Standardized achievement test scores, behavioral and social adjustment ratings, and school cumulative record data of firstborn children of Black mothers, aged 15 and under, paralleled closely that of peers born to older Black mothers (aged 20 to 24). (Author/CP)

Three replications of a structural equation model for the prediction of behavior are tested, using a questionnaire assessing undergraduate students' attitudes, subjective norms, intentions, and behavior. The proposed models supersede the Fishbein-Ajzen theory in their ability to reflect the dynamics of attitude-behavior relations. (Author/RD)

This research evaluated the effects of a design modification in an open-plan high school. The addition of several variable height partitions throughout the school reduced classroom interruptions and increased content questions. Hypotheses about specific design mechanisms contributing to environment-behavior congruence in open plan schools were…

A learning strategy system and a set of training procedures to facilitate the communication of this system to college-age students were developed. Students receiving this training exhibited significantly greater positive precourse-postcourse changes on comprehension/retention and self-report measures than did students in the control groups.…

Responses to attitude and activity preference surveys were compared for the degrees of real and perceived similarity within male and female undergraduate friendship pairs. Activity preference similarity was substantially greater than attitudinal similarity. Friends' attitudinal similarity was no greater than strangers'. Activity similarity was a…

Of 50 students taking a graduate course in multiple regression analysis at a particular university, they tended to use multiple regression in their dissertations. (Author/JKS)

President Carter has made a strong verbal commitment to civil rights and commendable appointments to important positions, but there has not been uniform implementation of this policy. (Author/EB)

Two correlational investigations attempted to establish the construct validity of the dimensions assessed by the Inventory of Learning Processes scales. The scales are Synthesis-Analysis; Study Methods; Fact Retention; and Elaborative Processing. A number of cognitive tests were also administered. (MH)

The biasing effects of a pretest on subsequent post-test results were investigated in two experimental studies. In general, the results argue for using designs without pretests. (Author/JKS)

Differences between signed and anonymous student evaluations of high school student teachers were investigated. Signed evaluations produced higher ratings. (JKS)

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was administered to three samples rural high school students. Distributions of scores were similar to Edwards' college sample, except in the area of sex differences. (JKS)

A sociometric nominations instrument called Guess Who was administered to 13,045 elementary school children and then subjected to an image analysis. Four factors were extracted--disruptive, bright, dull, and quiet/well-behaved--and related to teacher ratings, self-reports and other measures. (Author/JKS)

The factorial validity was investigated of a 55-item instrument designed for use in a recently desegregated school district to assess staff training needs. Factor analysis supported the validity of the instrument. (The 55 items are presented). (Author/JKS)

An instrument was developed to measure students' perceptions of twelve specific features in the learning environment for science instruction in institutions concerned with preservice elementary teacher education. The instrument appears to be promising for the investigation of individual differences in perception and differences in learning…

The Matrices and Order of Appearance subtests of a Piagetian test battery were administered to a sample of second-grade children on two occasions under two test conditions: standardized testing and a dialogue between child and examiner. Differences for test condition and time of testing were found. (JKS)