A developmental study investigated the pictorial and linguistic main idea identification skills of 104 students in second, fifth, and eighth grades. In the pictorial task, the subjects studied a complete picture story and ranked the effectiveness of four separate main idea alternatives at capturing the meaning of the story. Following the same…

Cognitive processes, particularly in regard to negative content schemata, seem to play an instrumental role in the development and maintenance of depression. In order to better understand the nature of negative schemata in depressed individuals, both depressed and nondepressed subjects participated in two studies in which they were required to…

To describe how Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) field program associates perceive themselves performing their role functions, three associates and two assistants responded to questions about: their tasks, responsibilities, and roles; how they got started; what skills they needed; and what materials or technical assistance could benefit…

This paper presents preliminary results of research founded on the hypothesis that in real environments there exist regularities that can be idealized as mathematical structures that are simple enough to be analyzed. The author considered three steps in analyzing the encoding of modularity of the environment. First, a general information…

Social learning theory maintains that parents incluence sex development by modeling and reinforcing masculinity and femininity. To further examine the effects of parental modeling and reinforcement antecedents on sex role development, 103 college students (52 female, 51 male) who had been previously categorized as masculine, feminine, or…

Through the use of a visual literacy process of instruction as an initial stage in perceiving and creating, beginning college art students can acquire knowledge and skills for completing successful drawings. This process includes the following steps: selecting a simple and familiar subject; studying the entire form of the subject; looking for big…

The effects of black and white and color illustrations on student achievement were studied to investigate the relationships between cognitive styles and instructional design. Field dependence (FD) and field independence (FI) were chosen as the cognitive style variables. Subjects were 85 freshman students in the Iowa State University Psychology…

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the role of women in the mass media and their struggle for recognition. (RB)

The purpose of the present study was to determine if differences in perception exist among subgroups of interest on a junior college campus. Perceptions are influenced by one's standing in the college structure. Academic status and success of students are particularly important variables to understand student perception. (Author)

Compared was the performance of 30 nonhandicapped controls and 30 partially sighted British children (6-to 10-years-old) without other handicaps on tests of shape and letter recognition, visual perception and visuomotor skill, and spelling or reading accuracy or comprehension. (LH)

Reports a study of student and faculty perceptions of the importance of 70 possible attributes of "an effective instructional climate." Students and faculty members alike are concerned more with teaching than with learning. Evidently, students and faculty must be prepared if community college education is to become learning-centered. (DC)

A study of 1,302 subjects revealing differences in satisfaction with life skills implied that curriculum development for education for individual, parent, and spouse roles should proceed differently for persons differing in sex, age, residence, marital status, and number of children. (Author/BP)

It is argued that both traditional school psychologists and university-affiliated psychologists are restricted from influencing change processes in schools. An alternative approach to psychoeducational change is developed whose fundamental feature involves the engagement of internally responsible socioeducational specialists by schools. (Author)

Four person intercultural teams were found in which the three man majority in each group were American white males. An American white female, American black male or foreign male was the minority member. After 13 weeks of joint tasks, data was collected on roles claimed for self and attributed to others. Results are discussed in terms of…