Suggests an increase with age in children's ability to focus on essential content from a media presentation. Children in early adolescence seemed better able than younger ones to ignore nonessential information. (WY)

An attempt to secure further evidence for, or against, the intellectual explanation of Maori superiority in word fluency. (WY)

The possible effects of acquiescence response style upon endorsement of items in the Vocational Development Inventory-Attitude Scale were investigated. It was concluded that responses to the VDI-Att are not significantly affected by acquiescence; rather, it was hypothesized that they can be conceptually related to discrimination learning…

The results show that selective attention to color or form can be experimentally changed and is not developmentally determined for all Ss. (WY)

Describes a biology course developed for West African senior high school students. Ecology is used as an integrating theme, and the approach is problem centered. Discusses the proposed form of examinations in the course. (EB)

Report of research to test the hypothesis that reflective students would be higher achievers in mathematics than impulsive pupils. An achievement test was developed to measure understanding of mathematical concepts and applications, ability to solve verbal problems and recall basic facts. Data suggest that reflective students obtain better…

Significant differences were found between the stated objectives of most college level economics textbooks and the instruments included in the instructor's manuals to measure student achievement. (Author/RM)