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This document contains abstracts of approximately 300 papers presented at the 1967 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. A sampling of the varied subjects covered includes: dynamics of the school board role, concept learning, programed instruction, administrative behavior and organizational characteristics, correlates of academic performance and achievement, subordinate-superordinate relationships, development of reading ability, test construction, language behavior and development, studies of teachers of culturally disadvantaged children and youth, nonparametric techniques, group relationships and behavior, computer applications, and reading interests and treatment of disabled readers. A topical index of the papers and an index of participants conclude the collection. Related documents are EA 002 791, EA 002 792, and EA 002 794. (DE)

This document contains abstracts of approximately 400 papers presented at the 1968 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. A sampling of the varied subjects covered includes: classroom interaction, verbal behavior, concept learning, conservation concepts, teaching the disadvantaged, teaching strategies, research on testing, characteristics of college populations, vocational education, career development, planning and decision making in administrative organization, and research on classroom behavior. A topical index of the papers and an index of participants conclude the collection. Related documents are EA 002 791, EA 002 793, and EA 002 794. (DE)

This volume includes the abstracts of 112 research papers presented at the 1971 American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation convention in Detroit, Michigan. Abstracts from the following symposia are also included: a) The Role of Perception in Learning Movement Activities; b) The Academic Discipline and the School Program: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice; and c) Social Psychology of the Experimental Milieu. Each abstract includes the time and date on which the paper was presented at the convention. The name and address of the author follows each abstract. An author index completes the volume. (BRB)

Abstracts of papers and symposia accepted for presentation at the 1973 AERA Annual Meeting comprise this volume. Also included are a divisional program listing, topic index, indices of individual paper titles and symposia session titles, and author index. Abstracts appear in the chronological order of presentation consistent with the listing of sessions in the program. (KM)

This document provides abstracts of papers prepared by the staff of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees for circulation to the trustees. The papers fall into three main categories: staff utilization, policy analyses of administrative and financial matters, and relations between laymen and professionals. Topics of the occasional papers cover pupil-teacher ratios, community involvement, teacher retirement, large school systems, differentiated staffing, accountability, policy making, the role of the school administrator, educational finance, educational data processing, teacher turnover, and the improvement of teacher education. Miscellaneous papers cover school district reorganization in Canada, a rationale for differentiated staffing, organizational effectiveness in education, and a study of the political socialization of the young. (MJM)

Articles included in the collection of convention papers discuss a creativity score from the Stanford Binet and its applications, performance based instruction, methods for maximizing the development of talent among the urban disadvantaged, and talent potential among the disadvantaged. Abstracts of papers are provided on the following topics: effects of anxiety on creativity, a followup of sixth grade regular and special class gifted, a holistic conception of creativity and intelligence, measuring perceptual motor ability, and curriculum in differential education for the gifted. (JM)

This publication was produced by the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education in cooperation with the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) to provide abstracts of most of the papers presented at the NARST annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, on April 15-18, 1974. The abstracted papers cover a wide range of topics of importance in science teaching and many report the results of current research in science education. (JR)

This volume of "Abstracts of Research Papers 1972" is comprised of abstracts, precisely as submitted by the authors, of the 128 papers scheduled for presentation at the 1972 Houston convention of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Although an attempt was made to group papers by subject content, this was not always possible. The name and address of each author, to whom inquiries for further information may be sent, appear after each abstract. An index of all authors appears in the end of the volume. (Author/WS)

Abstracts of papers presented to the 45th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching are arranged according to the topic for the session at which they were presented. Series of sessions were devoted to test and instrument development, evaluation, learning theory, verbal behavior, instructional methods and materials, student achievement, and teacher preparation. Single sessions were held for the presentation of research papers on teacher characteristics, student characteristics, and the history and philosophy of science. Abstracts of addresses to general sessions (on various aspects of science education research) by Raths, Sutman, and Broudy are included, as well as lists of the participants in two symposia (environmental education and the problems of beginning teachers). Papers on elementary, secondary, and college level science education are included for most topics. (AL)

This publication includes the abstracts of 199 research papers presented at the 1970 American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation convention in Seattle, Washington. Abstracts from symposia on environmental quality education, obesity, motor development, research methods, and laboratory equipment are also included. Each abstract includes the time and date on which the paper was presented at the convention. The name and address of the author are also presented. An author index completes the volume. (BRB)

