Since studies show that students who have an orientation to college perform better than those who do not, this study at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College sought to improve the freshman orientation program by determining whether a programmed method of orientation would be more effective than the existing lecture method. To test the hypothesis…

Longitudinal comparisons between those who attended orientation programs and those who did not indicates that over the time span of the three surveys those differences found in the first two syrveys were no longer evident in the third, suggesting that attendance makes no appreciable difference in attitudes or success. (CJ)

This experiment examined the accuracy with which newborn infants orient their heads toward a sound positioned off midline within hemifields. The study also evaluated newborns' ability to update the angle of their head turn to match a change in localization of an ongoing sound. Alert newborns were held in a supine position and presented a sound at…

A viable alternative to the librarian conducting a personalized tour of the special library is the utilization of a cassette tape player and accessories to lead the user through the building while describing the available resources. Guidelines for developing an audiotape tour are presented. (Author)

This report on the nature and role of institutional research addresses itself to the following questions: (1) what is institutional research? (2) how "pure" can institutional research be? (3) what can institutional research do for the institution? (the report lists such functions as: preparing operating, analytic and summary reports, conducting…

Various methods are proposed for art library faculty involvement in orientation and instruction in academic libraries and for cooperation in the dissemination of information between subject-oriented librarians. (Author)

Examines several issues arising from two differing approaches to morality--Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning development and Gilligan's theory of moral orientations. (PCB)

Psychotherapy clients (N=62) were randomly assigned to view a pretherapy orientation videotape at admission or to a control group. Oriented clients understood and recalled the information in the videotape, showed a greater decrease in self-reported symptoms than the control group after one month, and gave favorable feedback regarding the…

Presents author's realization that exposure to the literature of general semantics is not enough to permit already established intensional orientations to restructure themselves into extensional orientations. (TO)

The experiences are related of two guests from South America visiting Crothersville, Indiana to study and learn about agriculture and the FFA in the United States. (EA)

A voluntary college orientation weekend which involved roleplaying activities through which the participants learned more about themselves, their companions, and their priorities is described. (JC)

Article reprinted with permission from "The Journal of Industrial Arts Education, Vol. 29, No. 1, Sept-Oct. 1969, pp. 14-18. (DM)