Reported is a study of the implementation of the new Project Physics course in American high schools. In the summer of 1970, 457 teachers attending 14 National Science Foundation institutes and 98 of their school administrators provided information through discussions and questionnaires. At the four institutes at which an implementation conference…

This study investigated two questions: (1) Can a humorous persuasive message increase the amount of persuasion compared with a serious control message? (2) Can humor external to and contiguous with a persuasive message increase its persuasiveness? The research on the first question attempted to determine intervening variables responsible for prior…

A documentation of the obstacles in law, policy and administrative procedure that interfere with effecting adoptions across State lines is presented. Major problems include: (1) Nonjudicial termination or relinquishment proceedings, although legal in many States, do not satisfy the courts in other states on the issue of the child's freedom for…

Two Research Memoranda, numbers 15 and 16, are contained in this volume. (The general nature of the memoranda are described and related documents listed in SO 005 892). The first essay by Daniel E. Costello, entitled "Communication, Knowledge and the Educator as a Problem-Namer", views the problem of knowledge formation and utilization within…

This paper describes a study that developed and tested a research measure for investigating the concerns of teachers at different stages in the adoption of educational innovations. Through a review of the literature, the staff of the Procedures for Adopting Educational Innovations project identified seven different stages of teacher concern about…

Before meaningful structural changes in the federal role in education can be made, a new style of action must be developed that would include streamlining existing patterns of national intervention so that priority emphasis is unmistakably placed on those functions appropriate to the federal role and supporting and increasing the capacity of state…

For the older child moving into adoptive placement, a careful and knowledgeable preparation of both child and adoptive family is essential for success. (Author/SE)

In a changing climate of greater openness about sensitive subjects, less tension in discussing adoption can be a significant prophylactic factor. However, if adoption records are unsealed by legislative acts, the primary needs of the adoptive and biological parents can be undermined by the needs of the adopted adult. (Author)

This comment is a response to a criticism made about the author's article on transracial adoption and IQ. The authors suggest that the discussion section of a research report is an appropriate place for authors to spell out the implications of their results, even if these implications are considered unacceptable to others. (AM)

Results showed that supporters of the School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) among the teaching staff were few in number when compared to its critics, but that fully half the teachers surveyed were indifferent to the program. (Author/IRT)

Describes a short-term group experience focused on the specific vulnerability of adoptive families during adoptee adolescence. Eight adoptive families met for several group sessions with a therapist--parents in one group, adolescent children in another. Problems discussed included attitudes towards biological parents and children's reluctance to…

The procedures, findings, and recommendations of a study designed to determine the degree of diffusion of safety education into the agribusiness programs in Alabama and to relate twelve selected teacher and situational variables to the diffusion described in this research report. (BM)

Personal characteristics of 310 Virginia secondary vocational teachers were examined to determine their proneness toward the adoption of educational innovations. The study and its results are discussed under the variables of age, professional publications read, number of years teaching in the present school district, response toward finding…

Notes that the sparse amount of available data on the outcome of transracially adopted children is far from conclusive. There is a great need for follow-up studies that will monitor their psychosocial development as they go through adolescence. (Author/AM)

Considered is the continuing rise in the number of children entering foster care and despite efforts to rehabilitate families and to place children for adoption, foster care tends to be interminable for many children. (Author/MH)