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This study was designed to determine whether academic edu cational achievements of women inmates during incarceration had significant effects upon their subsequent recidivism. An experi mental group of 100 ex-inmates who had received the General Educational Development (G.E.D.) certificate while in prison was equated in terms of 14 personal and criminal factors to a control group of 100 ex-inmates who had not completed the G.E.D. pro gram. The groups were then compared in terms of recidivism rates. Although the proportion of non-recidivists was slightly higher for the G.E.D. group than for the control group, the difference was not significant at the .05 level of confidence. Thus, the hypotheses that successful participation in academic educational programs by women inmates reduces their subsequent recidivism was not sup ported.

The relative effectiveness of instruction presented over one versus two communication channels was investigated. Subjects were 36 undereducated adults, and the instructional software consisted of a computer assisted instruction program in numeration. The instructional delivery mechanism was an IBM 1500 instructional system. Subjects instructed through one sensory modality (visual) learned more than did subjects instructed through two modalities (visual and auditory), although the difference between amount learned for both groups was not significant.