A study of Black and White differences in attitudes about selected political issues from 1972-80 found neither convergence nor divergence. Race continued to be the most important predictor of attitudes on racial issues while the age-education variable was the most important predictor on economic welfare issues. (ML)

Presents a path-analytic study of differences due to gender and age in work alienation among 233 secondary school teachers surveyed in a small city. Results indicate that the psychological structure of work alienation is qualitatively different for women and men. Age is a negative factor for women but a positive one for men. (CB)

Children with language deficiencies in grades two through four received instruction in listening comprehension. One-half of the children in each grade verbalized explicit strategies prior to applying them to questions. Strategy self-verbalization led to high self-efficacy across grades and promoted performance among third and fourth graders.…

Found that considerable cross-racial acceptance occurred in both grades, though Black students accepted more White than Black classmates. Also found a shift between kindergarten and first grade, with race becoming more of a factor in choice of friends among the older students. (RDN)

Employs a well-developed information-processing task to assess the nature of the representation and activitation of letters and geometrical figures and the changes that occur with reading development. (FL)

Career development literature suggests that faculty evaluate and redefine their life structures throughout their careers. As a result, there are age group differences in teaching interests, performance, and overall personal investment in their colleges. Longitudinal research should begin to collect data to differentiate between developmental and…

Reports the results of stage two of a three-stage project designed to develop, through field testing, a model for determining the norms of general adult communication behavior. Discusses implications of this study, including those for planners of communication instruction. (PD)

Compares adult and elderly clients of a Crisis Intervention Service in an urban metropolitan area, which included a telephone counseling/referral service and a mobile intervention team for home assessments. Findings indicated the importance of using a biopsychosocial model, particularly in the assessment of elderly persons. (JAC)

Described is a study which measures the relationship between favorable teacher attitudes, positive self-perceptions, and the academic performance of pupils. Findings indicate that female teachers under 27 years and male teachers 27 and over were less favorable in their attitudes towards education than older female and younger male teachers.…

A total of 72 children, 36 each from first and sixth grades, were given a 70-item study list followed by a recognition test list of equal length. To indicate the relative dominance of features encoded at both ages, labels, pictures, and referents were recombined to form visual, semantic and acoustic distractors. (MS)

This summary is based on the findings of the full-length report, "Graduation and Dropout Trends in Chicago: A Look at Cohorts of Students from 1991 through 2004." The report was written to disseminate accurate and detailed information on student outcomes in Chicago's public schools. This summary includes information on how the rates in…

As Minnesota's state population changes, the undergraduate student population is also changing. This report is designed to present information about the characteristics of undergraduates who attend post-secondary institutions in Minnesota, based on data from a 2004 national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education. The report provides…

This document provides statistical information on U.S. traffic accidents involving young drivers. Data tables include: (1) driver fatalities and drivers involved in fatal crashes among drivers 15 to 20 years old, 1991-2001; (2) drivers involved in fatal crashes and driver involvement rates by age group, 2001; (3) drivers 15 to 20 years old…

Building on previous research on the tendency in students of diverse ages to overrely on proportionality in different domains of mathematics (e.g., geometry, probability), this study shows that--when confronted with missing-value word problems--Flemish primary school pupils strongly tend to apply proportional solution strategies, also in cases…

In this paper we report on some patterns of reasoning, which emerged during an activity of proving a mathematical statement performed by nine grade and university mathematics students. The statement in question involves drawing figures, working in arithmetic and in algebra. As for secondary students we detected fluency, flexibility and ability of…