The paper explores various aspects of evaluation of interdisciplinary programs in social sciences at the college level. Program evaluation is concerned with changes in student knowledge, skills, and attitudes as a result of participation in a given program. It is also concerned with resources, priorities, quality, and results of specific…

This environmental unit is one of a series designed for integration within an existing curriculum. The unit is self-contained and requires minimal teacher preparation. The philosophy of this series is based on an experience-oriented process that encourages self-paced independent student work. This particular unit illustrates the interrelationship…

This environmental unit is one of a series designed for integration within an existing curriculum. The unit is self-contained and requires little teacher preparation. The philosophy of the units is based on an experience-oriented process that encourages self-paced independent student work. The purpose of this unit is to provide educational and…

This environmental unit is one of a series designed for integration within an existing curriculum. The unit is self-contained and requires minimal teacher preparation. The philosophy of the series is based on an experience-oriented process that encourages self-paced independent student work. This particular unit investigates soil in relation to…

This environmental unit is one of a series designed for integration within an existing curriculum. The unit is self-contained and requires minimal teacher preparation. The philosophy of the units is based on an experience-oriented process that encourages self-paced independent student work. In this unit, students make a line transect and then…

The problem, "What makes the demonstration an effective technique for promoting the use of innovation," was examined in a pilot study of a sample of 30 projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health as demonstration research projects. The projects were spread over the states of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and…

This investigation, conducted at Clearfield, Utah, Job Corps Urban Center, attempted to help the Advanced Education Department select and predict the performance of corpsmen who would attempt the General Education Development (GED) test (high school equivalency). Previous selection procedures were cumbersome, confusing, and with a high attrition…

A study was made of how job factors, as related to age and sex, induce persons educated and working in one career to leave and then choose teaching as a new career. Subjects (45 graduate students in an Indiana University teacher certification program) ranged in age from 25 to 55 and had undergraduate backgrounds in fields other than education.…

In examining characteristics, attitudes, and opinions of the students in the College of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, in the Sudan, this study focused on eight independent variables: years in the College of Agriculture, location of permanent home, size of home town, length of hostel living experience, father's occupation, number of living…

Using a cognitive learning theory as a conceptual base, predictions were developed as to the effects of various kinds of trainer behavior in laboratory human relations (T group) training. Data were collected by questionnaires administered to members of ten laboratory training groups, each with two trainers. Factor analysis was done on seven…

This study examined characteristic adult educational problems and needs concerning employee employer, employee patient, and employee public relationships as perceived by key personnel in seven state hospitals for adult psychiatric patients. A special three part rating schedule was administered to 11 key personnel in each hospital. Data from Parts…

A study was made to determine the extent of age bias among counselors working with adult clients in educational settings. An Age Norms Inquiry questionnaire was sent to counselors in 55 urban colleges and to members of the Adult Development Guidance Association (186 of 381 questionnaires were returned). Age bias was operationally defined as…

A study was made of career orientation differences between 200 career women and 200 noncareer women. Subjects were categorized by locally devised definitions and by scores on a scale of career and homemaking orientations and attitudes, then were administered Form M of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) and a background data sheet, and…

The job performance of area-specialists and county agents in Kentucky and Indiana Cooperative Extension Services was measured; and relationships between their job performance and personal and organizational variables were identified. Data were collected by 350 self-reported work samplings per respondent during one work cycle in the Spring of 1966,…

A study was made of the application, during the 1966-67 academic year, of a policy of tuition fee reimbursements up to 50% for Canadian public service employees in job related evening or correspondence courses. Methods were a literature review, a questionnaire survey of deputy heads, followup interviews with departmental officers, a study of…