How do black females attempt to resolve the dilemma of femininity and high achievement goals? This paper discusses and reviews the nature of that relationship between femininity and high achievement need which has generally been of a reverse nature. The dilemma of being female for the black women is that she is being urged by society in general to…

Conducted during the summers of 1970 and 1971, this study examined the relationship between the maternal attitudes of Negro mothers towards women's role and their educational aspirations and expectations for their daughters. A random sample of 294 metropolitan and 259 nonmetropolitan black Texas homemakers was used. These homemakers were…

It is in relation to a sense of a tangible future that the shaming dimension of Americanization most directly threatens the mobility and integration of the assimilation-aspiring "ethnic American" of South and East European origin or ancestry. Uncertainty about one's future precipitates uncertainty about one's modes of conflict resolution…

The purposes of this study were to compare the cognition of students exposed to two different learning treatments and to ascertain the effect of the two treatments and the relationship of the three levels of visual-haptic aptitude to the number of trials required to reach the criterion. One treatment emphasized cognition through prerequisite…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of Extension agents and volunteer 4-H Club leaders regarding a newly proposed concept of using county leaders in the conduct and expansion of 4-H Club work in Idaho. An objective was to find out if volunteer 4-H Club leaders felt qualified to conduct: (1) 4-H leader training, (2) planning…

To further clarify the problems relating to the transition from school to work, this pilot project was undertaken to study the way children's perceptions of adult work develop over the course of time. Information for the study was collected through a series of intensive, individual, private interviews with 162 children (ages 7-20) concerning their…

The purpose of this study was to prepare a descriptive analysis of the relationship existing between selected Nebraska school administrators and vocational education. Following a review of literature, 51 superintendents and 51 principals from three size categories of schools were randomly selected and personal and professional information was…

Role consensus is the extent to which agreement exists among the individuals in a group, between groups, or between cities. In three markedly different communities, teachers, principals, superintendents, school boards, and citizens were surveyed for their views on 45 norm items pertaining to the role of the elementary school teacher. Within each…

The investigation examined 2 issues: (1) how the values of the subculture influence the underachievement of the Mexican American boy and (2) what happens to him if he is placed into a new educational strategy. The overall purpose of the research was to ascertain promising instructional procedures for underachieving (as measured by standardized…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to help children discover specific concepts which relate to sound, such as volume, pitch, and echo. The student activities employ important scientific processes, such as observation, communication, inference, classification,…

This book is designed to provide the theory and experiences necessary to develop effective interpersonal skills. Each chapter begins with an introduction and explanation of the concepts discussed. Discussion questions and a short exercise to diagnose the student's present skill level of the concept follow. Exercises designed to increase skill…

In the first phase of this study (see ED 040 133), data revealed that lunchroom aides constituted the largest category of paraprofessionals in both paid and voluntary respects. Inasmuch as the lunchroom aide was found to be the most common paraprofessional, the decision was made to study this type of paraprofessional in depth. Questionnaires were…

To find among industrial arts department chairmen, secondary school principals, and industrial arts teachers in Missouri the actual and ideal role perceptions of the chairman, 73 public senior high schools in the state employing two or more full-time industrial arts teachers with a department chairman were surveyed using a 2-part instrument…

These guides are process and product of a continuing effort to design a training program for Teacher Corps team leaders. As a process, they represent one phase in the delineation of a training program. As a product, they are drawn form observations of team leaders in action in 10 cities, a survey of all Teacher Corps leaders and directors, and the…

This report considers the problem of constructing an abstract model of story comprehension. The use of questions that go beyond the story as a test of understanding the story raises a methodological problem which is discussed in detail. (Author)