Abstracts of papers presented to the 44th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching are arranged according to the topic of the session at which they were presented. Separate sessions were devoted to elementary, secondary, junior high school, and college and university science teaching, with papers on evaluation, teaching techniques, teacher and student behavior, curriculum, and attitudes being presented at each level. Papers were also presented on science teacher education at pre- and in-service levels, on learning and testing, and on environmental education and educational technology. Abstracts of addresses to general sessions, on educational research, the future of NARST, science education curriculum development, and guidelines for science and mathematics teacher education are also included. (AL)

This document is a collection of author abstracts of 129 papers scheduled for presentation at the 1973 Minneapolis convention of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. The papers are roughly grouped in clusters according to subject, but time limits and conflicting schedules prevented rigid subject content headings. The volume is author-indexed. (JA)

Incorporated are abstracts of papers presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching held in Detroit, Michigan, March 27-29, 1973. The papers were presented during a three-day period. The first day's presentations related to the topics of simulation techniques, pictorial communication research, concept learning, test construction, teacher education, instructional procedures, learning theory, educational research in foreign countries, visually perceived nonverbal behaviors, and student achievement. Presented on the second day were the president's address and topics dealing with the global view of science education research, student characteristics, curriculum development, facility design, teaching strategies, and classroom vignettes workshop. For the third day, topics were related to science teaching research in a larger context, information theory, and the future direction in secondary science teacher education. (Use of RESEARCH IN EDUCATION and other ERIC publications to retrieve the original papers or symposia is recommended.) (CC)

This document contains abstracts of papers presented during the 93 sessions of the 1969 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. The papers use a wide variety of research approaches and techniques to investigate such topics as teacher characteristics and behavior, the learning process in various settings, curriculum development, student achievement, testing methods, cognitive development, instructional technology, individual differences, problem solving, and political and administrative influences on educational outcomes. A list of program participants is included. Related documents are EA 002 792, EA 002 793, and EA 002 794. (JH)

This document contains abstracts of 53 papers presented at the 1966 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. A sampling of the varied subjects covered includes: teacher training, behavior, and evaluation; student aptitudes, attitudes, motivation, and achievement; education of disadvantaged; statistical methods and theory; measurement problems; educational environments; curriculum development; test design; programed instruction; individualized instruction; language, mathematics and science learning; concept learning; and uses of computers in education. An index of the participants concludes the collection. Related documents are EA 002 791, EA 002 792, and EA 002 793. [Not available in hard copy due to fine print of original document] (DE)

Selected papers on behavioral disorders include the following: aggression as an indicator for rehabilitative efforts by Herbert Grossman; the evaluation of differential low rate conditioning procedures on destructive behavior by Christine Walken; a modification for non-directive therapy by Robert V. Turner; Piaget, Skinner and a comprehensive preschool program for lower class children and their mothers by Norma Radin; techniques for behavior management by Roger Kroth; problems in self-concept research by Lee Joiner, Edsel Erikson and Richard Towne; and psychodynamic management procedures by Henry Fishel. Abstracts of articles treat these subjects: educational problems and issues for the juvenile offender by Garland Wollard; special education for addicted students by Herbert Rusalem; research and characteristics of teachers by John Mesinger; a report of desensitization and tutoring therapy by Daryll Bauer. This unit of reports is available in microfiche. (WW)

The collection of selected convention papers includes discussions of the application of the ITPA for children with learning disabilities, applications of psychoeducational evaluation, factors in severe reading disability, and initiating statewide programs for the educationally handicapped. Articles also deal with the history and future education of children with learning disabilities, perceptual behaviors and reading disabilities, and the private school and its practical relationship. Abstracts of articles on the following topics are also provided: hyperactive and hypoactive children, cooperative private and public school programs, immediate materials selection, outpatient diagnostic and remedial services, personal adjustment training, and language remediation. (JM)

A collection of selected convention papers is presented on the following topics: the gifted child, children with behavioral disorders, the visually handicapped, programs in special education, the homebound and hospitalized, children with learning disabilities, international aspects of special education, general articles, administration programs, children with communication disorders, mentally retarded children, research in special education, teacher training programs, and general session addresses. Each unit of reports is available on microfiche. (This document previously announced as ED 031 865.) (WW)

