A general developmental model for interindividual differences, intraindividual differences, and intraindividual changes is described in terms of individuals, variables, and occasions. (ST)

Personality differences betweeen adolescent males who engage in illegal behaviors with accomplices and those who engage in illegal behaviors alone are examined. Contrary to the findings of earlier researchers, in the present study, no personality differences between the two groups were found. (Author)

Describes the nongraded open-concept school implemented at Dick Dowling Elementary School (Port Arthur, Texas). (MM)

Comments on a study which appeared in the Journal of Counseling Psychology v18 p431-436, by Graff, MacLean, and Loving. (CJ)

It appears that most persons surveyed had a relatively high degree of verbal commitment and affect, with lower levels of actual commitment and knowledge--they were willing to do a great deal to help curb pollution, but, in fact, they actually did fairly little and knew even less. (Authors)

This article reviews national statistics on student success and failure and the conclusions drawn include a proposal to organize education to capitalize on age and specialization differences among children. (JA)

This paper will discuss three alternative research strategies, which have been used to gain information about the effectiveness of counseling procedures. (Author)

The main experimental hypothesis of this study, that high sensation seeking subjects would be characterized by a significantly greater number of escape attempts than low sensation seeking subjects, has been strongly supported. (Author)

A model for the analysis of paired comparison data is presented which is metric, mathematically tractable, and has an exact algebraic solution. (Authors/MB)

The number of children who can actually profit from the open classroom are few in number. (Author)

The problem with most educational innovations, says the author, is that they are laid on one at a time, as if a single one could be best for all students. This article describes seven major differences in learners and how instructional components should be influenced by them. (Editor)

Discusses the neglect of the individual in the instruction process. (PG)

The nature of man, his drive for growth, and his search for truth are discussed from a combined philosophical and psychological point of view. (CK)

The need for approval and sex role is at best difficult to demonstrate in an adolescent population; the relationship may be limited to elementary aged children, if it occurs at all. Bibliography. (Author)