A microeconomic simulation game, called Micro-Economy, is discussed. The game approach was developed to provide students and educators an opportunity to express the aspirations, values, and principles of the people living in an environment. By following a microeconomic model, Society School, students create microinstitutions for their society at…

This document discusses an evaluation of the second year of a bilingual program in a large Eastern city funded by Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Like those in a number of other localities, the Spanish-English program described here developed from earlier "English as a Second Language" project. The evaluation was…

This paper reviews the psychological theories and research which deal with the meaning of words in the course of human psychological development. The three major premises of the review are: (1) that word meaning is conducive to empirical study, (2) that rules can be produced that apply to most word meanings, and (3) that human development has…

The purposes of this paper are to discuss the legal, economic and other implications of a 1971 landmark court ruling from a Black perspective; to advocate a position to which Black educators and others concerned with equity in educational opportunities of Black children might react; and to outline further needed research that ought to be…

The problem of the panel on semantics, concepts, and culture, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine how lexical, semantic, conceptual, and cultural factors contribute to reading comprehension. The contents of the document include the following: "Word Recognition Skills," which…

The aim of the panel on reading comprehension, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine the influence of intellectual factors, general experiences with the world, knowledge specific to the particular reading task, and general decoding skills to successful reading performance. In addition,…

In 1965, Taeuber and Taeuber published trend data on racial residential segregation in 109 cities for the years 1940, 1950, and 1960. Their monograph, Negroes in Cities, reported a number of analyses of residential segregation and neighborhood change, utilizing segregation indexes and a variety of other measures derived from census data. In 1971,…

This paper presents a broad overview of research on the impact of college on students. The ways in which such research has been done, and the underlying theories and analytical strategies are outlined. Some generalizations based on integration of available studies are presented first, followed by a discussion of the difficulties involved in…

The concept of deprivation has become very appealing to specialists of many disciplines as an explanation for deviations in human development. This is understandable, since the phenomenon does seem to be a key factor in development, but several technical and methodological considerations hinder immediate efforts at understanding and alleviating…

The objective of naturalistic observations conducted in schools and homes in the inner city was to relate teacher expectation to pupil behavior. Following kindergarten observations, selected black children predicted as potentially successful and black children predicted as poor achievers were observed in their homes along with their mothers. This…

This volume includes eight essays. In his "Foreword," Carl Senna examines the revival of the hereditarian position by Arthur Jensen. "Race and Intelligence" contains a critique of Richard C. Lewontin of Jensen's argument, revealing what appear to be deeply embedded assumptions derived from a particular world view. David Z. Robinson, in "If You're…

Cognitive deficits in black and other minority children have been assumed, described, and then explained. In direct and indirect ways, the "evidence," especially in the broad public domain has been mounting to suggest a genetic cause for discovered differences between racial groups on test of aptitude and achievement. It is the purpose of the…

After an interview procedure used with educable mentally retarded children is described, the findings of an examination of some collected interview data are reported in this study of the Computer Based Project for the Evaluation of Media for the Handicapped. An ex post facto analysis revealed a moderately high correlation between interviewer…

The comparative approach in education involves the cross-cultural method. A lack of clear and precise scientific research is one of the most serious problems in the study of cultures. This study investigates the cross-cultural method in education as a part of the behavioral sciences. The first part of the paper describes the early developments in…

Seven problem areas where research is needed critically at the two-year institution level are identified: (1) establish reliability and stability of MIS/data base; (2) find reliable predictive instruments and/or formulae; (3) analyze support services and academic assistance objectives; (4) develop research methods to evaluate curricula; (5)…