The Sense of Coherence (SOC) construct, proposed by Antonovsky, has the following three components: (1) Comprehensibility (COMP), the cognitive sense that stimuli confronted convey structured and clear information; (2) Manageability (MAN), the sense that resources at one's disposal are adequate for successful coping; and (3) Meaningfulness (MEAN),…

Is the effect of mathematics course-taking on test scores the same or different for black males, black females, white males, and white females? To answer this question, the regression results for 9700 members of the 1980 high school sophomore cohort from the High School and Beyond study were analyzed. It was concluded that: (1) for all students, a…

This article addresses the challenges posed by engineering design as a content area of technology education. What adjustments will technology teachers have to make in their approach to teaching and learning when they teach design as engineering in response to the new standards? How faithful to engineering as practiced must their approach be? There…

This publication describes some of the work of the UNESCO Division of Statistics on Education on the evaluation of the internal efficiency of educational systems that followed from the 1970 International Conference on Education. The first section contains a brief summary of the conclusions of the "Expert Meeting on the Evaluation of Internal…

The purposes of this study are (1) to estimate the number of commercial UHF television stations that are likely to come on the air between the present and 1990, and (2) to determine whether spectrum resources already allocated will be adequate in meeting this demand. Collaterally, the study seeks to determine whether some spectrum space now…

It is incumbent on education leaders to cope with the situation to the best of their abilities by diminishing their demands for federal funding within public education. (Author)

Attitudes toward advisers and first-year academic progress were assessed for 223 freshman students at Idaho State University. Students advised by students had more positive attitudes toward their advisers and lower drop rates than those advised by faculty. No difference was observed for achieved GPA. Bases for evaluation are discussed. (Author)

This article is based on a paper read at the annual meeting of the California Education Research Association, Berkeley, California, March 1968.

Thirty-three novices and 33 expert calculator users took a test in which they predicted what number would be in the calculator's display after a sequence of button presses (such as 2 + 3 +). Subjects' answers did not depend on the brand of calculator they actually owned. Simple production systems models were fit to the performance of each subject.…

To see if mother-child conflict and mother firmness in conflict situations could be predicted from previous measures of the level of young children's attempt to influence their mothers, a study was conducted among 27 boys and 25 girls who were observed at 33 and 45 months of age. Information about the 33-month-old children's influence attempts…

Information concerning early retirement in colleges and universities was obtained through a faculty survey, prediction of rates of retirement and costs under three plans, computer simulations of faculty turnover rates, and faculty/administrator opinions and data pertaining to the implications of specific plans. In 1980, 647 faculty 45 years old…

The paper examines the causes of violent and other antisocial behavior in children. Considered are the effects of heredity and environment, and the nature and prevalence of learning disabilities in persons with antisocial behavior are noted. Effects of temperament and its relationship to stress are discussed. The author cites findings on potential…