Eight factors were studied to determine their relationship to success in a beginning computer science course. Significant correlations were found between the final exam score and reading comprehension, sequence completion, logical reasoning, and algorithmic execution. (Authors/JN)

The body of knowledge extant on the problems and prognosis of these six-year programs are reviewed. The programs have been favorably recognized in the literature and can be termed a success. (Author/MLW)

In preparing a physical education curriculum, the nature of the future world should be an important consideration. The state of physical education and of the society in the year 2000 is predicted. (JN)

Mothers were asked to predict their children's responses to standardized intelligence test items. Negative correlation was expected between inaccurate maternal knowledge of children's ability and degree of children's psychological development. False maternal predictions correlated - .80 with correct children's responses. Nearly all of the…

Planning for the distant future should be an integral part of current decision making. (JD)

If we consider the political, social, and economic factors on which the Spanish educational system rests, short-term prospects cannot be optimistic. Futurological studies are lacking. Projections for the 1980s must take account of four issues: the crisis in social values, energy problems, political change, and the regional autonomy question.…

The author discusses what he believes to be the six most critical issues in education in Canada: purpose of a secondary school program; school governance; dealing with cultural pluralism; flexible organizational patterns for school operation; teacher evaluation; and the role of the schools on the issue of national unity. (KC)

Correlations of WPPSI IQs with concurrently administered subtests from the WRAT were compared with analogous WISC-R/WRAT correlations in a group of children referred by regular classroom teachers for school psychological services. Results support the use of the two instruments as equivalent predictors of achievement. (Author)

Describes environmental education's successes and failures during the 1970s and identifies tasks for the decade ahead. Cooperative efforts have produced better results than have searches for federal leadership and funding. In the 1980s environmental educators must acknowledge, but not dwell upon, their differences in philosophy and approach. (WB)

This article is a lecture given at the 1979 meeting of the British Association for Science Education (ASE). It presents strategies for education in the 1980s as perceived by the lecturer. (HM)

Describes methods used in a project at George Washington University's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center to predict and classify a family's involvement in a patient's rehabilitation program. As family attitudes can enhance or damage a program's effectiveness, early identification of uncooperative families is necessary so that intervention…

Discussed are current and future environmental limitations and problems in energy, pollution, resources, and food supply occurring because industrialized man has considered himself as apart from nature. A reading list for those concerned with the future of mankind is provided. (BT)

Explains how law education within a social studies program can help students understand civil rights, criminal justice, environmental protection, the court system, and value conflicts. Journal availability: see SO 507 149. (Author/DB)

Problems facing western societies during the 1980s are predicted in this article. Energy-related social upheaval may be ahead. (SA)

The kindergarten and first grade characteristics of 47 intermediate grade educationally handicapped (EH) students were compared with characteristics of a group of normally achieving controls. (CL)