Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal Nine of the Quality Education Program (regarding student understanding of human accomplishment) are listed. Both the rationales for areas of effective student behavior and the categories of teacher strategies are also included. (See TM 001 375 for project description.) (MS)

THE SCHOOL POLITICS OF TWO COMMUNITIES WERE REPORTED. RANDOM-SAMPLE SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED FOR BOTH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD. INTERVIEWS WERE MADE WITH 703 RANDOMLY SELECTED ADULTS IN EUGENE AND 528 IN SPRINGFIELD. ATTITUDE OR ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS WERE OBTAINED FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THESE…

ROLE ORIENTATIONS AMONG TEACHERS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUNDS WERE STUDIED. INVESTIGATION CENTERED ON (1) THE DISTINGUISHABLE PATTERNS OF ROLE ORIENTATION, AND (2) THE EFFECTS OF ETHNIC AND OTHER SOCIOCULTURAL VARIABLES UPON ROLE ORIENTATION. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 106 SECONDARY TEACHERS, IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF 1 OF 6…

A 4-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM OF TEACHER TRAINING FOR DENTAL ASSISTANTS WAS HELD FOR 20 PARTICIPANTS WHO PLANNED TO TEACH IN NEW DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAM WAS PLANNED TO DEVOTE HALF THE SUBJECT AREA TO AN ORIENTATION AND A PREPARATION IN SELECTED AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DEEMED ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFUL TEACHING. THE REMAINING SUBJECT…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings and activities of the Program Evaluation Project. The study in this chapter was designed to conduct a statistical analysis of the Goal Attainment Score, and estimate variance components due to choice of material in the followup guide, followup interviewer bias or error, and the client's…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings of the Program Evaluation Project. This chapter deals with the first year development of an integrated program evaluation system for the Adult Outpatient Program, Hennepin County Mental Health Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This evaluation system is an extension of and expansion of the…

The authors describe a game called "Frustration" which can be used by counselors to show incoming high school students some of the ordinary hazards of the high school experience which partly determine success at school. Students are encouraged to suggest their own solutions to these problems. (SE)

Study tested a revised model for analyzing leader commitment in community educational programs. Survey of 272 leaders found dynamic behavioral commitments stronger predictors in latter programing stages than static personal possession-type commitments. Adult educators should consider these relationships in analyzing program situations, determining…

The purpose of this study was to determine student attitudes towards a participant-centered general orientation program conducted during summer advance enrollment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The over-all student reaction to the orientation meeting was highly positive. (Author)

Discusses the importance of developing students' understanding of certain spatial aspects of important concepts. Piaget's contributions to the development of spatial conceptualization are included. Some examples for applying spatial techniques in earth sciences, physics, and chemistry are also presented. (HM)

This study reports the results of a program focused on the amelioration of reading comprehension deficits in a sample of rural children. The results suggest that spatial skills operate causally on subsequent verbal acquisitions, and may be central to remediation of reading difficulties in children of low socioeconomic status. (Author/KC)

Expands an earlier model of personal space expectations and their violations by specifying primitive terms, constitutive definitions, and the propositional logic underlying the model. (MH)

Describes an annual fall retreat for junior college newspaper staffs, which involves a program of workshops and discussions about problems, goals, and staff members' roles; offers advice on planning such a retreat. (GW)

An evaluation of the National Diffusion Network (NDN) as a new approach to the diffusion of educational innovations is presented, and novel characteristics of the system are described. (MJB)

A program of dance therapy activities can offer handicapped individuals positive experiences in such areas as body image, spatial awareness, self-confidence, hand-eye/foot-eye coordination, visual focusing, balance and social relations. (Author/MJB)