Article focused on what children know and do not know about the arts. Author investigated developmental trends across the ages, the depth of understanding of individual subjects, and the frequency of specific conceptions about art objects by children. (Author/RK)

A test of the concept of horizontality was devised to examine the performance of a sample of 861 Australian school children in grades 1 to 6 tested in their classrooms. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper was to examine what effect active community service, incorporated in an urban studies program, would have on students' attitudes toward school. Seven different categories of student attitudes were analyzed. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the contribution of factors such as: (1) high school science background; (2) interest in geology; (3) teacher characteristics; and (4) geology course background to performance on a measure of geology achievement. (Author)

This study illustrated the information that organizational documents can provide on the effectiveness of educational planning. (Author)

This article attempted to understand what the POI measured and to learn the meaning of personal experience. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which students with A, B, C, and D grade averages in high school perceived that they had the skills of self-direction and to determine the relationship between these skills and student achievement. (Author)

Analysis of census data shows that professional, technical, and kindred workers led the job growth between 1960 and 1970; women's growth was greatest in clerical and service jobs, already dominated by women. (Author)

Emphasizes the data management and communications problems that are present in crisis situations. Proposes the establishment of international model-oriented computer-assisted conferences to improve communications and understanding. (GS)

Describes screening systems for environmental mutagens, characteristics of the ideal screening system, characteristics of currently employed screening systems, correlative information required for decision making, and application of data to human populations. (GS)

Can education students really anticipate the problems they will face in teaching? Here is some research that offers an answer. (Editor)

There are virtually no empirical studies of the open classroom which have assessed its critical elements (Bryant, 1972; Walberg and Thomas, 1972). This study took some of the characteristics which have been derived in the descriptive literature and assessed them empirically. (Author)

An argument has been developed suggesting that a research model appropriate to open education evaluation could be systematically developed out of the writings of Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, Robert White, and M. Brewster Smith. (Author)

The results of the third survey of CIN Project participants are presented. The responses to the following questions on specific social studies materials are tabulated and analyzed: 1) how well did these materials work with your students? 2) how do they compare with other materials you have used? and 3) would you recommend them? (JR)

The objective of the study was to determine the discrepancies in the perceived environment, if any, existing among freshmen, upperclassmen, faculty, and administrators at a southern university. (Editor)