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Herberg, Dorothy Mary Chave – 1970
This study develops tools for predicting the work participation by graduate female social workers using two main explanatory variables--"early sex role ideology" (an ideological position on future work and sex roles and early occupational aspiration) and "the sequence of marriage and professional education." These two variables were combined to…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Marital Status
Download full textHsia, H. J. – 1973
Motivation and aspiration for a better life can be examined in relation to media behavior of random samples of the blacks, Chicanos, whites, and affluent whites in Lubbock, Texas. In such a study, no significant difference in motivation and aspiration, as influenced by media, can be found among ethnic and other groups. This phenomenon is likely…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Behavior, Black Community
Arizona State Ecomonic Opportunity Office, Phoenix. – 1973
The annual report of the Arizona State Economic Opportunity Office (SEOO) for 1972 is presented. The SEOO was integrated into the Department of Economic Security. It is now the Community Support Bureau of Resource Planning Division (CSBRPD). The unit provides training and technical assistance to communities, councils of governments, and public and…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports, Community Programs
Broomes, Desmond Rodwell – 1971
This study investigated individual differences in mathematical performance among secondary school students, and differences between boys and girls and between students of high and low socioeconomic status. A sample of 335 ninth-grade students from two secondary schools was administered tests of personality, mathematics attitude, numerical ability,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Factor Analysis
Sell, Jane Ann – 1973
Conducted during the summers of 1970 and 1971, this study examined the relationship between the maternal attitudes of Negro mothers towards women's role and their educational aspirations and expectations for their daughters. A random sample of 294 metropolitan and 259 nonmetropolitan black Texas homemakers was used. These homemakers were…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Black Mothers, Females
Larson, Wayne L. – 1971
The major objective of this study was to ascertain which of the eligible persons most influenced students' educational aspirations, expectations, and potential performance. Information on educational aspirations and expectations of 119 Native Americans and 304 non-Indian youth attending 4 small rural high schools in Montana was obtained by…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Expectation
Larson, Wayne L. – 1971
Purpose of the study was to investigate the relative impact of family income on the level of educational aspirations and expectations of high school students. Information on educational aspirations and expectations of 119 Native Americans and 304 non-Indian youth attending 4 small rural high schools in Montana was obtained by questionnaire. It was…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Expectation
Ramsett, David E. – 1971
In this assessment of the status of economic education in North Dakota, where less than 5% of high school students are exposed to a formal course in economics, three things were evaluated: 1) the economic preparation of high school teachers of economics; 2) economic preparation of high school teachers of Problems of Democracy (POD); and, 3) the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Economics, Economics Education, History Instruction
Godoy, Charles E. – 1970
Identifying criteria instrumental in stimulating Mexican Americans to complete high school or college, this report presents interview results with 51 Mexican American college graduates and 51 high school graduates having the same identifying characteristics. Questionnaire data were analyzed by means of the Chi Square Test, the Median Test, and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Attitudes
Peterson, John H., Jr. – 1970
The socioeconomic condition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was surveyed in the fall of 1968. Using a questionnaire, 570 Choctaw households in 7 communities were interviewed by Choctaw Agency personnel. Information gathered included population figures by age, sex, and residence; educational attainment, aspirations, and use of English;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Community Surveys, Employment Statistics
Matz, Robert D.; Rohwer, William D., Jr. – 1971
The extent to which pictorial presentation would facilitate the comprehension of text-like passages among two populations of fourth-grade students was investigated. Subjects were 64 students each in high-socioeconomic status (SES) white and low-SES black groups. Simple passages amenable to pictorial presentation were read over a programed tape to…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Factor Analysis
Mauss, Armand L.; Winston, William E. – 1971
The frequently referred-to "generation gap" is a myth as yet unsubstantiated by empirical evidence. Explicit definitions of the phenomenon are lacking; implicit definitions are ambiguous and hard to extract. To offer an empirically tested operational definition of "generation gap" and analyze its relationship to several independent social…
Descriptors: Achievement, Age, Attitudes, Generation Gap
Teske, Raymond, Jr.; Nelson, Bardin H. – 1971
In an attempt to analyze what social characteristics may account for the Mexican American's "apparent slow rate" of both upward mobility and assimilation into the dominant American culture, this paper postulates a conceptual model of Mexican American mobility patterns that is based on theories of socialization, the marginal man,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Isolation, Ethnic Status
Episcopal Church, New York, NY. National Committee on Indian Work. – 1970
In February 1969, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church established a National Committee on (American) Indian Work (NCIW). This was in keeping with the General Convention of the Episcopal Church's policy of supporting self-determination among the poor and the powerless in American society. This document is the NCIW's analysis of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Eskimos
Ratusnik, David L.; And Others – 1973
Two lower socioeconomic groups (one black and one white) from the inner city and a third group of white children from a middle socioeconomic suburban area of Chicago were studied to delineate and compare the usage of selected language structures among children of different social and ethnic backgrounds. Usage of each of the test structures was…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Patterns, Language Usage
