To identify differences and similarities among entering technician education students at four post-high school institutions, data were collected on personal and social background characteristics, socioeconomic background, and scholastic aptitude from 724 students. Researchers used two standardized instruments, the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the…

IN ADDITION TO AN ANNOTATED LISTING OF RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE INSTITUTE, TWO ADDRESSES ARE REPRODUCED. MAURICE L. LITTON REVIEWED THE BASIC STEPS OF PROBLEM SOLVING, DESCRIBED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD RESEARCH DESIGN, AND URGED THAT THE RESULTS OF STUDIES BE SHARED WITH OTHERS. IN STRESSING THE VALUE OF USING THE…

In judging poetry, even trained readers are influenced by the name and reputation of the poet. (JH)

Representing the second phase of a study surveying the instructional approach to writing skills in Ontario teacher training institutions as well as secondary composition instruction in general, this volume contains three reviews and a survey. The first review discusses the scope of language arts texts in relation to preservice teacher education…

At Reedley College, those students who enter with less than a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) and those without a high school diploma are intended to be identified as "Special Counseling" students and to receive intensive counseling coverage. The files, transcripts, and permits to register of 99 such students were examined after fall semester 1978…

Discusses the changes in the first half of this century in journalism education and cites the current state of affairs. (GB)

This study, the first of two parts, had two main purposes. The first was to obtain desirable subject matter for an instructional program in nondestructive testing through a survey of selected manufacturing and service companies in Texas, and the second was to determine the degree of emphasis that should be placed on each subject. Fifty-nine…

This document consists of synopses of selected presentations on the nurse educator's challenge in preparing the workforce for the 21st century that were made during the 1998 meeting of the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. In her paper "Redesigning Health Care Delivery," Karlene Kerfoot described changes in health care delivery systems…

This annual report covers the second year of the three-year experience based career education (EBCE) project designed to provide educationally disadvantaged students (including secondary, postsecondary, adult and other types of clients) in the Appalachian area of Mississippi with on-site work experience, career exploration, current occupational…

Reviews developments in composition in light of the current lack of attention to contexts for writing, proposes a conversational model for the interplay of reading and writing, and explores the implications of the model for teaching. (DD)

THIS EXPERIMENT WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH PROGRAMMED MATERIAL IS EFFECTIVE IN THE TEACHING OF EXPONENTS TO AN INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA CLASS. ON THE BASIS OF SCORES ON A 24-ITEM MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST, 38 STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO MATCHED SECTIONS, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY EQUAL MEANS AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS. FOR THREE CLASS…

In 1989, a study was conducted of the academic achievement of Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Area Community College (HACC) students who transferred to State University I (SUI) during the fall semesters of 1983, 1984, and 1985. A total of 81 students were identified and their academic records were tracked through the end of the spring semester 1989.…

Questionnaires were sent to 601 zero credit-hour earned nonpersisting students at Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) who enrolled in spring but did not re-enroll for fall 1976. The survey response rate, which included 85 students contacted by telephone, was 40%. Information on educational goals, withdrawal from classes, hours employed while…

The "Opening Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" machine-readable data file (MRDF), often simply called the "Fall Enrollment" file, is a component survey of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). It has been conducted annually since 1966. Survey forms are sent to all colleges and universities (and their branches)…