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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Apr 1967

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Poverty amid Affluence. Edited by Leo Fishman. 1966. 246 pp. Available from Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. $1.75 (paper). Student Culture. Walter L. Wallace. 1966. 237 pp. Available from Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois 60606. $7.50. Poverty in Affluence. Edited by Robert E. Will and Harold G. Vatter. 1965. 274 pp. Available from Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, N.Y. 10017. $2.45 (paper). Extension in Rural Communities. A. H. Savile. 1965. 148 pp. Available from Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y. $3.40. The Structure of Home Economics as a Basis for Curriculum Decisions. Hazel Talyor Spitze. Illinois Teacher …

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Improving Agent Selection, Peter Moon, Paul B. Crooks Dec 1966

Improving Agent Selection, Peter Moon, Paul B. Crooks

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Agent selection for Extension has rested primarily on the judgment of supervisors. Turnover has been considerable. Extension administrators have searched for ways to more accurately identify applicants who can be expected to continue their employment for reasonable periods of service; employing and training new personnel is costly. Standard psychological tests have been administered to Indiana personnel in a search for ways to predict potential performance on the job (see E. R. Ryden, "Predicting Successful Performance," Journal of Cooperative Extension, Summer, 1965, pp. 103-109). The Strong Vocational Interest Blank was used to see if Extension personnel have unique interest patterns. This …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Dec 1966

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Patterns of Community Development. Edited by Richard Fanklin. 1966. 124 pp. Available from Public Affairs Press, 419 New Jersey Ave., S.C., Washington, D.C. 20003. $2.50. Helping Hands: Volunteer Work in Education. Gayle Janowitz. 1965. 125 pp. Available from The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois 60628. $3.95 Teaching Machines and Programmed Learning, II: Data and Directions. Edited by Robert Glaser. 1965. 832 pp. Available from the Department of Audiovisual Instruction, National Education Association, 1201 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. $11.50. Mass Media and Communications. Edited by Charles S. Steinberg. 1966. 530 pp. Available from Hastings House Publishers, Inc., 151 …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Oct 1966

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

An Integrated Experience Approach to Learning. S. N. Postlethwait, J. Novak, and H. Murray. 1964. 114 pp. Available from Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis, Minn. 55415. $2.40. Adoption of Educational Innovations. Richard O. Carlson. 1965. 84 pp. Available from The Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403. Single copy $2.00. The Dropout: Causes and Cures. Lucius F. Cervantes. 1965. 244 pp. Available from The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Mich. $5.95. Sociology: Rules, Roles, and Relationships. Everett K. Wilson. 1966. 730 pp. Available from The Dorsey Press, Homewood, Illinois. $8.00. The City Man's …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Jul 1966

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Small Groups: Studies in Social Interaction. Edited by A.Paul Hare, Edgar F. Borgatta, and Robert F. Bales. 1965 (revised edition). 706 pp. Available from Alfred A. Knopf, New York, N.Y. $7.95. Administration of Teaching, Research and Extension at Land-Grant Institutions. D. W. Colvard. December, 1965. 80 pp. Available from the National Agricultural Extension Center for Advanced Study, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. $1.50. Bibliography: Communications in Agricultural Development. Delbert T. Myren. 1965. 101 pp. Available from Delbert T. Myren, Associate Information Specialist, Rockefeller Plaza, Calle Londres 40, Mexico 6, D.F. Adult Learning and the Adult Learner. Andrew Hendrickson. Adult Leadership, XIV (February, …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Apr 1966

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Rural Youth in a Changing Environment. Edited by Ruth Cowan Nash. 1965. 344 pp. Available from the National Committee for Children and Youth, Inc., 1145 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2300326. $2.75. Poverty and Social Change. Alexander H. Leighton. Scientific American, CCXXII (May, 1965), 21-237. Available from Scientific American, Inc., 415 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017. Single copy $1.00. Some Factors in the Environmental and Psychological Status of Low Socioeconomic, Urban Youth. Richard E. Bitterman. ER&T 180(123-64). 24 pp., mimeograph. Available from Division of Extension Research and Training, Federal Extension Service, Washington, D.C. 20025. Clear Communications for Chief Executives. …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Dec 1965

