STUDENTS WHO DID NOT RETURN FOR A SECOND YEAR WERE CODED ACCORDING TO THE LENGTH OF TIME SPENT IN THE COLLEGE AND THEIR RECORDS CHECKED FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS ATTEMPTED AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND GRADE POINTS EARNED. A 1-PAGE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 967 SUCH STUDENTS AND THE RESULTS FROM THE 222 REPLIES WERE ANALYZED. A SEPARATE CHECK WAS MADE…

TO HELP EVALUATE THE DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 37 OF THE PROGRAM'S GRADUATES (1963-66) AND TO THE 93 DENTISTS IN THE SERVICE AREA. THIRTY-TWO GRADUATES AND 58 DENTISTS REPLIED. THE DENTAL ASSISTANTS PERCEIVED THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE OF THEIR DUTIES AS CHAIRSIDE ASSISTANCE, X-RAY SKILLS, RECEPTIONIST DUTIES, BOOKKEEPING…

IN A 4-YEAR STUDY OF 598 FRESHMEN WHO ENTERED WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE, TEXAS, IN FALL 1961, THE AUTHOR USED A QUESTIONNAIRE, PLUS HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR COLLEGE, AND SENIOR COLLEGE RECORDS TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCES AND ABILITIES OF THE STUDENTS, TO TRACE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGH JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGE, TO DISCOVER THEIR OPINIONS OF THE…

THIS RESEARCH GUIDELINE INCLUDES SEVEN ARTICLES ON METHODOLOGY BY WHICH SCHOOL COUNSELORS CAN DESIGN AND CONDUCT RESEARCH STUDIES RELEVANT TO THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS. GENERALIZATIONS CONCERNING THE INIATION OF THE STUDY, PROCEDURES FOR ANALYZING AND REPORTING THE DATA, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA ARE GIVEN IN THE INTRODUCTION. RESEARCH…

THE 1963-64 STUDY INVOLVED AN INVESTIGATION OF ACCELERATION IN MATHEMATICS AND ENRICHMENT IN READING AND SCIENCE IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. BUT THE RESEARCH WAS BROADENED AND, UNLIKE THE 1962-63 STUDY, EXPLORED MORE DEEPLY THE EFFECTS OF ACCELERATION AND ENRICHMENT. A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF WALLA WALLA WAS USED. PROBLEMS CONSIDERED WERE--(1)…

THE TRUMP PLAN AT RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN NORRIDGE, ILLINOIS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING INNOVATIONS--INSTEAD OF CLASSES OF 25-30 STUDENTS, STUDENTS MET IN GROUPS OF 4-7, 10-15, AND 65-130. INSTEAD OF STANDARD CLASSROOMS, THERE WERE MANY ASSORTED WORKING SPACES, FROM INDIVIDUAL CARRELS TO LARGE LECTURE HALLS. TEACHERS WERE GROUPED IN COOPERATIVE TEAMS…

THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN A REHABILITATION CENTER AND THREE LARGE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES. OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD, 56 WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN INJURED ON THE JOB AND HOSPITALIZED WERE ADMITTED TO THE REHABILITATION CENTER. OF THE 50 WORKERS STUDIED, THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IN THE CENTER WAS 36 DAYS. A FOLLOWUP STUDY,…

The usefulness of vocational interest measures has been questioned by those who have studied the predictive validity of expressed choice. The predictive validities of measured interest for decided and undecided students, expressed choice and measured interest, and expressed choice and measured interest when they are congruent and incongruent were…

Although alcoholism is a focus of public concern and scientific interest, knowledge of the long-term patterns of alcohol abuse is only fragmentary. Subjects in a four-year followup study were alcoholics initially treated at special alcoholism treatment centers funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. These centers were…

The purpose of this study is to determine whether any aberrations in teacher employment patterns for graduates of the teacher education program in Saskatchewan, Canada, had occurred in 1978 as contrasted with previous years. The following questions were considered: (1) What is the relative job success of applicants under various job categories?…

The papers written by 57 high school students during the 1977 New York Regents Comprehensive Examination in English were analyzed to determine patterns of student writing maturity in comparison with research by Kellogg W. Hunt. Data were collected for t-unit length, clause length, clauses per t-unit, and t-units per sentence. A case study to…

Marriage, childbearing, and employment patterns of women initially surveyed during their entrance to college in 1961 and subsequently surveyed in 1965, 1971, and 1974-5 were investigated. Subjects were questioned on marital status, number and timing of children in the family, employment patterns and shifts, job search patterns, preferred housework…

To establish diagnostic criteria, 12 fire-raising or pyromaniac children (7-15 years old) were compared with 12 control students matched for age, sex, and intellect. Six diagnostic procedures, including the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, the Lowenstein Fire Raising Diagnostic Test, and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, were used to…

Highlights of a followup study involving 1,179 remedial reading students in Rhode Island, grades 2 and 4, were examined. Since the study focused on determining the effect of Title I programs beyond one school year, the sample included students who did and did not continue to receive Title I services. It was not possible to determine whether each…

The effects of a comprehensive program for the treatment of cigarette addiction were investigated. Subjects were 18 university students and 12 community members. Abstinence levels of 40 percent, verified by expired air carbon monoxide tests, were achieved in a six to nine month follow-up period. A partial component analysis revealed that the…