A telephone survey of 500 people admitted to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), but who did not enroll in the fall of 1974, was conducted. Responses were received from 437 (87 percent) no-shows. Results indicated that 82 percent were attending a school outside Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, while 34 percent…

Undertaken as a situational, cross-cultural study to determine the importance of various mass media in individual problem-solving and decision-making, 2,500 adults in Seattle, Belgrade, and Ljubljana were interviewed and asked to indicate those problems he/she perceived as personally important in the city he/she was living in a and in the world.…

The research project described involves young elementary school children with demonstrable learning problems. These children either receive an intervention program or no intervention and are placed in either a regular or a small, self contained classroom setting. Student placement is made on the basis of psychometric test scores and teacher…

This document is an intermediate planning report of the Antioch New Directions Program. This program will direct much of the energies and resources of Antioch College, Ohio toward achieving the parallel aims of student pluralism and social change. Described in this report are assessments of methods and tasks to be accomplished for these dual…

The cardinal objective of Project REDY was the development of a vocationally oriented, family centered educational program in a depressed rural area. However, before a workable educational program could be developed, the status quo of severely disadvantaged rural families had to be ascertained. In order to do this, the "Minnesota Survey of…

Earlier reports from the GUME project (Goteborg, UndervisningsMetod i Engelska-Gothenburg/ Teaching/Methods/English) have shown that different methods of teaching English produce no significant differences in learning effects. In the present study, a direct continuation of earlier ones, modifications in design, teaching strategies, etc., were made…

Using 144 nine- and 10-year-old children from diverse communities with various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, this research project studied evaluation methods related to the development of visual awareness in the field of art education. Three types of visual studies--walking tours, classroom art work, study trips to an art museum--and a…

The Cooperative Reading Project was a 2-year study designed to test the effectiveness of three initial reading approaches and an oral language stimulation program with inner-city Southern disadvantaged children. This followup study looked for differences among the treatment groups after pupils had completed their third school year. The 354…

The Law Enforcement Education Act of 1965 has placed special emphasis on projects involving training and utilization of correctional manpower. The four representative projects reported here give a comprehensive view of the problems of upgrading correctional staff and possible solutions to those problems: (1) "The Developmental Laboratory for…

Data from a large number of recent research studies are brought to bear on the problem of providing for the technical information needs of research and development projects. The importance of proper support by the technical staff is shown, and it is argued that the best way to couple the project team to information sources outside the organization…

Counseling in small groups was planned for a sample of youth from the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC). Five models were involved: (1) Interpersonal, (2) Intropersonal, (3) Problem Identification, (4) Perceptual Modification, and (5) Relationship. Each model, designed to elicit specified behavior, utilized task prescriptions, selective responding,…

It is the purpose of this paper to discuss cost-benefit analysis in terms of: (1) its logic and meaning, (2) some of the misconceptions which prevail concerning this method of evaluation, (3) some of the problems and limitations of this method, and (4) the conclusions of a study which attempted to determine whether or not there is pay-off from an…

The 1966-67 Towson Undergraduate Research Training Program consisted of: (1) three 4-credit hour courses in the basic concepts of measurement, experimental design, and data analysis; (2) a 4-credit hour course in the research literature of education; (3) a 6-credit hour research practicum in the summer session; and (4) a colloquium series,…

This document, based on 3-year summary reports submitted by the participating schools, summarizes programs supported by the Manpower Research Institutional Grant Program under authority of Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended. In June 1966, the first grants were awarded to seven colleges and universities. The…

This report describes the development and implementation of a 2-year program designed to prepare 32 undergraduates for roles in educational research. An evaluation of the program's success is made on the basis of the following five major objectives: (1) To develop competencies necessary to conduct educational research, (2) to develop favorable…