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…

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…

This document reviews 14 instruments for measuring attitudes and values in environmental education. Comments are made on the strengths and weaknesses of the instruments and the restricted nature of their content. Lists of additional sources and references cited are also included. (SL)

The fact that youth's aspirations, activities, and attitudes are related both to socioeconomic background and, independently of this, to ethno-cultural background, suggests that forces in society, other than the youth culture, continue to share significantly in the development of value structures in modern youth. (Author)

This is a study of values and value systems of various groups of elementary school pupils from ages nine to twelve. The research is based upon Milton Rokeach's (1968) conceptualization of values and value systems and upon his methodology of value measurement. A two-fold purpose of the study is stated: 1) to modify the Rokeach Value Survey in order…

This content analysis examines social values in the tenth grade literature anthologies of four major publishers. Basic hypotheses deal with interrelationships of narrative sequence, thematic development, and world view. It was hypothesized that fiction would follow a predictable sequence and main characters would be aided by an outside force or…

This paper reports the development of a measure of perceived homophily. In both an initial investigation and in a replication, four dimensions of response were observed. These dimensions were labeled attitude, value, appearance, and background. Additional results indicated that opinion leaders are perceived as more homophilous than non-opinion…

This report describes a study that was conducted to further clarify how the expectations of students interrelate with their evaluation of their professors and their satisfaction with their course of study. The study also tried to determine whether a particular program was populated by individuals with particular academic philosophies, and to…

Defines the meanings of "evaluation" and "assessment" in education and their implications for educational objectives and planning. (RK)

Reported in this document is the development of nine instruments designed to measure social values thought to be "important in the interpersonal relationships" of adolescents and in their relationships with parents and teachers. The instruments sought to measure selected prescriptive values, "some of the social backgrounds for the acquisition of…

In this study 50 black students from an all black liberal arts college in North Carolina and 48 white students from a branch of the University of North Carolina were each asked to respond twice to 30 belief items--once according to the way he felt they should be ranked, and then "as he felt someone of the other race, black or white, would…

This study sought to demonstrate that the relative degree of adult female identity diffusion, as well as certain personality correlates, would be a function of specific sex roles and their combinations. Three groups of 32 women each were selected as married and noncareer, married and career, or unmarried and career women. They were administered a…

A large-scale study of the relationship between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism was made to evaluate the effects of an anthropology curriculum on students' levels of ethnocentrism. Its hypothesis is that ethnocentrism is modified by studying anthropology and, to a lesser extent, other social sciences. The design, execution, and analysis of…