This compendium contains abstracts of approximately 700 papers which are classified under administration, curriculum and objectives, instruction and learning, measurement and research methodology, counseling and human development, history and historiography, social context of education, school evaluation and program development, or special interest groups. Related documents are ED 036 899, ED 036 900, ED 036 901, ED 036 902, and ED 052 152. (RA)

The abstracts of papers presented at the 1971 NSTA Southeast Regional Conference, "Science Education - Southern Style," are grouped into these general subject areas: school science programs, K-12 (seven abstracts); preservice and inservice teacher education in science (14 abstracts); and science education and environmental education (seven abstracts). (PR)

Abstracts of 23 addresses given at the Sixteenth Annual Conference on Linguistics are presented in this report. The papers given at the conference deal with French, American English, English, Japanese, Cantonese, Latin, and Proto-Indo-European and cover a wide variety of topics, including dialectology, form classes, grammar, and semantics. The complete program of the conference is also included. (RL)

This report contains abstracts of most of the research papers in science education presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 5-8, 1970. Also included are the topics and names of participants of several symposia at the conference. The abstracts are organized under topic headings corresponding to the various sessions. Among the wide range of subjects covered are the Gagne learning model, Piaget based learning studies, student achievement and attitude assessment in science, instructional variables and techniques, curriculum organization, curriculum evaluation models, science instruction in the elementary and junior high schools, teacher education in science, Earth Science Curriculum Project research and the career development of science teachers. Each abstract contains the procedures, findings and conclusions of the study. In some abstracts, the experimental designs and null hypotheses are included. This report is intended for science education researchers, science teachers and school administrators. (LC)

Abstracts are presented of 34 papers on adult education research. They cover adult dropouts, age differences in learning, older adults, motivation and orientations of adults, interpersonal relationships; adult educators, change agents, and leaders in Cooperative Extension; teacher training and multimedia instruction; diffusion of innovation, adoption, and attitude change; professional continuing education of the clergy and retirement education; equivalency tests for adults; curiosity; research utilization; and two historical reviews--of adult education in the Confederacy and of lyceums. Basic Information Sources, Current Information Sources, Literature Reviews, and other publications of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education are also listed. (eb)

Communication disorders presentations include the following: expectations of the teacher of the deaf for audiological and psychological services to the young deaf child by Doin E. Hicks; questions and answers on stuttering therapy by Frank J. Falck; the knowledge of words of a deaf child by Toby Silverman; and a comparative study of the modality and traditional treatment approaches to articulation therapy by Anne Carroll. An abstract on the employment environment by Stanley Ainsworth is given. A panel report on communication disorders, specifically attention, discusses a longitudinal study on the primary years by Vilma Falck and gives specific suggestions relevant to the use of language. This unit of reports is available in microfiche. (WW)

Reports on teacher education provide information on the following: the rationale versus the reality in teacher education programs from a student viewpoint by Joellyn Rose; and integrating practice and theory in teacher education curriculums. Abstracts of articles in this area include teaching learning processes in observation seminars, and the field conference as an experiment in practicum for teacher educators. This unit of reports is available in microfiche. (WW)

The following articles on mental retardation are provided: translating research findings into classroom activity; camping programs; a measurement device for educable mentally retarded adolescents on their self-concept as a worker; an investigation of the Doman-Delacato Theory in a trainable program in the public schools; and problems of sex education for educable mental retardates. Abstracts of articles treat these topics: camping; using sight, sound, and symbol to develop learning abilities; a rehabilitative culture design for moderately retarded adolescent girls; remediation of psycholinguistic disabilities; milieu therapy for parents; developing teacher made instructional materials; language development instructional aids in the trainable program; centralized facilities; a program for public school integration; audiovisual instruction techniques; good practice conference for teachers; segregation; and parent and teacher communication. (WW)

International aspects of special education are presented in the following papers: individual programs in the education of emotionally disturbed children in seven European countries and their common elements by Joan Bowers; a description of the special programs for exceptional children in France by Gertrude G. Justison; special education in England and issues for international cooperative planning and organization by Ronald Gulliford. An abstract, by Jason McCallum, treats the subject of an educational survey of the mentally retarded child in 10 European countries. This unit of reports is available in microfiche. (WW)

