Ringelmann's classic finding - that the addition of co-workers in a rope-pulling task leads to a linear decrement in the individual group member's average performance - was re-examined experimentally. (Editor)

This program in history instruction has provided a cooperative attitude between faculties of the university and the community college, and is having a positive effect on the reshaping of curriculum and teaching methods as well. (Editor/RK)

This document is an abstract of a speech delivered before the American School Health Association, and describes in an extended outline a two-credit-hour undergraduate pilot course for teacher trainees in "Smoking and Health." The pilot course was developed to help future teachers deal more effectively with the problems of smoking education.…

This paper deals with television viewing behavior in blacks. Research on viewing behavior and the effects of this medium on blacks is relatively scant. Some of the questions that precipitated this research are: (1) What are the effects of repeated exposure to violent episodes on blacks' capacities to respond to each others' needs? and (2) What…

Discussion of several important problems faced in developing the Follow Through model and implementing it in the field, and their eventual impacts on a sponsor. (Author/ND)

Project Volunteer Power was a Manpower Administration pilot program in three cities (Birmingham, Minneapolis, and Malden, Massachusetts) using volunteer women's organizations on a planned basis to develop employment opportunities for the physically handicapped, the mentally retarded, and the mentally restored. (Author/BP)

The objective of this study was to identify, describe, and appraise existing behavior-oriented, vandalism-prevention programs using a case-study approach. This report summarizes an investigation of three programs in Ontario (Canada): Project PRIDE (Pupils Responsible in Determining their own Environment); Operation Aware; and a Diversion program.…

Investigated were the areas of role modeling and career salience for older female college students, with career salience defined as actively seeking to use education by pursuing a career. A pilot questionnaire was administered to all female students 35 and over in the Department of Psychology (N=40), with a focus upon background factors, career…

A 2-day symposium of historians and archivists prepared a series of 11 specific recommendations for the development of a comprehensive national inventory of historical materials in American education. A pilot project, recommended as the initial step, will focus on three aspects of education: community, formal, and higher education, possibly…

THE PROJECT AIMED TO PREPARE PROFESSIONAL LEADERS TO DEVELOP FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS HANDICAPPED BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS DIFFERENCES. PHASE I, THE PROFESSIONAL LEADER'S RESPONSIBILITIES WERE ANALYZED ACCORDING TO WHAT HE IS CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT HE SHOULD DO. SUPERVISORS AND LEADERS OF PROGRAMS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED RATED…

AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM IN A MULTIVERSITY SETTING (THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA) IS DESCRIBED, AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS EDUCATIONAL MODEL ARE RAISED. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A SINGLE-TRACK SEQUENCE WITH INNER FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM CENTERS AROUND…

TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF USING COUNSELOR-ASSISTANTS (CA) IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THIS PROJECT, EVOLVING FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL COUNSELING PROJECT, WAS SPONSORED BY THE BUREAU OF GUIDANCE, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT TITLE V-A FUNDS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER AND THREE CONTRIBUTING…

AS PART OF THE GREAT CITIES PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, THE BUFFALO PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO ATTACK THE SOCIAL INERTIA, LOW DEGREE OF INTEREST, ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS, AND UNINSPIRED MOTIVATIONAL PATTERNS CHARACTERISTIC OF CHILDREN FROM A COMMUNITY LOW ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC SCALE. THIS WAS SOUGHT THROUGH AN ENRICHED SCHOOL PROGRAM OF TEACHING,…

AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATHEMATICS CURRICULUMS ON ALL LEVELS, THE NEED FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS IS CRITICAL. THIS CONFERENCE MET IN ORDER TO STUDY EXISTING PROGRAMS AND TO REPORT PROMISING PRACTICES, TO EXPLORE WAYS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR PILOT PROGRAMS IN STATES WHERE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED. IN…

TEN PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD SPENT TWO YEARS TEACHING ABROAD WERE PLACED IN AN URBAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM. THE PURPOSE WAS TO LEARN WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE URBAN CLASSROOM, HOW IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT, AND HOW BEST TO GO ABOUT TRAINING TEACHERS TO DEAL WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE STUDENTS WERE AIDED BY A SPECIAL STAFF OF MASTER…