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Eleven to fourteen year olds judged the size of eight angles. Subjects were grouped according to reading ability and their nonverbal intelligence was measured. Significant differences in performance were found in relation to age and ability variables, and between the angle-size ranges of 0 to 90 degrees and 90 to 180 degrees. (Author/RD)

This study examines the relationship of sex-role orientation, among 218 female undergraduates, as measured by the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), fear of success, and achievement motivation and performance. (Author/EB)

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was used to examine the relation of the sex role stereotypes held by college men and women to the objective measurement of these stereotyped characteristics. Subjects perceived numerous differences between the average female and male, but very few differences between the ideal female and male. (Author/EB)

Compares competence of the "native hearer" with that of the foreign learner. Refers to research in auditory comprehension, particularly to the "motor theory of speech perception" and sequential psycholinguistics. Presents exercises on various components and on the complex development of auditory competence. (IFS/WGA)

A strong correlation was found between frequency of communication between preschool teachers and parents and the number of topics discussed. Teachers' age and experience were not significantly related to communicative behavior. (Editor)

In this study, the situational nature of female sex roles and the degree of consensus among women concerning female sex roles is examined in social and work situations. (Author/WI)

Phonological development in children is described in terms of four stages; (1) preverbal vocalization and perception (birth to 1;0); (2) phonology of the first 50 words (1;0 to 1;6); (3) phonology of simple morphemes (1;6 to 4;0); and (4) completion of the phonetic inventory (4;0 to 7;0). (CTM)

Six groups of nursery schoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders balanced for sex were trained and tested on a series of discrimination learning and transposition problems. (Author)

The study investigated the relationship between scores made by 20 kindergarten children on a test of reading readiness skills and tests of auditory reception of language, and between their scores on a test of academic achievement and tests of auditory reception of language. (Author)

American Medical Association, 535 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610. The developmental, psychological, and educational sequelae of chronic otitis media (a middle ear disease) occurring during the first 3 years of life were investigated in a group of children (ages 6-11 years) with educational difficulties. (Author/DLS)

A follow-up study, completed four years following the curriculum awareness conferences on school administrators and key teachers, focuses upon the extent and success of actual implementation of the various programs of the original study. (GA)

College students were asked to indicate whether they guessed, used memory, or thought processes when answering a multiple choice exam. The results indicate that the perceptions students have of what mental function questions require of them could be vital in developing types of questions to stimulate particular cognitive processes. (JMD)

Describes how the art of Maurits Escher can be used in physical science and general chemistry classes. A film depicting Escher at work in creating a woodcut and a set of slides are shown to college students. The students are encouraged to observe and record what they see. (HM)

This research attempts to assess the effectiveness of primary school children from first-versus second-language schools in oral communication and to investigate the relationship between role-taking skills and communicational effectiveness by comparing the results of this research with those of an earlier one. (Author/RK)