The Empire State College does not have a traditional campus but operates from a variety of leased facilities located in major population centers and in smaller communities where there appeared to be a clear need for such a college. Who are the students attracted to an individualized, contract learning type of program and why do they seek out…

The curriculum was designed to provide a systematic way of instructing apprentices preparing for various trades in the area of communications skills needed on and off the job. The core curriculum is developed in eight learning modules which are self-contained instructional packages: (1) effective verbal communications--understanding and being…

By recounting findings from three studies, it is shown that the ecological approach to education has the potential of promoting understanding of relationships between society, schooling, and life opportunities. The ecological approach means that one must attempt to see whether and how the organization of schools, school districts, or national…

A series of Piagetian concrete operations period tasks dealing with classificatory concepts was administered to 280 children (40 subjects from each of seven levels--preschool, kindergarten, and first, second, third, fourth, and sixth grades). Significant main effects for age were found for all the tasks. Few significant sex differences were…

This study examined the effects of third grade students' physical attractiveness, IQ scores, and sex on raters' expectations for the students' personality and academic performance. Subjects were 120 undergraduate and graduate students who were either teachers or teacher trainees. A fictitious school transcript and student essay were randomly…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of 22 principles of small-group instruction of young children. The principles dealt only with teacher behavior in managing instruction in the small-group setting and were organized in two major sections. Items described as organization and management concerned getting the children's…

A total of 138 middle-class first graders in two parochial schools were studied to determine whether a phonics reading approach was superior to a contextual reading approach in reading achievement, whether auditory learners achieve in reading to a greater extent than visual learners, and whether auditory or visual learners achieve in one program…

This study investigates the preference and ability components of cognitive style as measured by a verbal test for fifth-grade children. Performances from an intellectual ability test, a pictorial cognitive style test, and school achievement tests were included as construct validity variables. The results supported conclusions drawn by Robinson and…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parent and teacher estimates of a child's reading ability and to determine the relationship between the facts about a child's reading ability that a teacher wants to report and the facts that a parent considers important to learn. Other variables related to student achievement and…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a two-semester junior college reading program designed to train teacher aides to assist professionals in reading programs. Descriptive data, including scores on the San Antonio College Test for Reading Aides and the Nelson-Denny Reading test, were gathered for 96 teacher aides. Analysis of posttests using…

Early language aptitude tests were generally tests of ability in English or work-sample tests in the target language or an artificial language. Recent work has involved various correlational studies and factor analyses to determine what factors correlate most with success in foreign language learning. Approaches include: (1) correlations of…

The main purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of two different methods of instruction on community college students' achievement in the mechanics of composition (capitalization, punctuation, and grammar/usage) and spelling. This study was also concerned with changes in self-esteem, attitudes toward the method used in each plan,…

This document examines the measurement of reading achievement and life change (amount and rate of change as a stress producing factor) as possible alternatives to traditional entrance examinations in the community college. In fall 1974, the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT) was administered to 403 entering freshmen at Amarillo College (Texas). In…

The purpose of the American Samoa program, Upgrading Language Abilities (ULA) funded under Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act, is to raise the English language proficiency of educationally deprived high school students to the point where they can successfully compete with native speakers in an English medium educational system unhindered…

This report discusses the background of a program funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, initiated in 1970 to upgrade language abilities (ULA) of secondary students in American Samoa, contains a description of its many components, summarizes activities and accomplishments for fiscal year 1973 displays feedback and evaluation data…