This study examined the effects of age, sex, and setting on interpersonal physical distance (IPD) preferences among 160 1st, 5th, 9th, and 12th grade white public school students. Within each grade, subjects were tested two at a time in same-sex pairs. Subjects' IPD preferences were tested by both direct and indirect modes of measurement in…

This special report on career education is to provide school practitioners at all levels, and others concerned with education, with an overview of the most up-to-date information in the area. The topics discussed are an overview of career education, the need for educational revolution in our schools because of the rapid development and promotion…

This collection of essays on socialization theory and research attempts to illustrate a new tendency to see socialization as an interaction process which involves the child as an active partner, rather than as a process by which a child is manipulated. The 13 essays are divided into four categories: (1) Alternate Approaches to Socialization…

This report attempts to respond to a series of questions commonly asked about the nation-wide experiment to provide equality of educational opportunity to children born to families of poverty. The report focuses on the following questions: (1) Why did this program of experimenting with early childhood education happen to get launched midway in the…

The recent marked increase in voter-taxpayer rejection of school budget and school bond issues at polls across the United States -- a phenomenon popularly called the "taxpayers' revolt" -- has given rise to the widespread claim that public school finance is in a state of crisis. This paper develops a simplified model of a political…

The final report of a research effort, interracial and multidisciplinary in nature and designed to deal with the politics of change in professional systems, outlines a) a diagnosis of American high schools and consequent change strategies, b) its goals and objectives, c) program outcomes, and d) issues facing the Educational Change Team and others…

The two main sections of this report describe the general model for the Volunteer Parental Involvement Program and provide the program documentation. The model is accompanied by materials developed for its implementation in in schools. These materials comprise a manual that schools are employing in developing their own Parental Assistance…

This paper presents a review of the research concerning the effects of maternal employment on the child. Findings are organized around five theories: (1) the working mother provides a different role model than the non-working mother; (2) employment affects the mother's emotional state (sometimes providing satisfactions, sometimes harassment, and…

This paper reports on an experiment designed to investigate the effect of structural and linguistic variables on level of difficulty in solving arithmetic word problems. Identification of such variables is intended to assist curriculum writers in preparing exercises at a specified level of difficulty for students at various age levels. The study…

One hundred and fifty papers deal with the current range of concerns in the emergent field of environmental design research and emphasize the relating of research to practice. The papers focus on (1) original research in the social and behavioral sciences with direct relevance to environmental design, planning, and management; and (2) new methods…

This document investigates the educational impact of service-learning internships arranged in North Carolina. Emphasis is placed on what students report they learn in service-learning internships and what conditions support those learnings. Results indicate the learning benefits most frequently felt by student interns was (1) the development of…

In reviewing the situation in social studies education in general and the place of social studies in the curriculum, this paper focuses on the concept of the evolving individual, a person characterized in social studies curriculum by encountering, decision-making, and taking action. Chapter I, a position statement, discusses the nature and goals…

This document lists various ways that a teacher can utilize recordings and transcriptions to achieve interest in the social studies classroom, and suggests some recordings that are particularly valuable as learning tools. Properly employed, these recordings can induce in students a feeling that they are personally acquainted with famous historical…

The lack of representation of minority group members in social work education and the profession has been a salient issue in recent years. A project designed to alleviate this lack and to develop social work curriculum relevant to the minority community and minority group experiences stemmed from the creation of a Consortium of Texas schools of…

The nature of the work on an automated assembly line is the major cause of complaint among workers and labor unions. In trying to solve the problem of alienation among American industrial workers, a simulation model, "Kingscity," patterned after the General Motors plant at Lordstown, Ohio, was utilized in a basic interpersonal communication course…