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Zonana, Katharine Bagby – 1974
Children judged the ability and effort of peers whose test performance varied across two dimensions: number of problems attempted and percentage correct. There was a developmental progression in the children's evaluative approach. Younger children used only one cue, number correct, to evaluate both ability and effort. Older children used both cues…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Development
Rogers, Everett M.; And Others – 1975
Using four IMPACT innovations as examples (EXPER SIM, Guided Design, TIPS, and Student-to-Student Counseling), this study attempts to define the nature of technological and social changes in university teaching. Data were gathered in three phases: (1) a questionnaire was mailed to individuals who requested information; (2) the adopters of…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Nebraska Indian Commission, Lincoln. – 1972
Emphasizing the unity of the Nebraska American Indians and their increasing involvement in their own affairs, this first (1971-72) annual report of the Nebraska Indian Commission presents the following: (1) names and tribal affiliations of the Commission's members; (2) "Letter of Transmittal" to the Governor of Nebraska from the…
Descriptors: Activities, Agency Cooperation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1976
Policy implications of the indirect costs of academic research were studied as part of a federally-supported project called "Studies of the Impacts of Federal Health-Related Research Expenditures upon Institutions of Higher Education." Since proposals for substantial changes in federal regulations governing reimbursements for the indirect costs of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Durham Technical Inst., NC. – 1975
Specific objectives of the study were to: (1) determine the various methods and techniques currently being used to provide occupational updating by a review of research studies and literature; (2) sample the opinions of administrators and vocational education teachers as to the frequency of participation in, effectiveness of, and preferences for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Data Analysis, Inservice Teacher Education, Literature Reviews
Markham, Bonnie; Scudiery, Diane – 1976
The present study confirms that it is possible to use readily available and easily analyzed data from the Mental Health Deomgraphic Profile (MHDE) to predict the demographic characteristics of persons seeking treatment in a community mental health center (CMHC). The procedure suggested is accessible to all federally funded CMHC's and does not…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development. – 1973
The Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962 established a "small" grants program for the support of dissertation research of candidates for the Ph.D. degree whose topics are related to manpower. The report presents the budget details of the awards in 1972; total grant proposals submitted; the geographical distribution of…
Descriptors: Awards, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Educational Finance
Goltermann, Glen E. – 1975
The hypothesis of this study is that at the six-months level of employment at the Florida Division of Family Services, social workers with a bachelor of social work (BSW) degree will have a more positive attitude toward the usefulness of their education than those employees in the division of family services holding the bachelor of arts (BA) in…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
Saint Louis Board of Education, MO. – 1974
This Illinois District 189, East St. Louis Public Schools, 1973-1974 evaluation report on programs, services, activities and projects funded in whole or in part under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act is organized into five parts. Part One, 'Title I Projects' comprises reports on seven projects. Continuing Education for…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Health Programs
Fleming, W. G. – 1974
With Circular H.S.1 1972/73, the Ministry of Education directed Ontario's secondary schools to provide an increased range of course offerings and to allow students as much freedom as possible to choose their own courses. To identify the effects of the individualized "credit system" established by this controversial circular, a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Heyneman, Stephen P. – 1974
This report provides an overview of fiscal year 1974 federal and agency research and development activities related to adolescence and summarizes the work done by the Interagency Panel on Adolescence. The purpose of the report is to identify, with empirical authority research gaps and overlaps in currently funded projects. Cataloging and listing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination
Useem, Michael – 1975
The federal government is the primary source of funds for social research in the United States, and academic institutions are the primary focus of social research performed with federal funds. Five distinct purposes underlying federal support of academic social research and five associated funding patterns are hypothesized. Actual patterns are…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Federal State Relationship
Dunn, James A. – 1974
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Career Education Curriculum Project for grades K-3 was the first Federally-sponsored career education project to develop a comprehensive career education curriculum broadly available to the public. The 28-month project, carried out in cooperation with nine California school districts, emphasized creating…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1970
Originally funded under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and subsequently under Part C of the 1968 Amendments, the Maryland Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) started operation in January 1969 by recruiting a staff and securing the necessary equipment. Once these needs were satisfied the major activities of the staff evolved around (1) state…
Descriptors: Coordination, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Educational Cooperation
Canadian Inst. for Adult Education, Montreal (Quebec). – 1970
A bilingual document summarizes 78 Canadian nondegree research studies (both completed and in progress) in adult education in 1969. Twenty-six projects were completed; they covered such subjects as educational needs, community colleges, school teachers as part time teachers of adults, audiovisual aids, leisure time, employment, educational radio,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Educators
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