This publication, the 11th in a series of annual projections of data on education, incorporates projections of elementary and secondary enrollment based on revised projections by the Bureau of the Census. Alternate total and first-time degree credit enrollments in institutions of higher education are also shown. The published sources of data are…

Designed to measure the racial attitudes of children, the items of RACE (Racial Attitude and Cultural Expression Test) are founded on a theoretical base established from the literature. Each item is replicated to provide internal consistency checks on each response set. Scoring is done by hand and is assumed to provide interval data. Reading…

This bibliography is designed to be used by teachers who need some background in the nature of "social dialects," who wish to keep abreast of the results of recent research in sociolinguistics, and who are looking for materials for use in the classroom. The emphasis of this bibliography is on Black English (BE) as compared with "Standard American"…

To gather data on the implications of the proposition that intellectual ability should be conceived as multidimensional, 19 different measures, all of which have been employed as selection criteria for programs for the gifted, were used as a basis for selecting 5 students from 2 fifth-grade classes (N=49) for inclusion in a hypothetical program…

The general improvement of educational relevance and quality for minority groups in the Fresno City Unified School District is considered as part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. Selected schools were visited and conferences held with students, teachers, administrators, citizens, and Negro community leaders and parents. The…

For this 1966 thesis from Mankato State College, a study was made to determine understanding of, and attitudes toward, 4 controversial topics in the area of health education and the feasibility of including these topics in the local school's health education curriculum. Students, parents, and teachers (50 subjects in each group) in the North…

Forty-two university students enrolled in an elementary school language arts methods course were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) regular instruction supplemented by micro-teaching technique and videotape, (2) regular instruction supplemented by classroom observation in the public schools, and (3) regular instruction…

Current practices in intercollegiate debate encourage inadequate reasoning and the use of short cuts in debate presentations. Poor debate strategies have emerged. For example, the inclusion, by negative teams, of excessively detailed arguments in constructive speeches has caused affirmative rebuttals to be acutely simplistic or has forced…

This annotated bibliography is designed to help identify the various titles published in series for young people and to provide descriptive and evaluative information about each series. Over 6000 titles in nonfiction series and publishers' series--either fiction or nonfiction books prepared by more than one author but having a common format and a…

Computer-assisted instructional programs in seven content areas--mathematics, social science, physics, chemistry, biology, business and economics--are listed and described. These programs have been selected by content specialists as representative of the field and available for test purposes in connection with the regional network of Computers at…

This monograph questions the use of grading as an evaluation of student performance. The paper emphasizes that grading does not take into consideration some of the factors that affect learning: a) individuality, b) responsibility of the student, c) experience in learning, and d) motivation. Research on the detrimental effects of the present system…

This project attempted to design an experimental model for a teacher education program in the College of Education of the University of Alabama. The model attempted to identify students' concerns and problems and to test a novel approach for personalizing their programs through the inclusion of microteaching. Three distinct stages were included.…

This four-part guide outlines suggestions for the integration of minority studies into the curriculum of Kansas schools. Part 1, a discussion of how materials by and about minorities failed to be included in past curriculums, is presented with a plea for their inclusion in the future. Guidelines for incorporating minority studies into existing…

This report presents detailed procedures and findings of research on Japanese high school seniors, their choice of courses, educational and career expectations and preferences, and the extent to which these attitudes conform to relationships in Japanese labor markets. Data came from a 1966 survey of 7,000 male high school seniors enrolled in…

The author reports a recent study on humorous and non-humorous speeches on two topics: the meaning of totalitarianism and an explanation of the Whorf hypothesis. Student subjects listened to two recorded speeches--the humorous version of one speech and the non-humorous version of the other speech--and later responded to a multiple-choice test of…