A study made in 1960 to determine which factors had the greatest influence on the career choice of prospective teachers was replicated. An opinionnaire was completed by 189 subjects in eight randomly selected education classes, and their responses were compared with those of the 1960 subjects. (Editor)

Previous research investigating the relationship of attraction and aggression has yielded somewhat equivocal results. The present study investigated the influence of two variables, attitudinal similarity and exposure, on interpersonal attraction and physical aggression. (Editor)

In a series of three experiments on the role of memory in solving attribute-identification problems, the subjects did or did not have to remember their response and/or the stimulus for processing during any given intertrial interval. (Editor)

Nonspeech stimuli were varied along two dimensions--intensity and rise time. In a series of speeded classification tasks, subjects were asked to identify the stimuli in terms of one of these dimensions. (Editor)

Article discussed a new approach to inquiry and the explication of the methodology involved. This technique was directed toward the elicitation, assessment, and description of art attitudes and values held by Appalachian residents. (Author/RK)

Compares suicidal and non-suicidal behavior in hospitalized psychiatric veterans with and without childhood onychophagia (fingernail biting). (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to research the purported effects of reduction of "mind set" and achievement of greater consistency in data classification when using Simon's Problem-Solving Approach. (Author/JC)

Comparison of kinetic data indicated that spline functions were more effective than polynomials for modeling the data. (GW)

Four views of the article by Wike and Church in this issue. (RM)

Clark's arguments for treating language materials as random rather than fixed effects are examined, and the problems with random effects designs and approximate statistical tests (quasi F-ratios) are reviewed. It is suggested that researchers use fixed factors. (Author/RM)

This Backgrounder Brief is an executive summary of "Data-Driven Decision Making: Vision to Know and Do," a component of CoSN's Essential Leadership Skills Series. Collecting student achievement data is nothing new in schools. But for all of the data gathered, many schools remain information poor. Educators are challenged to understand…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Validity Studies Panel undertook a systematic analysis to consider the domain of validity threats to NAEP and to identify the most urgent research priorities. A framework of six broad categories was developed: (1) the constructs measured within each of NAEP's subject domains; (2) the manner in…

"Measuring Progress" is a resource for teachers to use as they plan and implement standards-based student assessment. Section 1 is an overview of how standards relate to assessing student technological literacy. Section 2 provides an approach to standards-based student assessment. Section 3 describes several assessment tools and methods. Section 4…

This guide discusses combining qualitative and quantitative research methods in theses and dissertations. It covers a wide array of methods, the strengths and limitations of each, and how they can be effectively interwoven into various research designs. The first chapter is "The Qualitative and the Quantitative." Part 1, "A…