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MILLER, LEONARD M. – 1963
DATA, FROM A 1962 NATIONWIDE SURVEY AND FROM STUDIES IN VARIOUS STATES, WERE GIVEN. THE ECONOMIC PLIGHT OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS AND SOME FACTORS RELATED TO DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL WERE PRESENTED. IN OCTOBER, 1962, THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT WAS ABOUT 29 PERCENT FOR 1962 DROPOUTS, AS COMPARED WITH ABOUT 15 PERCENT FOR JUNE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. COMPARED…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Motivation
HALLER, ARCHIBALD O. – 1963
EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ALTERNATIVES OPEN TO FARM BOYS AND GIRLS, THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR JOB CHOICE, THE EFFECTS OF THEIR CHOICES ON THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE, AND WAYS OF IMPROVING THEIR CHOICES ARE DISCUSSED. INFORMATION IS BASED ON PERTINENT LITERATURE IN THE FIELD. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE IS SUCH THAT THE MORE…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Farmers, Occupational Information
ISENBERG, ROBERT M. – 1967
THE GOALS FOR RURAL EDUCATION, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCIAL STATUS ARE PRESENTED IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE REPORT. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE--(1) A FINANCIAL STATEMENT, (2) REPORTS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE STATE DIRECTORS, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RURAL LIFE AND EDUCATION, FROM THE…
Descriptors: Objectives, Professional Associations, Rural Education, Rural Environment
DREIER, WILLIAM H.; YOUNG, BEVERLY S. – 1964
THERE WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE MEAN IQ SCORE OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS OBTAINED THEIR LIVING BY FARMING IN MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, DURING THE TWENTY YEARS PRECEEDING 1961-63. HOWEVER, THIS INCREASE WAS NOT PARALLELED BY THE NONFARM CHILDREN LIVING WITHIN THE SAME RURAL COMMUNITY. SELECTIVE MIGRATION WAS SHOWN TO BE AN ACTIVE…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Rural Areas, Rural Farm Residents, Rural Population
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Swaim, Randall; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1986
Differences were found among three small Rocky Mountain towns in both lifetime prevalence and frequency of occurrence of different types of drug users, indicating that small, rural communities are likely to develop idiosyncratic patterns of drug use. These differences were more evident among eighth-grade than among twelfth-grade students.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Drug Use, Individual Differences
Finson, Kevin D. – Small School Forum, 1985
Although the concepts taught through physics and chemistry are very important, those taught through earth science are perhaps even more readily applicable for many rural students. (Author)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Earth Science, Relevance (Education), Rural Environment
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Busch, John Christian; DeRidder, Laurence M. – Psychological Reports, 1973
Descriptors: Conformity, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children, Psychological Studies
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Rieger, Jon H. – Rural Sociology, 1972
Descriptors: Evaluation, Longitudinal Studies, Mobility, Occupational Mobility
Dem'ianchuk, S. A. – Soviet Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Light, Harriett K. – Fam Coordinator, 1970
Significant attitudinal differences found between rural and urban girls are as of family, religion, morality, premarital sex, and education suggest need for separate curriculums in family living to meet differing needs. Complete thesis copies available upon request from author, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102. (CJ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Family Relationship, Females
Douglas, John R. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1970
The new hip agrarians, who are attempting to make their living from the land as did the early settlers, must rely on the printed word to bridge the gap between themselves and their ancestors. The publications listed provide needed information for these unconventional youth. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Books, Library Material Selection
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Kingston, Albert J.; Weaver, Wendell W. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1970
It was found that 1st graders could perform the cloze tasks, and cloze tests offered promise for use in evaluating the relationship of oral language performance to reading task performance. Cloze task tests were better predictors of end-of-year standard reading test scores than readiness and basal reader instruments. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cloze Procedure, Disadvantaged, Reading Instruction
Hough, Richard L.; and others – Rural Sociol, 1969
Revision of paper presented to Midwest Sociological Society (Omaha, Nebraska, April 1968).
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Minority Groups, Parent Influence, Rural Family
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Lassey, Marie L.; Carlson, John E. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1979
While differences occur in drinking patterns of urban and rural teenagers, the influence of peers is strong for both groups. (JD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholic Beverages, Drug Abuse, Peer Influence
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Anderson, Peggy L; Morris, Patricia D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Administered Woodcock Language Proficiency Battery (WLPB) to 18 learning-disabled adolescents from culturally variant population in rural southern Louisiana and to matched group of normal achievers. Found group status to have significant effect on cluster scores. Results suggest that WLPB may be useful for culturally diverse students when…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Learning Disabilities, Rural Youth
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