A study of the effectiveness of the mass media in informing the Hispanic and Anglo populations in western Texas found the price per person of creating initial awareness through social relations was considerably greater. However, many Hispanics receive educational information through social contact with those who hear it from mass media.…

This paper describes a program whereby elementary school children are allowed to select their own reinforcement for performing a specified behavior (reading). An evaluation of the program shows significant improvement of reading ability. (RWP)

THIS THIRD REPORT IN A SERIES OF FOUR IS CONCERNED WITH AN EXPLORATORY ASSESSMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY OFFERED BY SCHOOL SYSTEMS SERVING TWO MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES. ONE SYSTEM HAS A PUPIL POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 OF WHICH 85 PER CENT ARE ANGLO, 10 PER CENT ARE INDIAN, AND 5 PER CENT ARE SPANISH-AMERICAN. THE OTHER SYSTEM HAS…

Educational opportunities and curricular programs offered by 2 school systems serving multicultural communities in New Mexico were examined. Differential pupil performance between Indian, Spanish American and Anglo students was studied by comparing ability test scores, achievement test scores, attendance records, drop out rates and post high…

In addition to ethnic origin, the subjects were further grouped by social class, middle and lower only. Social Class was a more important factor than ethnic origin in WISC differences; and, nonverbal ability differences (Cohen factors) were found to relate only to S's membership in a particular social class." (DB)

Clash of cultures produces the defeatism erroneously called shyness in the Spanish-speaking child. (Author/ML)

Principal factor solutions to the WISC-R were compared across race for Anglo and Chicano children. Additional comparisons of factor solutions were made with those for Anglo, Chicano, Black, and Papago students and the WISC-R standardization sample. Substantial congruence occurred across race. The two-factor solution was most appropriate for this…

Academic growth and personal-social growth of 20 second grade children in the Southeastern New Mexico Bilingual Program at Artesia are compared to 20 second grade children in the standard program. The groups were matched by chronological and mental age, IQ, family income, family situation (both parents, only father, or only mother), number of…

A general discussion is presented of 2 phases of a study designed to determine the relationship between selection techniques (used by the State of Colorado Civil Service Commission and the Career Service Authority of the city and county of Denver) and on-the-job performance in specified job classifications for personnel classified as Negro,…

The longitudinal study was Phase 2 of a study designed to determine the relationship between selection techniques (used by the State of Colorado Civil Service Commission and the Career Service Authority of the city and county of Denver) and on-the-job performance in specified job classifications for personnel classified as (1) Negro, (2)…

In an attempt to find a test which minimized cultural bias, three tests were administered to 335 first grade pupils. The subjects comprised 2 groups (123 Anglo children and 212 Spanish surnamed children). The Goodenough Draw-A-Man Test (GDAM) and the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test (LT), Form A, were administered as measures of intelligence. The…

The primary data collected and analyzed in conjunction with this study were measurements of self-concept taken on a select sample of 428 fourth- and sixth-grade migrant children in New Mexico, 90% of whom were Spanish-surname migrants. These self-concept scores were correlated with scores from measures of intelligence and achievement; these…

The purposes of this 1969 study were to determine: (1) if differences existed in the self concepts of Negro, Anglo, and Spanish American adolescents and (2) the extent to which these differences were influenced by ethnic group membership, socioeconomic position, and sex. The sample for the study was made up of 425 Anglo, 40 Negro, and 142 Spanish…

The article examines the history of San Diego County (California), chronologically tracing its Indian residents through the Prehistoric, Spanish-Mexican, and American periods. (KM)

The study identified the social and economic factors affecting present commuting behavior and the willingness to commute and to relocate of the residents in north-central New Mexico. Central hypothesis was that Spanish Americans were less mobile than Anglo Americans in this region. Data were collected in a personal interview survey of 800…