To determine whether children possess representations and concepts of space before they acquire verbal descriptions of these, children's formation of symbolic representations of space and their acquisition of verbal referents for them were observed. It was found for subjects in the study that conceptual representations of space relations were…

Based on the theory that performance success will equate positively with a feeling of achieved status, this study investigated the effects of achieved status in relation to personal space. It was hypothesized that a person with high achieved status would, given the opportunity, place himself in a position of prominence, and maintain more personal…

The major purpose of this study was to explore the innovativeness of the career goals of black college women as related to selected background, attitudinal, and motivational factors. The level of career aspirations of black college women was investigated. Level of aspiration was defined as the extent to which a career choice was nontraditional for…

Student retention in Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs is the focus of this monograph. The means for solving the dropout problem in ABE programs are discussed from the answers to questions of why students enroll in ABE, what basic needs should be considered early in an ABE program, what procedures should be followed in orienting new students,…

These guidelines for the Vermont Regional Community College Commission attempt to answer the following questions: (1) Who are the students to be attracted and served? (2) What kind of services are to be provided? (3) In what ways can these services best be developed? (4) What kind of resources and staff development are needed for the job? and (5)…

It was proposed that existing therapeutic procedures may influence attributions about emotional states. Therefore an attributional analysis of crisis intervention, a model of community-based, short-term consultation, was presented. This analysis suggested that crisis intervention provides attributionally-relevant information about both the source…

Forty-two nursery school children were exposed to two procedures designed to assess their discrimination of orientation. Under one procedure, subjects had no difficulty in discriminating between stimuli which differed only in orientation. Under a second procedure, where color and size of stimuli were also varied, orientation proved to be a…

This paper attempts to design a model that covers a comprehensive range of theoretically relevant variables that focus on the aspiration-attainment process. The discussion is in 4 parts. First, the concept of "ambition" is separated into theoretically and operationally distinct components. Second, educational aspiration and college attainments are…

The teacher's aide guide focuses on the various aspects of an aide's position in a migrant educational situation. Following the introduction, section 1 describes the aide's relationship with the teacher, duties of the aide, and materials that might be required; a glossary of commonly used school terms is also provided. Psychologically oriented,…

This three-volume report describes a research project which had the following objectives: 1) to improve the orientation programs for cooperating teachers who work with student teachers; 2) to improve procedures for selection and utilization of cooperating teachers in schools which accept student teachers; and 3) to develop experimental, innovative…

In the author's view, the first step in solving college orientation problems is to assess the character of the campus. Orientation personnel interested in designing a useful program should note: (1) the size of the school; (2) whether the institution is primarily commuter or residential; (3) the size of the budget; (4) the degree of faculty and…

The second of a series of four booklets on residential programing for the mentally retarded (MR) presents a developmental model for residential services based on the premise that MR persons are capable of growth, development, and learning. Architectural factors, staff resistance and financial considerations are described as impediments to…

This report evaluates changes in teacher behavior resulting from a one-week orientation program. Teachers at School A attended an orientation program which stressed the problems of working with inner-city children and the resource personnel available to help them. Teachers from School B, a second inner-city school without an in-service program…

Described is the staff training program at an early childhood diagnostic and training center for aurally handicapped children in an inner city setting. Focused upon is the community training in which a new staff member learns about the life style in inner city neighborhoods before beginning to work with parents or children. A community knowledge…

Advisory committees have been used in limited numbers because school personnel have not been aware of procedures for establishing such committees or how to use them effectively. The purpose of this project was to develop an instructional packet that would contain information concerning the establishment, orientation, development, and use of…