The role played by stress in the prognosis of schizophrenia is not entirely clear. It has been suggested that high premorbid stress levels before first-time psychiatric admission for schizophrenia will be related to better outcome. Subjects, first-time psychiatric admissions classified as schizophrenic by either Schneider's First Rank Symptoms,…

A study was commissioned by the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Education to determine the number of students enrolled in transfer programs at the 14 BC community colleges who actually transfer to senior institutions. The study involved identifying all BC community college students (both full- and part-time) who were enrolled in transfer…

In a study based on data collected by Project TALENT, only children and individuals from two-child families were compared on a number of outcome variables in order to explore whether, and in what way, only children differ from children with siblings. A sample of 3221 Project TALENT participants who were in either the ninth or twelth grade in 1960…

To provide feedback on program for the visually impaired in the State of Wisconsin, a followup study was done on 98 persons who had been enrolled in such programs and who had been out of school for a period of 3 to 13 years. The study focused on adaptation, and was concerned with many facets of everyday living, including such things as academic…

For seven years, the PREP (Preparation through Responsive Educational Programs) Project maintained behavioral learning programs for highly disruptive and skill-deficient juveniles in a suburban, a rural, and an urban school. Forty-one volunteer teachers were taught to use specific procedures for academic and social skill training. Followup was…

The survey instruments that are a part of an ongoing systematic process of information gathering at Delaware County Community College (DCCC) form the bulk of this manual. Designed to familiarize the faculty and staff with the process of survey use for decision-making, the intended populations and the possible applications of data are described.…

The purpose of this booklet is to introduce teachers and students to the Blacksmith's Shop, one of the many craft programs available for student participation at the Brookville Homestead site developed to recreate life as it was in the early days of Long Island's settlement. Active participation in the blacksmithing craft activity is designed to…

A report is made on a teacher preparation evaluation program that consisted of a systematic follow-up of teachers both while in the undergraduate programs and after they entered the profession. The data provided covers a period of more than seven years. Changes in teacher behavior as experience is gained are examined, and additional findings about…

Using data obtained from opinion questionnaires and standardized tests of educational development, attitudes, and critical thinking, a study was made in 1968 to test the findings of a 1965 study of students and teachers in two high schools--one experimental and one control--in the same school system in Colorado. Approximately 500 students were…

A questionnaire was used to collect data from 13 southern trade and technical teachers in order to ascertain the degree to which they had adopted 15 instructional innovations that had been presented in a special summer workshop eight months earlier. The innovations were (1) color keyed instruction sheets, (2) a method of illustrating communication…

The focus of the Abraham Jacobs Memorial Symposium was the rehabilitation of the mentally retarded. In "Predictive Studies of Vocational Adjustment," Henry V. Cobb and Shirley Epir discuss (1) the history of treatment of the retarded in the United States, (2) problems in predictive research with the retarded, and (3) difficulties in the…

To evaluate a secondary level occupational education program in New York State, the author used a system termed LOPE (Local Occupational Program Evaluation), which began with the development of a statement of philosophy and measureable objectives based on teacher and administrator input. A questionnaire based on the objectives was administered to…

The purpose of this study is to assess the program of distributive education in Connecticut high schools on the basis of the graduates' status and perception of the program. Questionnaires were sent to graduates of three high school classes--1965, 1968, and 1971. Responses are tabulated. Information requested included: (1) sex and salaries; (2)…

Twenty-seven (77.1%) of the thirty-five 1977 graduates of the South Georgia Colleges' Division of Nursing responded to a follow-up survey, producing the following information: (1) 17 were employed full-time, two were employed part-time, and eight were unemployed; (2) 88.9% agreed they were prepared adequately for the state board examination; (3)…

Based on a 1967 survey of Mexican American high school sophomores conducted in the "border region" of South Texas, this 1973 follow-up study examined the extent to which: (1) historical changes had occurred in the use of Spanish and English by Mexican American boys and girls over the 6-year study period, and (2) the variations in 1973…