Reports a study of sixth-grade students in a West Coast metropolitan area which found that high interest resulted in greater comprehension, that discrimination between reading levels was lower with higher interest, and that reading interest affected high-ability students more than low-ability students. Bibliography. (MD)

Condensed from "Illinois Schools Journal, XLIX, (Summer 1969), 130-133.

Reprints from: Wallace E. Lambert, Psychology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Examination of some of the more common fallacies and misconceptions that are dominant in educational systems today. (author)

Student ability and behaviors during small-group interaction as mediators of effective small-group learning were examined. Comparison of test results indicated that students trained in small-group interaction participated in more task-related interaction than control students, and task-related interaction enhanced achievement and retention.…

Examined factors influencing the selection of a major area of study by undergraduate female students (N=437). Subjects were asked to indicate how important were 16 factors identified as potentially influential. Results were reported in terms of three distinct groupings of items: academic, social, and economic/pragmatic influences. (JAC)

The issue of defining learning disability is considered. Important recent trends in research are reviewed with regard to: intellectual skills, academic retardation, neurological and behavioral dysfunction, and cognitive and interactive processes. Current intervention methods are also briefly described. Available from: Journal of Pediatrics, C.V.…

The relationship between sociopsychological climate structures and teacher-bias expectancy for groups of students differentiated on the basis of race and ability was assessed by The Classroom Environment Scale. Results indicated an overall pattern that teachers expect different students to need different sociopsychological climates. (PN)

Scores on the Rotter I-E scale were correlated with scores on the verbal subtest of the College Qualification Test, cumulative grade point average, and attributions of performance to ability, effort, course difficulty, and luck. The I-E scores were unrelated to either verbal ability or grade point average. (Author/GK)

The relationship between ability and grade point average was examined for the moderating effects of achievement motivation and locus of control for college students. Data indicated that achievement motivation did moderate the relationship between academic ability and cumulative grade point average for objective and subjective estimates of ability.…

Issues related to the preceding research report (TM 504 895) are discussed: (1) necessary assumptions for assessing reciprocal causal effects; (2) validity of Felson and Bohrnstedt's findings; and (3) reconciliation of this report and the preceding experimental results. (Author/GDC)