Examines the attempted acquisition of Welsh by English speakers in Wales in relation to the native association of Welsh-language speech with Welsh cultural identity. The learners' status as verbal performers is investigated together with the psychological impact of that status and the ambiguity of the learners' identity on the learning process.…

Among college students, significant differences were found on all three dimensions (wife, mother, and father roles) of sex role attitudes between men and women but not between Blacks and Whites. The interaction of race and sex in conditioning effect of background variables on sex role attitudes varied among the four sex-race subsamples. (Author/GC)

Using data obtained from 117 guidance counselors, two trends that could prove threatening to public school education in Canada are examined. The two trends are decreasing interest in learning and stress due to school performance and family and economic difficulty. The school counselor's role is discussed. (CT)

A study of social origin and educational measures in occupational status attainment of former college students found that status attainment in professional careers is related more to cognitive attributes of the college attended and educational performance. Nonprofessional career status is related more to affective attributes of the college…

Examines three areas regarding women's position in society: (1) perception of women's status in Israel as a social problem and the sex differences in this perception, (2) the cognitive structure of this perception, and (3) correlates of the perception of sex-related issues as social problems. (SA)

This study assessed the differences in standardized test scores resulting from curricular differences in two school systems. The degree of curriculum-test match for reading and math in grades three and six was based on ratings of that match by qualified district personnel. (Author/LMO)

Explores the effect of course relevancy and goal clarity, in concert with psychosocial variables, upon persistence/dropout. The interaction of scholastic ability and course relevancy added to the discrimination of persisters and dropouts. A self-confidence and ideal self discrepancy variable was also shown to be a good discriminator of persistence…

Data from a 1975 survey using a large sample were analyzed to study the interactions among sex, race, social class, undergraduate grade point average, and the rank of the graduate or professional school attended. Results indicated strong associations between students' academic merit and attendance at prestigious colleges. (GDC)

Cohort membership and two measures of social disadvantage were used as explanatory variables in analysis of the risk of growing up in a broken home and of the living arrangements of children with broken homes. The risk of a broken home by age 16 proved to be stable across cohorts and greater for those from disadvantaged homes. (Author/BL)

Warns that the current educational reform movement may undermine educational equity, opportunity, and choice. Cites emerging trends concerning the educational and socioeconomic status of Black Americans. Reviews the efforts of the College Board's Educational EQuality Project to strengthen the preparation of all college-bound students. (DMM)

Tests the hypothesis that high-SES children process information more efficiently using mechanisms associated with the left hemisphere and that low-SES children process more efficiently using the right. A laterality task was administered tachistoscopically to 120 children, divided evenly by SES (high and low), sex, and grade (fifth and seventh).…

The relative contributions of family status variables, a family constellation variable, and the Henderson Environmental Learning Process Scale to prediction of cognitive performance among Mexican American preschool children from low-income backgrounds were examined. Implications of including background variables in research on relations between…

Compares the percent of population participating in three welfare programs in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas throughout the United States in 1980. Examines nonmetro data by county; investigates socioeconomic variables distinguishing high recipiency counties. (LFL)

Levels of general and area-specific achievement motivation for adolescents of varying backgrounds were assessed. General measures of achievement motivation revealed significant differences by race, sex, and social class. These factors exercised great influence on specific types of achievement behavior. (Author/DWH)

Teacher's instructional strategy was a factor in determining student's classroom status. Three classrooms using different types of instructional strategies were studied. Differences existed in acquired academic and social status of pupils who participated and were attended to; cognitive level of pupil reponses attended to by classmates; and…