Reviews research on the cognitive style of Mexican-American students by identifying and describing several important components including field-dependence-independence and cultural influences. Extensive cross-cultural research has provided insufficient evidence to formulate generalizations on the influence to cognitive style on school achievement.…

Recall performance of 22 first-grade and third-grade children who failed memory portions of a speech-language-memory screen was examined using digit and consonant-vowel (CV) stimulus sets. Data indicate children failing the screening battery differed quantitatively, rather than qualitatively, from children passing the screening batter. (Author)

To investigate the differences in sex-role related behavioral preferences, three questionnaires were administered to females majoring in engineering (n = 95) and social sciences (n = 188): Work Interest Questionnaire, opinions about children, and Bem's Sex Role Inventory. (Author/RH)

The reduced continuing motivation effect is examined with regard to research, theory, and implications for practice. The description of research focuses primarily on studies conducted with preschool-aged or school-aged subjects. Explanations based on self-perception or attributional theory and learning theory are examined. (Author/PN)

The relationship of each of three selected predictors (1) self-reported confidence in knowledge of research competencies, (2) importance attached to them, and (3) attitude toward educational research to a non-traditional criterion measure showed no significant correlation. The psychometric characteristics of the non-traditional criterion involved…

Examines the practice of cohabitation. A survey of 19 married and five unmarried former cohabiters suggests that cohabitation is a gradual movement characterized by opportunity isolated from immediate social controls. The decision to marry is influenced by reactions of others and problems associated with awareness contexts. (Author/JAC)

The author suggests many of the dissatisfactions voiced by speech therapists working with the mentally handicapped arise from a traditional view of the therapist's role. A special education resource model is proposed which consists of three role components--consultant and skills transmitter, coordinator of language programs, and participant in the…

The perceptions of a representative sample of GRE test takers who were asked to indicate their views of the importance of eight factors in graduate admissions were examined. Candidates perceived undergraduate grades as the most important factor in graduate admissions, followed by recommendations and test scores. (Author/MLW)

The concurrent validity of Quality of Effort scales and background items from the College Student Experiences (CSE) questionnaire was estimated relative to criterion variables from the same CSE instrument that represented perceptions by students of grades earned to data and growth in selected cognitive and affective dimensions. (Author/PN)

The relationship between nonverbal intelligence and English language ability was examined in 25 deaf children between the ages of 6 and 10. Subtests which require visual memory consistently entered the multiple regression equations as the best predictors of language performance. (Author)