There are virtually no empirical studies of the open classroom which have assessed its critical elements (Bryant, 1972; Walberg and Thomas, 1972). This study took some of the characteristics which have been derived in the descriptive literature and assessed them empirically. (Author)

An argument has been developed suggesting that a research model appropriate to open education evaluation could be systematically developed out of the writings of Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, Robert White, and M. Brewster Smith. (Author)

Examines the benefits of frequent testing, some recent variations of frequent testing, and attempts to extract whatever generalizations appear to emerge from the evidence provided by the review of the studies. (Author/RK)

The primary/purpose of this paper is to expand the scope of inquiry into and examine trends in factors influencing white adults' opposition to busing by comparing findings from two recent national surveys of representative cross-sections of adults in the United States. (Author)

This research study attempted to identify some factors that might explain the differences in the level of achievement among schools with similar socio-economic status and racial composition. (Author/RK)

Attempts to discover what educators' attitudes are toward sex-related role differentiation in education. This information, it was felt, would have important implications both for research and for the training of educators to implement Title IX effectively. (Author/RK)

Explores the attitudes of inner-city, ninth-grade male students and the relationship of these attitudes to intended choice of educational program in the tenth grade. Ninth grade is an important time in career development since the tenth grade is the point where vocational and college programs begin. (Author/RK)