The authors conducted a study using student teachers in secondary schools to assess the impact of the organization and climate of secondary schools on the teaching of controversial social and political issues. They conclude that there is an atmosphere of censorship in the schools. (KC)

The study is based on responses of 8,553 public school students in New York State, in the seventh through twelfth grades. Family affinity was found to be positively related to students' interest in school and who they would go to for help with a drug problem. (Author)

This research examines client-expressed hostility and the differential effect of hostility as it relates to racial composition of the counseling dyad. Results indicate that a white counselor, when counseling a hostile Black client, is significantly more anxious than when counseling hostile white clients. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to determine if the newly placed emphasis on job placement in secondary schools has affected the means by which students actually find entry-level jobs. Three Delaware schools (urban, suburban, and rural) were surveyed. Results indicate "placement persons" had little effect on graduates placed. (Author)

Prediger confuses observations about the data with Holland's theoretical statement, performs some uninterpretable analyses, omits much relevant data, and provides an incomplete account of what psychometric authorities have said about raw scores in interest inventories. (Author)

A career decision-making model and program were developed to provide a counseling intervention and teaching materials to aid students in improving their career maturity and decision-making skills. Data indicated that students in the program significantly increased their caree maturity scores. (Author/MFD)

Describes projects of the Whitney, Texas, vocational agriculture students, exhibited at the Future Farmers of America Farm Mechanics Project Show (at the Heart o' Texas Fair in Waco) in several categories for livestock equipment, farm machinery, farm and yard conveniences, farm electrical projects, gates, and woodwork. (MF)

This paper offers an overview of the Kohlberg theory and describes the curriculum materials, teaching process, and the techniques for teacher training used in the research design for the Values Education Project. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

School can promote acceptance of feelings and ideas and help involve people in meaningful inter-personal relationships with clear reality based communication. It is the school social worker that must spear head this movement. (Author)

Describes a secondary level science program which allows teachers and students to conduct productive research in geology, hydrology, space science, and oceanology. (SL)

High school students from various types of schools neither stereotyped nor chose to stereotype the secretarial position. A small group of interested males should be encouraged to become secretaries. (Author)

Describes the Junior Science Humanities Program which provides gifted high school students the opportunity to conduct research. (SL)

Investigates whether a planned counseling program, consisting of a 15-minute weekly session between the individual student and the counselor, can have a significant effect on the grades and absences of the high-risk student. Results indicate a significant positive effect. (Author)

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This joint research and development project of two state departments of education used the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process to identify microcomputer competencies for vocational instructors. Brainstorming techniques were used to identify five categories of microcomputer applications and to determine which competencies belonged in each…