This study evaluates the usefulness of conceptualizing intraindividual stability as a personality construct. The feasibility of developing a psychometric scale which might be used to reliably predict individual stability in self-description, self-concept, and other behavioral domains is assessed. (MS)

The purpose of this study was to construct a scale to discriminate between those students who are likely to drop out of school and those who are not. The results indicate that this must be only the first of many steps. (Author)

Indicates that under- and overachievement is related primarily to teaching and educational methods, and is independent of the subject matter area. (DS)

Proceedings of the Conference on "The Public Interest vis a vis Educational R & D, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia on July 16-17, 1969 with the cooperation of the U.S. Office of Education.

Strong relationships were found between mathematical competencies and probable success in beginning computer science courses. It is felt the study reinforces the importance of all students attaining mathematical competence while in high school. The possibility of more accurately advising students regarding potential for success in computer science…

Jobs are disappearing at an ever-increasing rate, while new careers are emerging. At the World Future Society's recent conference on "Working Now and in the Future," over 600 people met to consider how to cope with the many challenges of the changing world of work. (IS)

Work sample aptitude test items and questionnaire items on past and predicted grades each contributed to the predictive efficiency of the Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test in forecasting algebra grades for 2,684 eighth grade students. (Author/PN)

Describes the use of a reading development strategy of group prediction, of encouraging children to decide and to justify what is going to happen next in a selected story, as a means to motivate students to become active readers. (HOD)

Describes a variety of ways to create cloze blanks and discusses how the reader's task differs in the various types of exercises. (FL)

Reviews the accuracy of past predictions concerning the future of English education, then makes five new ones. (JL)

Responses from 39 state school superintendents reveal that they do not expect the new federal stance on education to have much effect on the traditional secondary curriculum, but that they see federally funded programs as losing ground. (Author/MLF)

A general discussion of prediction and the use of models as a means of understanding reality is provided, focusing on the application of mathematical models to various scientific disciplines and its role in experimentation. (DC)

Anticipatory leadership, which is action based on the forecasting of alternative futures, can solve many of the educational system's current and future problems. Effective resource management, a form of anticipatory leadership, can solve social, political, and educational problems of the future. (CJ)