This paper is the report of a study conducted under NDEA and NIMH grants at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

Original thinking was examined in 142 middle- and lower-class children across a wide range of age (7-13 years) and intellectual ability (low average to gifted). The instruments were lenient and stringent solution-standard measures of original problem solving and two subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. (Author/PN)

Examines the nature of the changing labor market. Focuses on the issue of youth unemployment (especially its effects on disadvantaged urban youth), the major causes of youth employment, and how educational and/or employment and training systems can better prepare disadvantaged urban young people for success in the work force. (Author/AOS)

Investigates the locus of control orientation of Fijians and Fiji-Indians and examines its influence on academic performance. States that locus of control, a culturally influenced factor, is one variable underlying the disparity in achievement between the two groups. (CMG)

A survey of secondary students' attitudes toward French as a second language in two schools analyzed how students' choice or rejection of the subject was related to career choice, sex, social class, travel in France, and success in French. A secondary intent was to refine attitude study techniques. (MSE)

Examines, through a matched-guise technique, the conflict in attitudes and behavior toward the use of a mixture of Cantonese and English (MIX) among English-Cantonese bilingual students in Hong Kong. Results indicate hostility toward MIX but produce evidence that it is a useful, culturally neutral choice and that it may have covert status in the…

The article presents some findings of the 1976 Survey of Income and Education in which the National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau obtained information about the characteristics and educational status of the approximately 28 million people in this country with language backgrounds other than English. (NQA)

Thirty-six recently published United States history texts were examined for their treatment of the Freedmen's Bureau, a Federal agency ostensibly established to promote the welfare of emancipated slaves. Only four contained adequate information about the Bureau's role in perpetuating a contract labor system, thus exacerbating low Black…

Statistical analysis of a 1966 national survey of over 5,000 men, aged 45-59, in managerial, professional, and blue-collar jobs indicates that being married has a positive effect and having a working wife has a negative effect on occupational status and wage attainment, especially for managers and professionals. (Author/RW)

Describes the socioeconomic gains experienced by community college students as a function of educational investment. Assesses variations in the rates of return experienced by students in terms of their age, sex, major, employment history, and degree objectives. Considers community college education a valuable investment with respect to present…

The development, impact, and problems of the General Teaching Council (Scotland) are described. Detailed are teacher registration, exceptional admission to register, teacher probation, investigating and disciplinary aspects, and recommendations on teacher supply and training. (AH)

Using Snizek's shorter version of Hall's professionalism scale assessing five attitudinal components, provincial professional profiles have been developed from 1203 Manitoba teachers based on six personal and contextual variables. Results indicated no clear-cut patterns can be established between professionalism and variables selected, with the…

Critically evaluates the literature through 1977 on the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test. Areas reviewed are administration and standardization of the man and woman scales, test ceiling, sex differences, the Quality scale, reliability, criterion validity, validity with measures of academic achievement, cultural variables, and use with the learning…

Examines whether poor Blacks in cities with Black mayors are better off than those in cities with White mayors. Suggests that the election of Black mayors has not positively affected the lives of poor, inner city Blacks, but emphasizes the need for research to draw more reliable conclusions. (Author/MJL)