A discussion of the Flexible Grading System, whereby the student decides, within certain restrictions, what relative weighting is to be placed on each of his examinations. (Author)

Discusses futurology efforts--future studies, technological forecasts, long-range plans, scenarios of alternative futures. (Author/RK)

The present study represents further tests of hypothesis about peformance in verbal conditioning derived from a demand characteristics approach. (Author)

Psychological and educational correlates of prematurity in children during four periods, the last at 7 years of age, were assessed as part of a prospective longitudinal study of 241 infants classified by birth weight, gestational age, and sex to determine later functioning in school. (Author/MC)

Intent of this study was to examine an ability and achievement battery used in college engineering freshmen prediction for possible moderating effects in an attempt to enhance overall prediction. (Authors)

Predicts that unless space is designed to fit the dynamics and fluctuating educational needs of our century, newly built campuses will become obsolescent even before their dedication date. (Author)

This paper discusses the Lens Model' approach to the analysis of subject performance in multiple-cue judgment tasks embedded in probabilistic environments. (Author/RK)

Reviews six recent books from the expanding literature of futurology'', policy analysis, and social reform. (Author/JH)

Findings show that the reliability of GPA depends on three factors: the number of course grades, the average reliability of these grades, and the credit-hour weights. (Authors)

When high anxious mothers administered tasks to their children, they facilitated the task performance of their daughters but were strongly detrimental to that of their sons. Low anxious mothers chose more difficult tasks for sons than for daughters, and they facilitated the task performance of sons more than that of daughters. (Authors/RY)