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Is the Conference Method Your Method? Edward P. Coffey, Training Directors Journal, XVIII (February, 1964), 36-41. Available from ASTD Executive Director, 2020 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53705. Single copy $1.00. Readings in Learning and Human Abilities: Educational Psychology. Richard E. Ripple (ed.). 1964. 596 pp. Available from Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, N.Y. $4.95. Leadership and Productivity: Some Facts of Industrial Life. Rovert Dubin et al. 1965. 138 pp. Available from Chandler Publishing Company, San Francisco, California 94105. $1.75 (paperback). Techniques of Leadership. J. Kenneth Wishart. 1965. 108 pp. Available from Vantage Press, Inc., New York, N.Y. $3.00. Farmers' …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Oct 1965

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Human Relations Research- A Key to Productivity. Yale J. Laitin. Management of Personnel Quarterly, III (Spring, 1964). 8-14. Available from Bureau of Industrial Relations, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. $4.50 per year. New Ways to Improve Your Decisions. Joseph G. Mason. Nation's Business, LII (June, 1964), 58-62. Available from Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. Who Strays-and Why? Cyril O. Houle. Adult Education, XIV (Summer, 1964), 225-33. Available from Adult Education Association, 1225 19th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Single copy $1.25. Where Do We Go From Here? Roy Pearson. Think, XXX (July-August, 1964), …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Jul 1965

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Expectations of Excellence. C.M. Oxley and Genevieve B. Oxley. California Management Review, VI (Fall, 1963), 13-22. Available from Periodicals Department, University of California Press, Berkeley, California 94720. Single copy $2.00. Career Patterns of Part-time Farmers and Their Contact with the Agricultural Extension Service. Glenn V. Fuguitt. Rural Sociology, XXX (March, 1965), 49-62. Available from Howard M. Sauer, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. Dak. $8.00 per year. Planned Change and Systemic Linkage in a Five-year Extension Program with Part-time Farm Families. J. Gilbert Hardee. Rural Sociology, XXX (March, 1965), 23-32. Available from Howard M. Sauer, South Dakota State University, Brookings, …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Apr 1965

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Attendance and Division of Labor in Voluntary Associations. W. Keith Warner. Rural Sociology, XXIX (December, 1964), 396-407. Available from Secretary-Treasurer, Rural Sociological Society, South Dakota State College, Brookings, S. Dak. $8.00 per year. The Psychological Basis of Effective Training. S. G. Huneryager. Training Directors Journal, XVIII (June, 1964), 3-7. Available from ASTD Executive Director, 2020 University Ave., Madison, Wis. 53705. Single copy $1.00. Urbanites Must Be Approached Through Recognized Information Sources. Jean A. Shipman and Nellie R. McCannon. Journal of Home Economics, LVI (December, 1964), 744-47. Available from American Home Economics Association, 1600 Twentieth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. Single …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Dec 1964

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Positive and Negative Motivations Toward Work. Frank Friedlander and Eugene Walton. Administrative Science Quarterly, IX (September, 1964), 194-207. Available from Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Single copy $2.00. Helping Families Manage Their Finances. Home Economics Research Report No. 21, Agriculture Research Service, U.S.D.A. June, 1963. 62 pp. Available from Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. 40 cents. Evaluation for Congruence as a Factor in Adoption Rate of Innovations. Lowell Brandner and Bryant Kearl. Rural Sociology, XXIX (September, 1964), 288-303. Available from Howard M. Sauer, South Dakota State University, Brookings, …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Oct 1964

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

Some Perspectives on Change in Rural Societies. E. A. Wilkening. Rural Sociology, XXIX (March, 1964), 1-17. Available from Secretary-Treasurer, Rural Sociological Society, South Dakota State College, Brookings, S.D. $8.00 per year Handbook of Research on Teaching. N. L. Gage (ed.) 1963. 1218 pp. Available from Rand McNally & Company, Chicago Ill. $15.00. Why Delegation Goes Wrong. Ray F. Boedecker. Supervisory Management, IX (February, 1964), 4-8. Available from American Management Association, 135 W. 50th St., New York, N.Y. 10020. Single copy $1.00. Writing and Revising Themes, Term Papers and Manuscripts. Grace E. Langdon and G. L. Carter, Jr. 1963. 50 pp. …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Jul 1964

