This publication provides historical data on enrollment, weekly student contact hours, and average daily attendance for the district and for each college in the district. Detailed enrollment data (by student category and also by ethnic group) are provided for the 1972-73 and 1973-74 academic years. Ten-year trends are available for less detailed…

This study investigated the effectiveness of an observational technique developed to study characteristics of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) system and the extent to which IPI adapts to individual student differences. Subjects for the study were students from a second grade IPI classroom of an inner-city public elementary school.…

In an attempt to determine whether either the CEEB Mathematics Level II Examination or the mathematics portion of the PSAT is biased against students enrolled in a new mathematics curriculum (the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study), three studies were conducted with the following results: (1) the Level II test was as easy…

The research investigated whether racial bias exists in the Navy Basic Test Battery (BTB), used to assign recruits to technical schools. BTB scores and school grades were obtained for approximately 105,000 whites and 2,000 blacks attending A Schools in 1969-1970. Sufficient numbers of blacks attended 24 schools for statistical analysis of their…

Three groups of students were exposed to the same computer-administered programed instruction in numerical differentiation. Different degrees of access to the output from the typewriter terminal were given to each group. Analysis of covariance showed no significant difference on posttest scores between students who were allowed to keep the output…

A 45-hour three-unit course in research design, data collection techniques, and research report writing was prepared and taught to vocational/technology instructors. The course emphasized the relationship of design and data to the final reports in terms of techniques used. As a result of teaching the course, a second syllabus was developed…

This research tests the effect of multi-media presentations as a supplement to the counseling process. The limits of the study have been set to test the impact of multi-media presentations for career information to cadets who are seeking counseling assistance for their initial Air Force assignment. The career decision process can be enhanced by TV…

The present method of governance of California's public higher education, including the Coordinating Council for Higher Education, has worked well for coordination of the three segments of public higher education--the University of California, the California State University and Colleges, and the 96 California Community Colleges. A combination of…

Developments in three areas relating to interactive capabilities on the SCHOLAR computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system are reported. The first section discusses the implementation of two presentation strategies in SCHOLAR -- the Tutorial mode and the Block-Test mode -- and offers a comparative evaluation of these two modes using high school…

Sixty subjects participated in an experiment involving estimation of difficulty of items in a test of reasoning ability. The estimates were to be given both according to conventional conditions of magnitude estimations with a preassigned comparison standard and according to a modified procedure of magnitude estimation where the comparison standard…

Involvement Ratings In Settings (IRIS), a multi-dimensional non-verbal scale of involvement adaptable to a time-sampling method of data collection, was constructed with the aid of the videotapes of second-grade Follow Through classrooms made by CCEP. Scales were defined through observations of involved and alienated behavior, and the IRIS was…

The growth of spatial awareness and representation was studied in children between ages five and nine. A group of thirteen tasks was administered to subjects three times with periods of approximately six months among sessions. The tasks were selected to measure understanding of projective spatial properties (straight line trajectories,…

Growth of the Army Pre-discharge Education Program (PREP) has been a slow and cumbersome process since Public Law 91-219 was passed in 1970. The Academy for Educational Development visited 12 major Army installations in the United States and made 22 recommendations for improving the PREP in six major areas: i.e., technology, evaluation and…

Changes in the self-perception of participants in two different types of training groups were investigated. A self-descriptive semantic differential for 'actual' and 'preferred' behavior was administered to participants in sensitivity training groups (T-groups) and management training workshops at the beginning and end of their training. Results…

A study was conducted to evaluate parents' reactions to and utilization of the Child Development Center (CDC) sponsored by OEO for its Washington, D.C. based employees. Interviews were conducted with all 43 users of the CDC (22 OEO employees and 21 employees of other Federal agencies) and with 137 other OEO employees who are parents of young…