Discriminant function analyses were used to predict participation and achievement in the USAFI GED program. It was found that members of critical groups (non-participants and non-achievers) could be identified on the basis of demographic characteristics with a high degree of confidence. (Author)

A national survey was conducted of the humanities or general education courses required or recommended in the occupational curricula of community and junior colleges. Responses to a four-page questionnaire mailed to the president of every two-year college known to the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges totaled 336. Copies of the…

It is only out of a sound theoretical rationale of readiness that practical educational application can derive. The child gradually gains voluntary control of movement throughout the states of locomotive, speech and cognitive development. Thinking is a more subtle form of movement. Voluntary control of movement is an integral part of learning. An…

The current emphasis on "teaching in the language of the child" has led to a demand for bilingual programs in Mexican-American communities. Ninety preschool children, assumed to be Spanish speaking, were referred to a summer program for amelioration of English language deficiency. Spanish and English versions of the Preschool Language…

A study was conducted using positive reinforcement to increase and maintain the time spent participating in study behavior of a six-year-old female kindergarten student and to introduce the teacher to behavioral change techniques. Attending and non-attending study behaviors were observed during 30-minute independent study periods in the classroom.…

The concepts "more" and "less" were analyzed into two meaning dimensions, "existence" (derived from children's early language) and "quantity," which were hypothesized to be developmentally related to acts of addition and subtraction. Two experiments tested two- and three-year-olds' comprehension of these concepts when initially equal or unequal…

A study was conducted during the 1964-65 school year to determine the kinds of social adaptation made by inner-city black children who were bused to two middle-class, predominantly white elementary schools and by white students new to the same schools. Two-way social adjustment ratings (from students and teachers) were obtained on about half of…

The effect of dimensional training on the mode of response of kindergarten children to two-dimensional stimulus materials was investigated by Kruskal-Shepard scaling and Procrustes rotation procedures. Twenty-two kindergarten children were used as Ss. The stimuli consisted of five cardboard rectangles varying on two dimensions of colour and size.…

This paper describes and evaluates a new abstract form of the Purdue Elementary Problem-Solving Inventory. The new test parallels a shortened form of the original Inventory, but presents problems verbally rather than through slides. Both forms were given to advantaged and disadvantaged second- and fourth-graders. For the total sample, the slide…

A study is being conducted to evaluate and revise an innovative science program which was field tested in three schools representative of urban, rural, and suburban populations. The objectives of the study are to assess the program's actual performance of its stated objectives and to inform the program developer of inherent strengths and…

During basic combat training, 2,072 enlisted men were classified as being either AWOL or Non-AWOL. Three hundred of these men were similarly classified after 90 days in their initial unit assignment. AWOL and Non-AWOL soldiers were then compared to determine whether certain factors could be used to predict which soldiers would go AWOL or to…

The purpose of this study was to inquire into the relation of intellectual and/or psycho-linguistic development and apparent improvement in other behavior factors such as affective and social behavior and development. Thus consideration is given to the second cybernetics (i.e. the concept of positive feedback or deviation-amplifying relationships…

Awareness of the presence of sexual double entendres within a word association test was investigated with measures of response time, verbal content of responses, and videotaped facial expressions. Subjects characterized as internal-field independent were found to become aware earlier in the task, to test out their developing hypothesis about the…

A study was conducted to obtain some data on the opinions of college students about statements in the area of parent/child and parent/young people relationships, aspects of family life, and individual needs and values. Students in a research seminar prepared a scale of 25 opinion items. Students in 7 diverse undergraduate classes marked responses…

The specific objective of this applied research project was to evaluate practical formulas for community-guided education in 5 native communities in the Canadian North. The projects, launched at the Man in the North Inuvik Conference (1970), involved the adults of these communities in the educational process as special education committees and…