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

The Writing Requirements for Graduate Degrees. Paul E. Koefod. 1964. 268 pp. Available from Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632. $3.95. Who Are Your Motivated Workers? M. Scott Myers. Harvard Business Review, XLII (January/Ferbruary, 1964), 73-88. Available from Harvard Business Review, Soldiers Field, Boston, Mass. 02163. Single reprint $1.00. Evaluating the Technical Employee: A Result Approach. Irwin W. Krantz. Personnel, XLI (January/February, 1964), 47-58. Available from American Management Association, 35 W. 50th St., New York, N.Y. 10020. Single copy $1.75. Some Aspects of Decision as a System. Frances M. Magrabi. Journal of Home Economics, LV (December, 1963), 755-62. Available from …

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Apr 1964

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

What Are Today's Families Like? David M. Fulcomer. Journal of Home Economics, LV (November, 1963), 693-98. Available from American Home Economics Association, 1600 Twentieth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. Single copy $1.00. A Study of Students' Motivation to Do Good Work in School. Jack R. Frymier, The Journal of Educational Research, LVII (January, 1964), 239-44. Available from DERS, Box 1605, Madison 1, Wisconsin. Single copy $1.00. New Patterns of Management. Rensis Likert. 1961. 280 pp. Available from the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, N.Y. $6.95. Optimizing Span of Control. Howard Stieglitz. Management Record, XXIV (September, 1962), 25-29. Available from …

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A Corporation To Serve The Extension Profession, John T. Stone Jul 1963

A Corporation To Serve The Extension Profession, John T. Stone

Journal of Extension

The success of Extension Journal, Inc. depends upon the benefits that accrue to each reader and subscriber to the journal.

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Abstracts, Multiple Authors Jul 1963

Abstracts, Multiple Authors

Journal of Extension

The Hawthorne Effects in Educational Research. Desmond L. Cook. Phi Delta Kappan, XLIV (December, 1962), 116-122. Available from Business Manager, Phi Delta Kappan, Eighth St. and Union Ave., Bloomington, Indiana. Single copy 50 cents. How Adults Learn. J. R. Kidd. 1959. 324 pp. Available from Association Press, 291 Broadway, New York 7, N.Y. $4.75. Are Young Adults Educationally Neglected? Andrew Hendrickson. Adult Leadership, XI (January, 1963), 205-206. Available from Adult Education Association of the USA, 743 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 11, Ill. $5.00 per year, domestic. The Changing Society and Its Challenges. Helen G. Hurd. Journal of Home Economics, LV …

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A Corporation To Serve The Extension Profession, John T. Stone Jul 1963

A Corporation To Serve The Extension Profession, John T. Stone

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The success of Extension Journal, Inc. depends upon the benefits that accrue to each reader and subscriber to the journal.

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Abstracts, Multiple Authors Jul 1963

Abstracts, Multiple Authors

Journal of Extension

The Hawthorne Effects in Educational Research. Desmond L. Cook. Phi Delta Kappan, XLIV (December, 1962), 116-122. Available from Business Manager, Phi Delta Kappan, Eighth St. and Union Ave., Bloomington, Indiana. Single copy 50 cents. How Adults Learn. J. R. Kidd. 1959. 324 pp. Available from Association Press, 291 Broadway, New York 7, N.Y. $4.75. Are Young Adults Educationally Neglected? Andrew Hendrickson. Adult Leadership, XI (January, 1963), 205-206. Available from Adult Education Association of the USA, 743 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 11, Ill. $5.00 per year, domestic. The Changing Society and Its Challenges. Helen G. Hurd. Journal of Home Economics, LV …

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The Professional And His Journal, Et York Jr Apr 1963

The Professional And His Journal, Et York Jr

Journal of Extension

This Journal can impart ideas and developments in a relatively new and different type of education unique to Extension.

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Abstracts, Journal Of Extension Apr 1963

Abstracts, Journal Of Extension

Journal of Extension

How Adults Can Learn More-Faster. Virginia B. Warren. 1961. 52 pp. Available from the National Association of Public School Adult Educators, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington 6, D.C. 50 cents.
 A Study of Two Methods for the Diffusion of Knowledge. John M. Welch and Coolie Verner. Adult Education, XII (Summer, 1962), 231-237. Available from the Adult Education Association of the United States of America, 743 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 11, Ill. Single copy $1.25. 4-H Impact. Burton W. Kreitlow and Robert F. Barnes. Special Bulletin 8, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin, July, 1962, 4 pp. Available from Agricultural Bulletin …

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