school leavers with moderate learning difficulties. The survey, involving individuals who left a Midlands (England) special school in 1976, 1981, or 1983, examined their difficulty in finding and keeping employment, training opportunities available, and the ways in which they spent their leisure time.…

A study evaluated the effectiveness of an audiotape continuing education program on how theory relates to research. Although the continuing education program increased knowledge, participation in the program did not significantly increase involvement in research-related behaviors. (JOW)

Observation of four elementary grade learning disabled children about six months after a social skills training program found generalization of new skills by all subjects to new environments. Training included generalization training in the form of systematic attention by teachers and parents in the new environments. (Author/DB)