The value of Strong's sentence-combining materials in increasing the syntactic maturity of first-year university students is tested and found positive. (KR)

The state of educational research and development is examined in relation to the current Canadian situation. An awareness of international developments is urged, and it is observed that the problems which confront educational research in different countries are similar while solutions differ. (KR)

The author examines the concept of administrator renewal, describes the general characteristics of Colorado's mid-level school personnel continuing education programs, and examines the assistance of the State Department of Education in developing such programs. (MB)

The author feels that school boards and administrators do have the power to govern their school systems provided they recognize that students have constitutionally guaranteed rights--(1) free expression, (2) due process, (3) privacy, (4) equality, and (5) quality education. (MB)

The author outlines the history of American innovations in education, the new critical attitude of students and public toward the present educational system, and the changes taking place in Michigan public education. (MB)

The author presents the results of a study conducted to determine the extent of public-school-district-financed, prekindergarten programs; the types of children enrolled in these programs; and the types of teaching certificates required of teachers for these programs. (MB)

The author presents selected highlights of a February 1976 survey of Colorado senior high school teachers citing problems of student behavior, new methods, the status of local accountability committees, and problems of beginning teachers. (MB)

A 1975 survey on employment of beginning secondary school teachers in Colorado concludes that (1) opportunities are better in smaller schools, (2) beginning teachers should become involved in cocurricular activities, and (3) ability to teach more than one subject is an advantage. (MB)

A survey of 120 fifth- and sixth-grade children indicates that the number of hours spent viewing TV is significantly related to perceptual passivity; that a negative correlation between perceptual passivity and reading achievement is not indicated; and that a negative correlation between the number of TV viewing hours and reading achievement does…

The study sought to determine whether a teacher could efficiently and effectively develop, execute, and evaluate a mathematics program that would adequately enable pupils to learn. (Author)

The author examines the traditional, academic, decision-making processes in light of humanistic pressures that have evolved in the past three decades and concludes that these processes must undergo fundamental changes to include those participants who should be enfranchised. (MB)

Contrary to the findings of previous studies that foreign students at British Universities are less successful academically than British students, this study concludes that Norwegian students had a lower failure rate and compared favorably in examination performance with British students. The question of whether motivation explains this high…

States that, due to confusion of concepts and lack of systemization, "previous studies are often difficult to interpret and consequently...afford little possibility of formulating more precise statements about those errors the concepts represent...." A proposal for systematization is presented. (Author/RW)

Reanalysis of previous studies indicated mean persistence scores are highest and equal for success-motivated subjects with high subjective expectation of success and for failure-avoidance motivated subjects with low expectation of success; scores are lowest for success-motivated subjects with low success expectation and for failure-avoidance…

Soldiers in each of the 3 countries answered questions relating to content and vocabulary of material in languages of the other 2 countries. Nonlinguistic factors (education, travel, etc.) were taken into account. Investigation indicated that the languages are so similar that comprehension could be improved with little difficulty. (RW)