Problems are discussed distinguishing working class from middle class college students, based on experiences of teaching at Richmond College of the City University of New York. (JM)

Proposes that a social accounting system be used both to describe the relative positions of minority groups in the U.S. and to indicate the direction of future social action and research. (JM)

Describes study to determine if children from high, middle, and low socioeconomic groups differed in understanding selected science concepts and in the methods they would suggest to find answers related to the concepts. Results reveal differences. Curriculum planning should take these differences into account. Thirteen references. (PR)

Many reading teachers, particularly those whose speech differs considerably from the children they teach, confuse norms of speaking and reading performance variables. Teacher's attitudes towards children's speech influence their judgment of children's reading. (NH)

Based on author's dissertation with the same title, University of Wisconsin. (Editor)

Aspects of the relationship reviewed are: education and earnings; social and economic mobility across generations; education and political participation; and, education and crime. Overwhelming evidence supports direct relationship between post-school opportunity, performance, and educational attainment. (DB)

In order to investigate meaningful differences between the blue-collar and the white-collar segments of the Negro community, an area probability sample stratified by occupation from the Chatham community area of Chicago was used; eighty Negro males were interviewed. (JM)

Differences in responsiveness to social reinforcement associated with the race and socioeconomic status of a person are interpreted in terms of his expected outcomes and his scale of evaluation of outcomes. (JM)

High school students were asked to judge what the optimal ages for marriage and child bearing would be, college plans, and the importance they attributed to higher education. (Author)

While many problems still face women in the academic world, more equal status and opportunities are in sight. (Editor)

Concludes that probably most 6th graders cannot be relied upon as indicators of parents' socioeconomic status. Infers psychological need as cause of blacks to upgrade fathers' status, whites to upgrade mothers' status, and children of either race to upgrade parent of the same sex as themselves. (Author/DB)

Pretest comparisons on Health Behavior Inventory do not support hypothesis that low class students have less desirable health habits than do middle class ones. Differences occur on five specific items pertaining to weight control, social behavior, dental health, infection prevention, and responsibility for community health. (Author/CJ)

Junior high school students, particularly Negroes, experience an excessive amount of inner conflict because they are lacking in social skills and confidence. These feelings of insecurity stem mainly from an awareness of social ostracism. (CK)