This study examines the attitude of Jewish adolescents in an American metropolis toward the State of Israel. The study is designed to test two hypotheses: (1) that students who are exposed to a more intensive Jewish education tend to be more aware of Israel than those with a lesser exposure; and (2) that children from homes and/or schools with a…

This brief report summarizes progress to date in a continuing study, now in its sixth year, of Montessori education in Cincinnati. Follow-up tests of Montessori children are focusing on the relation of early performance to grade school achivement four years later. This study represents the first systematic attempt to compare long term effects of…

Eight papers report on the project at Austin State School, funded by a Hospital Improvement (HIP) grant, which used a multidisciplinary team to implement socialization programs for institutionalized mildly retarded persons exhibiting socially inept behavior. Two papers consider social rehabilitation and the task of trying to move residents out…

This inventory of federally supported population research activities for fiscal year 1970 up dates and expands a previous report, The Federal Program in Population Research, which covered projects supported during July 1, 1968 through April 30, 1969. Its purpose is to provide timely and comprehensive information on current population research…

Twelve elementary and eight secondary ungraded schools in various geographical areas of the country were visited and reported upon by members of a selected school system staff. The resulting descriptive analysis established the criteria necessary for the evaluation of ungraded schools. Contained in the research findings are school comparisons and…

In order to study the signal-sight reading learning and the factor structure of intellectual abilities at preliterate moderate and severe levels of mental retardation (IQ 25-55), a test battery of items covering six hypothetical factors was constructed and administered to 80 preliterate mentally retarded subjects. The four factors extracted…

This project report describes the historical research completed for the writing of one of the few single-volume books dealing with modern Serbian history that gives a complete and detailed analytical survey of the past history and its influence on present day Yugoslavia. The two-fold theme of modern Serbian history is: 1) the impact of…

This report summarizes information received from State Research Coordinating Units (RCU's) regarding research activities conducted under Section 131 (b) of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. The purpose of the report is to provide information that will help states to be aware of research and development conducted by other states, thus…

Listed in the annotated bibliography, one of a series of over 50 similar selected bibliographies on exceptional (both handicapped and gifted) children, are 78 references to research dealing with the trainable and custodial mentally retarded. The research treats such subjects as behavior modification, use of reinforcement and operant conditioning,…

Summarized are the results of efforts exerted by the Puerto Rico Research Coordinating Unit to expand the Puerto Rico research capability in vocational education by: (1) identifying relevant legislation and its historical antecedents, (2) identifying the administrative structure responsible for conducting research in occupational education, (3)…

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of conditioning subjects to believe expectancy statements, and to demonstrate the effects of the conditioning on persistence and persistence of attention. A review of related research on suggestion, on cognitive dissonance, and on conditioning is included. The subjects for the experiment…

This report, one segment of the first phase of the Indiana Higher Education Facilities Comprehensive Planning Study, covers major items of financial income and expenditures in colleges and universities in Indiana encompassing data from 1957-58 through 1966-67. Chapters concern capital financing, endowment funds, total educational and general…

This report is one of a series of papers on policy alternatives commissioned by the California Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. Most of the papers are directed toward synthesis and analysis of existing information and perspectives on the role of research in California. Topics cover the categories of research…

This is the first of a 2-volume final report of a 20-month research and development project conducted by the Michigan State Employment Service agency and a private research firm. The purpose of the project was to design and test innovative methods of increasing the volume and quality of jobs listed with the employment service. Included are: (1) a…

A factor analysis was performed on an intercorrelation matrix of reported drug usage frequencies for seven drug categories at two consecutive periods of time. Subjects were 1,010 Army Vietnam veterans in pay grade E6 or below, aged 26 years or less. Retrospective reporting identified drug usage prior to a tour of Vietnam and during the tour. Four…