To investigate the effects of contacts with people from other cultures, students in nine Canadian secondary schools with differing ethnic population densities were compared. The first focus of the study was the development of cross-cultural understanding. Three measurement instruments were administered to eleventh grade English and history classes…

This materials preparation guide is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) program which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educated 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The materials production team which provides all the basic materials for the program is described. Materials…

A survey was conducted to determine the need for health occupations personnel in the Moraine Valley Community College district, specifically to: (1) describe present employment for selected health occupations; (2) project health occupation employment to 1974; (3) identify the supply of applicants for the selected occupations; and (4) identify…

The West Virginia project has, in the past year, tried to establish definitive areas of mutual responsibility and to develop specific objectives towards coordinating public libraries and Adult Basic Education (ABE). Specific objectives designed to coordinate services included community agency referral, selection of materials, identification of the…

The Distar program, evaluated mainly in terms of pupil achievement and teacher opinion, was generally considered to be successful. Teachers indicated through attitude questionnaires that the lessons were enjoyable, that the students had made reasonable progress and had learned useful skills, and that the material was good and easy to use. The…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the current and projected employment and training needs for printers in Missouri, the predicted effects of automation on employment and training, and the nature and scope of the vocational printing programs in Missouri. Data were collected from the managers of 265 printing industries, 126 vocational…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total industrial arts teacher education curriculum at Peru State College which consists of industrial arts education, professional education, and general education. Questionnaires were sent to the 103 graduates of the industrial arts teacher education curriculum and to the supervisors of the graduates…

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships which exist between various predictor measures obtained on students while in training at private post-high school trade, technical, and business schools and a particular global definition of vocational success. The data were collected from 518 students who responded to mailed…

The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to discover what educational and vocational decisions selected seniors and senior dropouts had made, (2) to investigate some selected variables important to the decisions of the students, and (3) to discover some important implications from this research to assist counselors, teachers, curriculum…

This fourth year report summarizes the services rendered during 1969-1970 by the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program and includes a partial evaluation of the accomplishments of the program as compared to its stated goals. The report is based on questionnaire responses by 49 of the 50 programs, including New York City. Because of…

This seventy-item questionnaire for college students consists of items relating to various aspects of college life: policies and procedures, working conditions, compensations, quality of education, social life, and recognition. The student must choose, on a 5-choice Likert-type scale, the degree of satisfaction he feels regarding each aspect.…

An evaluative study was conducted in Springfield, Illinois high schools (1) to determine the effects of the double shift scheduling that was necessitated by severely overcrowded conditions and (2) to provide accurate and objective information from which rational judgements could be made. (CK)

The purpose of the project was to provide research data concerning attitudes and satisfactions of present clinical laboratory employees which would be helpful in planning future recruitment and retention efforts. Questionnaires requesting information regarding the personal and work histories, work attitudes, career plans, and need satisfaction of…

A summary of the findings of a survey which studied changes in the preparation of reading teachers as a result of the recommendations made in Austin's "The Torchlighters" is presented. The Austin questionnaire was used with added items to assess new areas of interest. Data from the final sample of 365 institutions were analyzed using chi square…

A followup study was conducted by Wilkes Community College of its attrition population. The purposes were to: (1) determine factors contributing to student withdrawal; (2) create a profile of conditions concerning students who withdrew; and (3) ascertain what students did during the first quarter after leaving. One hundred questionnaires,…