This report focuses on two separate aspects of the longitudinal study of innovative instruction called Studies of Innovation. These aspects are the innovation being studied (the Instructional Programming Model of the Individually Guided Education Program) and the procedures used in selecting research sites. Following the introduction, Chapter 2…

Three experiments investigated concept identification and recall of information as a function of four selected variables: concept complexity, method of instance presentation, stimulus exposure time, and conditions of recall. In all three experiments, retention was measured by the recall of instance values and the recall of instance categories. The…

Two methods are presented for comparing distributions, such as achievement test score distributions, for distinctly different groups of persons in such a way that the comparison will not be influenced by the particular metric of the test being used. Both methods use percentile scores. One method, attributed to Flanagan, fits a straight line to the…

Reward contingencies and other extrinsic constraints on behavior can lead to reduced levels of interest in and/or decreased engagement in a target activity in a subsequent noncontingent situation. It has been hypothesized that this effect is caused by a change in the self-perceived locus of motivation from intrinsic to extrinsic. It follows from…

A fundamental statement of the only philosophy that can really lead to protection of wild lands emerged from the proceedings of the March, 1976 Wilderness and Individual Freedom Conference--there must be more citizen participation in wilderness decisions because there is a great diversity of wilderness users and because we cannot separate what…

The utility of a non-linear transformation of the criterion is established. The Pythagorean Theorem is used as the example to demonstrate the point. The functional relationships may be such (as in the Pythagorean Theorem) that an R-squared of 1.00 cannot be found without making a non-linear transformation of the criterion. The goal of…

The 29 editorial board members of three communications journals were asked to indicate what criteria they used to evaluate and select the manuscripts submitted to their journals for publication. The 16 people who responded indicated six things that they require in manuscripts: a strong introduction that clearly and concisely states the conceptual…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE ON THE USES OF MENTAL HEALTH DATA ARE--(1) TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATORS AND ANALYSTS ABOUT PROGRAMS WITHIN AND BETWEEN STATES, AND (2) TO IDENTIFY TRAINING NEEDS AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO MEET THEM. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL PROCEEDINGS…

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGE WAS CONSIDERED IN THREE ASPECTS. FIRST, A DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LED TO 10 PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION--(1) A SMALL DIRECTORATE, (2) AN OVERVIEW OF ACADEMIC PROBLEMS, (3) ACCESS TO KEY FACULTY COMMITTEES, (4) COORDINATION OF…

The income and expenditures of the associated students are reported in detail for the school year 1967-68. Income accounts include sales of associated student cards, admission to athletic events, and the operation of the book store, cafeteria, and snack bar; expense accounts include athletics, art, music, drama, student government, student…

This report presents the 1966-67 statistics on professional education positions in New York (excluding New York City), detailed by 39 professional fields and 12 economic areas of the state. The data includes distribution of positions, salary, degree status, certification status, and years of experience. Appended are a list of counties in each…

This is Part III of the first volume of the proceedings of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) Geometry Conference, held at Santa Barbara in June, 1967. The purpose of the conference was to consider the status of geometry in colleges at the undergraduate level. The conference, attended by undergraduate mathematics…

The papers contained in this document were commissioned for presentation to the Illinois Project on Accreditation, Certification, and Continuing Education, designed to define issues, analyze procedures, and make recommendations to the Illinois State Board of Education and a national audience of educators and policy makers. Two papers (Arnstein,…

This three-part report includes a brief history of the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) with a description of the collections and their accessibility; categorization of automatic indexing into three kinds with a brief description of the DDC system of machine-aided indexing; and an indication of some operational experiences with the system.…

Papers are presented identifying fundamental research needs in water and wastewater treatment by industrial users of technology, industrial users of research, a municipal water department, a consulting engineer, Congress, and the EPA. Areas of research needs addressed include: (1) microbial, viral, and organic contaminants; (2) biological…