Compares the readability formulas devised by Fry and McLaughlin to the Dale-Chall formula and reports similar results with the Fry and Dale-Chall formulas, but variant results using the McLaughlin formula. Bibliography. (MD)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to determine (1) the relations between physics teachers' knowledge of their subject and student learning on 17 cognitive, affective, and behavioral criteria, and (2) the interaction of teacher achievement with prior student achievement. Subjects were 36 teachers and their…

Self estimate of achievement is just as good a predictor as pre-college entrance tests and a better predictor when students receive mid-course grades as cues. Self-prediction neither increases nor decreases in accuracy during a 4-year program. Entrance tests become less accurate as predictors during the 4 years. The most recently earned grades,…

Reprints from: J.E. Cowden, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Corrections, 1 West Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53701.

Article based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to Syracuse University. Reprints from D.L. Streiner, Department of Psychiatry, Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, P.O. Box 585, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Examined the relationship between hopelessness and suicidal intent and whether the Beck Hopelessness Scale is confounded by social desirability, by interviewing attempted suicide patients (N=54). Results showed that hopelessness was the key variable in predicting suicidal behavior and ideation, and social desirability had no influence on…

The correlation of Guilford and Torrance measures over a two-year period and the relationship of teacher ratings of childrens' behavioral characteristics to creativity test performance over that same interval were examined. (Author)