THIS PAPER SUGGESTS THAT TODAY'S COLLEGE GRADUATES AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS CAN FIGHT RACIAL AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. ASPECTS OF THE GENERATION GAP AND WAYS IN WHICH TODAY'S COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPRESS NONCONFORMITY AND DISSENT ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. STUDENTS ARE PRAISED FOR THEIR CONCERN ABOUT SOCIAL AND…

THE PURPOSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOME OF THE STATE-SUPPORTED LABORATORY SCHOOLS RUN BY TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CRITICIZED. DOUBTS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT THE USEFULNESS TO FUTURE TEACHERS OF THESE CAMPUS-TIED, PREDOMINANTLY WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS SCHOOLS BECAUSE MANY EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL BE TEACHING DISADVANTAGED PUPILS…

Thirty-eight preschool children were subjects in this investigation. They were paired on the basis of similarity of sex and dissimilarity of socioeconomic level. Reward for completion of six puzzles was based on cooperation between the partners and, for another six, on competition between them. The data of this study consisted of (a) the content…

This study examined (1) the ability of 3- and 4-year-old children to racially classify Negro and Caucasian facial features in the absence of skin color as a racial cue; and (2) the relative value attached to the facial features of Negro and Caucasian races. Subjects were 21 middle income, Caucasian children from a privately owned nursery school in…

This pilot study examined a lecture/discussion approach toward educating upper middle class mothers in child rearing. Mothers ranged in age from 24-45, their children from 1-14 years. Five lectures were given over a 5-week period. Topics included: (1) how a parent can contribute to the growth of a child's intelligence; (2) how language develops in…

This study investigates the developmental changes that occur in the attending behavior of children engaged in a relatively simple classification task, and attempts to reaffirm the existence of developmental changes in stimulus preferences and in the ability to employ double classification systems. Subjects were 24 preschool and 24 first grade…

The effect of differential knowledge of a referent on children's communication effectiveness was investigated. A total of 40 boys and 40 girls from kindergarten and second grade were given one or three opportunities to explore a maze-like construction approximately 22 square meters in area. Each child was then required to verbally describe the…

This paper examines recent research for differences on rate of conservation achievement between the subcultures: (1) rural vs. urban-suburban, (2) white vs. black, (3) subculture of poverty vs. middle class WASP, and (4) lower vs. middle socioeconomic status. The author concluded from his examination of research that: (1) among middle-class whites…

The objectives of this study were to determine: (1) whether or not cognitive processes differ between advantaged and disadvantaged groups; (2) the capacity of pupil response to measure cognitive ability as compared to measurements of cognitive processes depending on verbal ability and environment; (3) whether pupil response can predict future…

Evaluated is a program with two components: individual consultations offered bi-weekly to daycare mothers in their homes, and group discussions in which the mothers talked about their mutual concerns and interests. Hypotheses tested were: (1) participants would show a greater increase in attitudes and behaviors conducive to growth of children than…

This paper describes the evolution of the Children's Television Workshop, which was originally suggested in a study made by Joan Ganz Cooney for the Carnegie Corporation, and which was responsible for the development and production of the daily, 1-hour educational program, "Sesame Street:" As envisioned in the Carnegie proposal, the…

The 5-year project reported in this paper sought initially to examine the home environments both of isolated, intact rural white families and of single parent AFDC Negro families. The information thus gathered was to be compared to what is known about middle class white families in hopes of isolating the differences that result in the poorer…

This study was conducted to find out whether extending the kindergarten day with individualized curricula would produce differences in achievement great enough to warrant the increased cost. Two pilot studies were conducted in this large suburban school district, using kindergartens from four of 17 elementary schools. Two of the schools served…

In a study of spatial orientation, 40 boys and 40 girls from kindergarten and first grade placed a series of objects in front, behind, and beside themselves, and in front, behind, and beside other objects. Some objects had distinguishable front and back sides; others lacked such features. Placements were highly consistent within and across…

In an effort to learn more about the child prone to anxiety when separated from his parents, 60 3-year-old, predominantly white, middle class children were subjects of a parent-teacher study. Each parent completed a scale of 25 items on which his child's anxiety was rated just prior to the child's entrance into nursery school. A teacher-rated…