Presentations on the gifted include the following: theoretical principles in differential education by Virgil S. Ward; the relationship of educational theories and program evaluation by Joseph S. Renzulli; applications of theory in curricular development by Louise Ann Schifferli; teacher-pupil interaction patterns in classes for the gifted by Fred K. Honigman; developing the potential of culturally disadvantaged infants by Genevieve Painter. Abstracts of articles treat these topics: gifted children with specific learning disabilities by Edward C. Frierson; the disadvantaged gifted by William J. Tisdall; patterns of research on the gifted by Marvin J. Gold; special education through television by Mary M. Pilch; and a report on a study of educational programs for the gifted in selected elementary schools by William G. Melville. This unit of reports is available in microfiche. (RJ)

Presentations on the visually handicapped include the following: curriculum for teachers of the visually handicapped by Evelyn Rex; a preparatory college program for visually impaired students by Walter Fitzgibbon; prevocational planning and rehabilitation for the visually handicapped by Mary Bauman; New Jersey's organization, cooperation and coordination of programs for visually handicapped by Vahram Kashmanian; teacher education by Clarice Manshardt; and research, development trends, and translation into practice of sensory aids by Leslie Clark. Abstracts included in the selection are: multiply impaired blind children as a national problem by Milton Graham; state organization, cooperation and coordination of programs for visually handicapped by Robert Cain; and teacher preparation for multi-handicapped children by Philip Hatlen. This unit of reports is available in microfiche. (WW)

Abstracts are presented of 23 research papers on attitude changes resulting from supervisory training; nonparticipation in vocational retraining; methods and techniques (including mass media, small group discussion, correspondence study, and the use of programed instruction for health personnel and in human relations training); preferred adult educational methods among potential participants; adoption of new agricultural practices; dental health instruction and counseling; information systems development; program administration; attitudes and performance of extension agents; information needs and information seeking; faculty attitudes toward programs of continuing higher education; regional planning; homemaking education; effects of structure and sequence on adult learning; and professional career patterns. Basic adult education information sources, current information sources, and other publications of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education are also listed. (ly)

A set of abstracts in the working stage is presented. A total of 46 is included. The basic focus of this collection is on ways to communicate as an alternative to destructive behavior. (CK)

A review of research on creative thinking indicates that children labeled as disadvantaged have creative strengths upon which to build a program of education. Studies have shown that, in general children from a relatively disadvantaged background perform better on tasks of figural creativity than their advantaged peers. If teachers are to emphasize children's positives, they should: (1) be aware that their attitudes and values are transmitted both verbally and nonverbally; (2) try to enhance their students' self-concept; and (3) accept children's ideas and the ways they express them. Studies also show that disadvantaged children perform better on figural creativity than they do on verbal creativity measures. Results of creativity research comparing black and white children are conflicting. Developmental racial comparisons have shown that black children catch up with, and in many cases surpass, their white peers in figural creativity. A workshop emphasizing the creative positive of disadvantaged elementary school children is considered to have elicited their "hidden" verbal talents through techniques encouraging them to responde freely, creativity tests with no time limits, and sympathetic examiners. A comparative three-year program of language development examined the efficiency of an oral language program and an experimental reading program in improving language development, achievement, and creative thinking. The attached abstract bibliography on creativity includes entries from "Research in Education" and journal citations. (KM)

These two volumes contain author abstracts of papers presented during the American Educational Research Association 1970 annual meeting. Both volumes are organized into six topical divisions: (1) administration, (2) curriculum and objectives, (3) instruction and learning, (4) measurement and research methodology, (5) student development and personnel services, and (6) social context of education. Each table of contents lists paper or symposia sessions, arranged alphabetically by title within each division. Individual paper abstracts can be located by means of either the title index or the author/coauthor index at the end of volume one. An author index at the end of volume two locates individual symposia abstracts. (Author/MLF)

This compendium contains 100-word abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 1971 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. The approximately 300 abstracts are divided into seven categories: administration, curriculum and objectives, instruction and learning, measurement and research methodology, counseling and human development, social context of education, and special interest groups. The volume includes author and title indexes. (RT)

A collection of selected convention papers is presented on the following topics: the gifted child, children with behavioral disorders, the visually handicapped, programs in special education, the homebound and hospitalized, children with learning disabilities, international aspects of special education, general articles, administration programs, children with communication disorders, mentally retarded children, research in special education, teacher training programs, and general session addresses. Each unit of reports is available on microfiche. (WW)

Congress held April 4-7, 1972. (WB)