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Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
Robert L. Thorndike was awarded the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award at the 1972 ETS Invitational Conference. In "Heredity, Environment, and Class or Ethnic Differences," J. McV. Hunt addressed several fundamental questions pertaining to the hereditary and environmental influences of the observed social class and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Awards, Biological Influences
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1993
Because of concerns about the validity of tests used in education and employment, a consultation on June 16, 1989, focused on tests of ability, achievement, and other skills. Invited experts were asked to address a set of issues common to both education and employment testing, primarily related to test construction procedures and how to establish…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Educational Testing
Tucker, Jamie, Ed. – 1983
This conference program includes explanatory material and reprints 15 of the 43 papers presented in conference sessions. In addition to Rheta De Vries' keynote address--"Can Research Help Teachers Teach?"--research reports are published from four interest session tracks. Papers from the health/handicap track include Patricia Hutinger's…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Response, Empathy
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown. Center for Women's Studies. – 1989
This report includes reprints of a series of "Fireside Chats" which were offered as a preliminary to the symposium on women and sport. The following topics are covered: (1) "Closing the Gender Gap in Skills Acquisition in Children" (Linda M. Carson); (2) "Myths and Realities on Health and Wellness in Women's Athletics" (Sherrie Springer); (3)…
Descriptors: Competition, Lifetime Sports, Physical Fitness, Role Conflict
Killian, Molly S., Ed.; And Others – 1986
This report contains five papers with discussions identifying policy and research issues in rural labor markets, assessing the adequacy of existing data and theories for researching these issues, and assigning priorities to research questions. The papers focus on rural economic goals, market linkages with metropolitan, national, and international…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Economic Development, Federal Programs, Government Role
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 2001
The Public Relations section of the proceedings contains the following 11 selected papers: "If We Build It, Will They Come? Testing the Theory of Planned Behavior as a Predictive Model for Use in Determining How Career Counseling Centers Can Better Promote Their Facilities and Services" (Carolyn Ringer Lepre); "Student Preferences…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Career Counseling, Corporations, Cultural Differences
2002
The Advertising Division of the proceedings contains the following 20 papers: "Business and Communication Programs' Contribution in Advertising Education and Research: A Comparison" (Tien-tsung Lee); "Attributions of Advertising Influence Via Third-Person Perceptions: A Review and Synthesis" (Don Umphrey); "Advertising…
Descriptors: Advertising, Context Effect, Credibility, Cross Cultural Studies
Pehkonen, Erkki, Ed. – 1996
This report contains papers given in the third workshop on the Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs. No plenary talks were given. The presentations were categorized into the subjects of pupil beliefs and teacher beliefs. The concept of belief in this workshop also refers to conceptions, views, and attitudes. Pupils' beliefs and their…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education
Freer, Kevin, Ed.; Dean, Gary, Ed. – 1993
The following are the papers presented at a research-to-practice conference: "Influence of Age on Students Perceptions of College Experience" (Bishop-Clark, Lynch); "Impact of Education on Adult Students" (Cupp); "Identifying Critical Factors of Quality" (Lund, Brown); "It's Never Too Late" (Rosenberg et al.); "Adult Vocational Student Dropout and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1979
The papers in this collection explore the implications of Title IX in terms of educational equity, analyze sex-related differences between males and females, and outline some strategies for equality in physical education and athletics. Marjorie Blaufarb discusses the physical and psychological inequities that exist in the traditional approach to…
Descriptors: Athletics, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Bobis, Janette, Ed.; Perry, Bob, Ed.; Mitchelmore, Michael, Ed. – 2001
This document represents volumes 1 and 2 of the proceedings of the 24th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) held at the University of Sydney, June 30-July 4, 2001. In volume 1, papers include: (1) "Connecting Mathematics Education Research to Practice" (Judith Sowder); (2) "Understanding, Assessing,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Achievement
Batchelder, Susan, Ed. – 1992
This monograph is a report of the first annual conference sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing at the University of Minnesota. Both the conference and the monograph support the University's goal of fostering diversity within its academic community and also focus on one of the Center's goals: exploring the effects of…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Diversity (Institutional), Ethnicity, Females
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
The United States Coverage of International News section of the proceedings contains the following 15 papers: "TV News and U.S. Public Opinion about Foreign Countries: The Impact of Exposure and Attention" (Holli A. Semetko and others); "The World of U.S. Network Television News: Eighteen Years of Foreign News Coverage"…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Groppel, Jack L., Ed. – 1979
Conference proceedings from this national symposium on hard scientific research and developments in teaching tennis, squash, racquetball, and badminton are divided into several sections. The first deals with sports medicine and the biomechanics of the racquet sports. The second part discusses the pyschological and sociological aspects of…
Descriptors: Biomechanics, Lifetime Sports, Motor Development, Physical Fitness
2002
The Commission on the Status of Women Division of the proceedings contains the following 6 papers: "Relationship Content in Four Men's and Women's Magazines" (Alexis Zachary and Bryan Denham); "Mind the Gender Gap: Gender Differences in Motivation to Contribute Online Content" (Cindy Royal); "Peering through the Glass…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Females, Higher Education, Homophobia
