Essay which points out that most innovation becomes absorbed and, in effect, standardized by traditional educational processes and which argues that these processes need overhauling in order to be more responsive to today's media-hip student described by McLuhan. (LS)

The results show that students in the low category, academically, responded less well than students in the middle and high categories. Also, the student of low socioeconomic background did not demonstrate achievement advantage through exposure to the program, though the attrition study showed a holding" effect in keeping him in school. (Author/CG)

Biographical and attitudinal characteristics of dropout college students are compared with students who did not drop out. It was proposed that these nonintellective characteristics have an effect on attrition greater than academic ability. Results are discussed. (Author/CG)

The 135 items from the EPPS were arranged in 5 choice Likert format and presented to 315 subjects. Results suggested reliabile and meaningful measurement of each of four underlying dimensions in the normative form of the EPPS is possible with the four factor analytic scales developed. (Author)

Maintains that the school itself has a significant effect on the educational attainment of its pupils. Cites evidence to this effect, as well as ways of conceptualizing factors producing variations in the effectiveness of schools. (DM)

Children who survive a severe episode of malnutrition early in life are handicapped in developing skills in reading and writing and are less able to profit from the cumulative knowledge available to man. This may lead to defective functioning, school failure, and subnormal adaptation. (DM)

"The paper reviews some practical consequences of a recent theory of learning and teaching." (Author)

A review of research covering family background, aspirations, and academic ability. (Editor)

Advance information regarding student's musical aptitude can aid instructors in coping with the individual differences of their students. (CK)

Based on a PhD dissertation submitted to the University of Michigan, 1968.

Describes the work being done at UCLA's Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) to help teachers clarify and specify their learning goals and to evaluate their instruction in relation to these goals. (DE)