Included in this issue of the newsletter are details about the usage of the currently available computer terminals, information about equipment soon to be added to the Computer Aids to Teaching Project, and an announcement describing a workshop and open house held in March of 1973. Some recent publications are cited and a student guide to…

The University Opinion Poll conducted a poll to obtain an estimate of student opinion on issues related to foreign students on campus. Four hundred eighty two, 79% of a random sample drawn from all students registered at the University of Minnesota, were contacted for their opinions. Most respondents favored keeping the number of foreign students…

Whereas threatened punishment proves effective under conditions where the instrumental value of aggressive behavior is quite low, the following techniques of control may work better in situations where the value of aggression is relatively high: (1) the use of restrained, non-aggressive models; (2) empathic arousal among aggressors; or (3)…

This document reports demographic information about the students of Empire State College (ESC), a new, nontraditional college without a campus of the State University of New York. Results indicate ESC students differ from their counterparts at other institutions in several ways including: older, higher percentage married, and higher percentage…

This study: (1) determines and quantifies the degree of fear expressed by graduate students at Arizona State University toward a research methods course (EF 500); identifies graduate students who indicate a high measure of anxiety for EF 500; and (3) compares them with students in whom measured fear is expressed to a low degree, is absent, or is…

The American Sociological Association's sub-committee on liaison with East European sociologists has started publishing this newsletter 6 times a year to inform social scientists of professional events. Sections in the newsletter are directed to professional meetings in countries of this area, research opportunities, grants awarded, publications…

This report describes a multivariate analysis technique that approaches the problems of educational production function analysis by (1) using comparable measures of output across large experiments, (2) accounting systematically for differences in socioeconomic background, and (3) treating the school as a complete system in which different…

How farmers evaluate farm information sources, the views they hold of sources, and the relationship of views held to the use made of them were studied. The research was undertaken from two different vantage points: (1) determining how farmers view farm information sources, and (2) determining how views of farmers about sources are related to the…

The 10 chapters of this book are a compilation of 37 articles, by various authors, that are related to one of the following subjects: The Nature of Listening; Relationships: Listening and Reading; Relationships: Listening and Other Psychometric Factors; The Teaching of Listening; Testing Listening Skills; Critical Listening; Listening and the…

The author's approach to the conceptualization and measurement of natural cognitions which may have some relevance for the study of values is presented. Research on natural cognitions, or ideas entertained by people before an experimenter comes along to disturb them attempts to assess pre-existing concepts which are grouped initially according to…

This annual report begins with a brief overview of cooperative research objectives and background. The five major sections are 1) "Cooperative Research Authorization" including the basic authorizations and subsequent amendments; 2) "Management Policies and Procedures;" 3) "Definitions and Distinctions" covering major…

This study tested the hypothesis that teacher involvement in curriculum evaluation facilitates curriculum implementation. Curriculum implementation is defined as a function of the elements(s) of a particular referent curriculum. A random sample of 24 teachers, eight taken from each of three grade levels, served as subjects(S's) for experimental…

This paper proposes the idea that dissertations may be used as data in a model for analyzing the research aspects of the graduate program. The model simply states that characteristics of dissertation research provide estimates of research patterns and training in the college of education. The data from such an analysis can show the professional…

The roles assumed jointly by a university and a school district in preparing student teachers to elicit critical thinking on the part of pupils are investigated. Twelve elementary student teachers were assigned to a suburban school district. Each student teacher worked with one cooperating teacher. Records were kept by the student teachers and…

This research project represents the results of 264 questionnaires received from United States college and university libraries with a student enrollment of 3,000 or more. The results show that while there is widespread use of students in a variety of positions with varying degrees of responsibility, there is little effort made to organize any…