A comparative analysis of the importance of selected program planning procedures and related actions for developing, conducting, and evaluating adult educational activities as perceived by adult educators and urban planners was made. The sample comprised 35 adult educators and 35 urban planners from 21 areas in Florida. An instrument listed, in…

The effects of the aural-impress and the creative-literary methodologies in teaching reading to 104 educationally retarded and disadvantaged third graders were investigated. The 52 experimental-group pupils received instruction for three 40-minute periods weekly for 16 weeks. Aural-impress procedures were used for 15 minutes each period, followed…

Application of certain anthropological research methods to teacher education, particularly the field experience component, could have a beneficial effect on a future teacher's perception of his role. Present field experience programs can be divided into two types: "apprentice" or student teaching, in which the teacher trainee progresses from…

Visual perception as a part of the reading problem has been difficult for some classroom teachers to comprehend because of the confusion about meaning. This confusion has been due in part (1) to failure to define the term visual perception before writing about it, (2) to studies which take a narrow view of perception yet make broad conclusions,…

The report determines the characteristics of the High School Characteristics Index (HSCI) both as a group and person measuring instrument. Four objectives are listed: (1) determine the item characteristics of the index as a group measurement instrument by using the ratio between means variance to within means variance as an index of item…

The subjects were boys in two vocational high schools who had been rated by their teachers as responding favorably or unfavorably to supervision. Small groups were shown one film daily over a period of five days and discussed the role behavior of the supervisor shown in the film. In one group of experimental subjects, positive attitudes toward…

Two groups of children took part in this longitudinal study of eidetic imagery (EI). The New Haven sample consisted of 12 elementary school children, and the Rochester sample consisted of 23 children (aged 7 to 11 years at the beginning of the study). The study was designed to find out some of the qualities of EI and its relationship to memory. An…

This document aims at providing a framework for describing the community development educator's role, functions, and environment. The text includes discussion of some human factors which are found in all communities and which influence decision making. Attention is directed also to the educator's performance and practices, as well as to techniques…

This study examined the relationship between initial and final consonants on two equivalent forms of the Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test (WADT). Subjects were 128 first grade, English-speaking, Negro, disadvantaged children. The two WADT forms each contained 40 different word-pairs. Thirteen word-pairs differed in initial consonant (IPT); 13…

This study sought to determine how members of boards of education perceive the role of the superintendent, the role of the high school principal, and their own roles. Fifty of the 61 independent school districts in the upper 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle were randomly selected and one person from each board of education was randomly selected…

A study consisting of acoustic measurements at fourteen sites in the London area and 1200 interviews dealing with the effects of the noise conditions prevailing at each of these sites has been carried out with the object of developing acceptability criteria for traffic noise from roads in residential areas. Dissatisfaction with the noise…

The electromagnetic environment has a great amount of influence on the existence of life and man. The main points of concern are--(1) that sea-level solar radiation is biologically beneficial and necessary for man's physical and mental health, (2) that urban man has inadequate exposure to certain wavelengths of ultraviolet light normally received…

This paper presents a discussion of encounter groups, their place in psychology today, their limitations and values. The purpose of encounter groups is always one of facilitating the growth of the person, and of teaching individuals how to communicate more effectively with each other. Encounter groups are particularly appropriate for the person…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the stereotypes of husbands and wives presented in television commercials can influence a child's perception of the role of husband and wife. Ten classes, five fourth and five fifth grade classes, from the Logan Public School system in Georgia participated in the study. Four conclusions were…

"La Chute de la Maison Usher" is a film adaptation by Jean Epstein of two stories by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Oval Portrait." This film was typical of Epstein's artistic preoccupation with the ambivalence of reality as expressed in fantasy or surrealism, in qualities of movement, and…