The primary purpose of this report is to assist State and local education associations in their efforts to improve the compensation of teachers at all levels -- elementary, secondary, and higher education. This compendium of currently available data provides a single source of technical information for assessing and comparing the economic position…

The objectives of this study were to examine some variations in the structure of those abilities generally considered to constitute mechanical aptitude and to focus attention on the problem of comparing factorial structures arising in different cultural groups. The sample was composed of 172 boys, aged 12 to 14, from 5 separate Canadian…

THE PARTICULAR FOCUS OF THIS STUDY WAS UPON THE EXTENT TO WHICH VALUES AND ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS INFLUENCE THEIR EVALUATION AND RATINGS OF STUDENTS OF VARYING CLASSES AND ETHNIC ORIGINS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT TEACHERS WITH MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUNDS AND BIASES TEND TO EVALUATE MORE NEGATIVELY THOSE PUPILS IDENTIFIED AS BEING OF A LOW…

THE EFFECTS OF INCENTIVE, SOCIAL CLASS, AND TASK COMPLEXITY ON PERFORMANCE IN A CONCEPT IDENTIFICATION TASK WERE INVESTIGATED. CONCEPT IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS AT THREE LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY (ONE, TWO, OR THREE BITS OF RELEVANT INFORMATION) UNDER THREE INCENTIVE CONDITIONS (MONETARY INCENTIVE, SYMBOLIC INCENTIVE, OR NO-INCENTIVE CONTROL) WERE…

TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ACCULTURATION, THIS PILOT STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN EXTENT OF EDUCATION BETWEEN THOSE WASHO INDIANS WHO WERE ACCULTURATED AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT. WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF TWO TENTATIVELY SELECTED GROUPS WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT,…

This study presents an alternative explanation of low-income religious behavior other than as a compensation for the conditions of lower-class life, or as an escape from those conditions. The argument is made that the religion of the poor contributes in significant and positive ways to the processes of identity formation and to the development and…

Major tenets summarizing Jensen's two-level theory of mental abilities were examined in a static-group comparison, correlational study. Caucasian siblings in grades one through four from low- and middle-socioeconomic (SES) populations were administered five Level I (associative learning ability) tasks and Raven's Progressive Matrices. Consistent…

Concerned with college students' written composition and their understanding of English grammar, usage, and mechanics, this book is based on the beliefs that society is clearly class structured, that representatives of all classes attend various kinds of colleges, that society is responsible for each of these students, and that this obligation…

There is a need for a higher level of education among tradesmen; the article uses plumbers as an example, citing historical reasons for their low social status. Rapid technological developments, the need for plumbers to become skilled and educated technicians, and the implications of career changes are discussed. (MS)

Suggests that income and need-for-approval may be potent variables in the control orientation of black male students, but are not significantly related to control orientation of white male students. (Author/AM)

In comparison to Euro-Canadians, native students generally express less favorable self-evaluations in terms of characteristics considered important for achievement and success. But, in terms of traits emerging through primary group activities and subcultural norms, the self-evaluations of native students do not differ substantially from those of…

A sample of 20 elementary schools in Detroit is used in a study of school effects reported in this article. Regression analysis (controlling for previous performance) is used to demonstrate that specific buildings do have an impact on student achievement. (Author/EB)

The social maps of preadolescent (grade 6) children were investigated. The focus was on characteristics of children's social networks as a function of neighborhood type, socioeconomic status, and level of physical maturation. The social heterogeneity of the network (peer vs adult salience) was of primary concern. (Author/RD)

Contends that the increasing level of educational attendance among Chicago's immigrant groups (1880-1930) was the result of accommodation to the wage labor system. All immigrant groups developed a positive attitude toward education to ensure the economic welfare of their children. Considers implications of research in terms of adequately…

It is suggested that nutritional status can be influenced by a number of other factors than an individual's attitudinal and income poverty. The concepts of political, social, and psychological poverties are introduced. (GC)