Presents an instrument designed to enable the reader to determine his philosophical position. Bibliography. (LC)

THIS RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO PRODUCE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR EXAMINING THE DEGREE TO WHICH PRESENT DAY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE FACILITATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUE ORIENTATIONS LIKELY TO ENCOURAGE FUTURE GOOD CITIZENSHIP. A SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO BROADEN THE DOMAIN OF VALUES GENERALLY STUDIED BY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO INCLUDE THE…

The Environmental Issues Test (EIT) is an instrument designed to assess moral and ethical reasoning within a scientific or technological context. It is comprised of five dilemma stories each of which highlights an environmental issue and the moral conflicts inherent in that issue. Following each dilemma story is a series of 12 issues statements,…

A model for analyzing and comparing values education materials is presented. The model is based on other curriculum and evaluation models, such as those proposed by Morrissett and others (1969). The first section outlines five existing approaches to teaching values: inculcation, clarification, cognitive-developmental approach, analysis, and the…

AN INVESTIGATION DIRECTED TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL SCALES TO MEASURE THE PRESCRIPTION OR "OUGHT TO" VALUES JUDGED TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS OF ADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS WAS PRESENTED. THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS WAS ON MEASUREMENT. LITTLE ATTENTION WAS GIVEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS TO THE AREA OF VALUES. IT IS HOPED…

In examining the role of values in the curriculum, the author raises four problems: (1) Can one justify trying to change student values at all? (2) Can one justify one particular set of values? (3) Can one demonstrate the occurrence of change in student values due to the educational factor? and (4) Can one measure student values? The goal, in…

An instrument for measuring the value orientation of educational administrators was constructed following the model developed by England for measuring the value orientation of managers. The instrument was administered, via mail, to a stratified sample of 210 administrators from five States in the Plains and Rocky Mountain areas. Respondents rated…

This study explored the relationship between moral reasoning and moral behavior in 31 average adults. Subjects were placed in a situation demanding low-key moral conflict. The study examined subjects' decisions and the relationship between their moral reasoning (revealed by verbal responses to Kohlberg's hypothetical dilemmas) and their behavior.…

Two experiments with college males examined the relationship between moral judgment and compliance in a modified Asch paradigm. Moral judgment was assessed using Kohlberg's dilemmas in one experiment and with Rest's Defining Issues in the second experiment. (Editor/RK)

A sample of 31 books on sex education for adolescents was analyzed to determine whether they discussed the topics that most interested adolescents, namely, sexual intercourse, its context and its consequences. (Editor)

Analysis of scores from teacher, student questionnaires, Student Belief Inventory (Havighurst and Taba, 1949; revised by Isler, 1963) indicates replication earlier studies on Negro-White group differences in honesty, responsibility, but variance from Isler's (1963) findings of difference on all five measured traits. Findings suggest need for…

Attempts a validation of theoretical constructs related to a hypothesized conflict between achievement motives and the development of principled moral reasoning and exemplifies a novel, methodological approach to the assessment of moral judgment as well as other content areas in which "attitudinal conflict" is present. (Author/RK)

Describes an experiment in classroom moral education by high school social studies teachers and reports its results. (Author)

Results of the study generally support the position that moral ideology is related to identity status. (Authors)