Not very much is known about the test-retest reliability of personality inventories for children, particularly at the primary school level; this study was designed to throw some light on this question. (Author)

Author evaluates Martin Duberman's account of Black Mountain College, an experiment in education. (Author/RK)

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

Presents a theory which attempts to incorporate phenomenological views on the self-concept within an objective framework: the self-concept is identified as a self-theory. (Author/JM)

General findings of this study of college students show a preference for grading methods structured to permit explicit interpersonal comparisons with other students. Students with competitive and manipulative personality styles were shown to significantly prefer social comparison. (Author/KM)

Results of this study point to the importance of using a differential validity model in industrial validation research not only for aptitude measures, but also for personality and personal history data. (Authors)

In agreement with previous findings, boys and girls were seen to behave differently on the road. The difference was most obvious when the criteria for classification of behaviour were applied. More boys than girls acted unpredictably and were classified as unsafe.' (Author/CB)

The Minnesota-Briggs History Record (M-B) is a self-administered history inventory. This monograph summarizes studies of the M-B and describes the development of seven scales based upon M-B items. (Authors)

The interaction style of a pupil depends on his personality, motivational and cognitive traits, his location in the classroom and the similarity of his personality to that of the teacher.'' Combinations of personal traits and teacher attention can determine pupils' academic and social success. (Author/AL)

Discusses instructional implications of research in business education, pointing out curricular and research needs. (AG)

Three studies of prediction of academic achievement in introductory psychology courses are reported. The Achiever Personality scale of Fricke's Opinion, Attitude and Interest Survey and Brown and Holtzman's Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes made independent contributions beyond intelligence in the prediction of course grades in two of these…

Research supported in part by funds from the Department of Special Education, University of Minnesota, and the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

Article considers the teachers' views of the ideal science pupil and factors which lead to success in work and examinations. (Author)

Purpose of this study was to explore the effects of stress produced by recitation strategies on retention for learners who differ in their response to anxiety. (Authors)

Humanistic and custodial elementary school teachers differ in the frequency of use of verbal behaviors in the areas of accepting and developing student ideas, lecturing, and student-initiated verbal behaviors. (Editor)