A follow-up study of graduates from St. Mary's Junior College (Minnesota) associate degree nursing program is used to demonstrate a multi-trait, multi-method basis for arriving at faculty judgments about the outcomes of a program. The follow-up study attempted to determine: (1) graduates' and employing agencies' perceptions of competencies four…

In 1968 1,225 students graduated from Los Angeles City College (LACC) with an A.A. degree. This study reports on a follow-up questionnaire survey of 578 of these graduates who had responded to an earlier questionnaire. The results of the survey are based on the responses of 281 graduates (representing a 49% return to the questionnaire and 23% of…

IN THE 1964-65 AND 65-66 SCHOOL YEARS, TWO FOLLOWUP STUDIES OF FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS PROVIDED DATA FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY 624 FORMER PUPILS FROM A SAMPLE OF 2,653 WHO ENTERED THE 10TH GRADE IN THE FALL OF 1959 OR THE SPRING OF 1960. ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSES…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings and activities of the Program Evaluation Project. Followup is an integral part of a goal oriented evaluation, providing the opportunity for the collection of various forms of outcome data as well as consumer satisfaction information. This chapter discusses the history and implementation…

The present follow-up study was undertaken to determine the extent to which avoidance of self-disclosure was as characteristic of the middle sessions of psychotherapy as it is of the initial sessions. (Author)

Kent criticizes Patterson's study on treating the behavior problems of boys, on several methodological bases concluding that more rigorous research is required in this field. Patterson answers Kent's criticisms arguing that they are not based on sound grounds. Patterson offers further evidence to support the efficacy of his treatment procedures.…

The ability of aversive conditioning and contingency management to control smoking was compared. Although contingency management was more effective in the short run, at a six-month follow-up treatment effects were no longer evident. (SE)

Differences in life adjustment patterns were studied in two groups of high school graduates (one group of 20 educable mentally handicapped Ss and the other 20 students from a cooperative work training program). (PHR)

For availibility see EC 103 548 Among findings of a 2-year followup study of 43 infants of birth weight less than 1000 grams were the following: average height at age 2 years was between the tenth and twenty-fifth percentiles; average weight was between the third and tenth percentiles; 15 Ss developed lower respiratory tract infections during the…

A 10-year longitudinal study of the age-identities of persons 70 and older revealed that many rejected the possibility that they were, in fact, "old." A majority of respondents continued to define themselves in other ways (e.g., as middle-aged or elderly). (Author)

Twenty-one teachers and administrators from primary and secondary schools which participated in the 1964-67 large-scale national demonstration "Project Discovery" were interviewed to assess the long-term effects of saturation and immediate access of media. Results indicate positive and lasting effects on teaching, learning, and the school…

Recent regulations concerning consent procedures and protection of privacy fall most severely on follow-up studies of children. Compliance with current regulations on subjects' rights sometimes seems potentially more harmful to the subjects than is the research itself. (Author/AM)

After seven years, a group (N=32) of originally nonemployed poverty-level older people (over 60) now employed as foster grandparents were retested with the WAIS. Three subtest scores showed stability and Digit Span showed a statistically significant drop. Neither age nor initial level of health or WAIS scores was related to test-score changes over…