A study assessed the operation of the Adult Education Act State Grant Program to provide an analytic description of the state-administered program with emphasis on program participants, and to identify a set of impact measures that can be studied in a longitudinal design. A core study was conducted based on data from site visits, and seven survey…

During the late spring, summer, and early fall of 1978, a comprehensive household survey of the adult population of Southeastern Connecticut was conducted by Mohegan Community College to assess the educational needs of this region's residents. The survey focused on respondent characteristics, educational background, employment information, level…

Research suggests that a relatively stable, through small, percentage of children may be consistently conscientious helpers. What differentiates these children from others must become the focus of research in children's helping behavior. The available research on characteristics of helping children is relatively scarce. The purpose of this study…

THE PROBLEM OF THE SLOW LEARNER IS CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF DEFINITIONS, COMMON MISUNDERSTANDING, CAUSES, AND PSEUDO SLOW LEARNING WHERE LIMITATIONS ARE MORE LIKELY ENVIRONMENTAL THAN INHERENT. A DESCRIPTION OF THE SLOW LEARNER COVERS CHARACTERISTICS, IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES, NEEDS AND GOALS, MULTIHANDICAPS, THE UNDERACHIEVER, AND MOTIVATION. THE…

Four papers present major dimensions of minimal brain dysfunction. S.D. Clements lists medical and behavioral guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation of children with this condition, and discusses symptoms and their general course. In considering the impact of neurological disease on families, J.W. Conwell discusses the potentially devastating…

Written primarily for social workers who deal with the retarded and their families, the text surveys the needs in mental retardation and ways of meeting those needs. Aspects considered are causes and manifestations, evaluation and planning, and organizational problems; the retardate in the community; behavioral manifestations; and social…

This sub-study of a 39-month longitudinal study conducted by the University of Illinois in cooperation with the University of Iowa, undertook to discern the trends in practical nursing in Iowa and to record a history of its development. The 435 member 10 percent random sample of practical nurses licensed in Iowa through December 1965, which was…

A longitudinal study begun in 1956 on the effect of the child's temperament on his development included 141 children, 136 of whom remained throughout the study. Aged 4 to 10 years in 1966, the 69 boys and 67 girls had a mean IQ of 127 established at 3 and 6 years of age and were from 85 middle or upper middle class families. The Parental Attitude…

In order to ascertain the educational needs and interests of Central Pennsylvania residents, samples of three populations were surveyed: high school students, adults, and employers. This volume, the second of two volumes reporting this research, contains detailed breakdowns of the statistical data for the student and adult surveys, which are…

To calculate the economic benefits of schooling and compensatory education, a statistical model estimated the effects of schooling and literacy on earnings and employment. The literacy measure was obtained for a probable sample of the U.S. population in 1972, from the National Reading Survey. The measure was administered with a background…

The report is a final evaluation of a three-week Adult Basic Education (ABE) institute emphasizing rural ABE, and of the research phase of the project conducted July 1971--May 1972. Throughout the institute, participants were requested to compile a list of areas of adult education research based on the presentations and discussions during the…

This paper describes and categorizes the characteristics of disadvantaged urban children with behavior disorders which may have some deleterious effect on their learning, and discusses the several kinds of activities which a comprehensive program of guidance for such children would entail for a specialist in guidance services. The relevant…

To serve emotionally disturbed adolescents in a residential treatment program, an educational cadre was formed to function as a diagnostic, teaching, and research instrument. Specialists in addition to classroom teachers included a curriculum specialist, a cognitive psychologist, and a psychiatric clinician. Experimental curriculum units in…

Salary schedules for 1962-63 to 1967-68 were obtained from school districts in 11 standard metropolitan statistical areas to test two hypotheses: (1) The amount of postgraduate education of elementary and secondary teachers is directly related to the salary policy of the employing district, and (2) selected personal and professional…

Symptoms displayed by primary age children with learning disabilities are listed; perceptual handicaps are explained. Activities are suggested for developing visual perception and perception involving motor activities. Also suggested are activities to develop body concept, visual discrimination and attentiveness, visual memory, and figure ground…