Native English-speaking advanced French students' ability to match the perceptive performance of native-speaking Francophones was investigated. The results suggest that linguistic competence may be based on perception and production and that biological constraints in adult language learning may be a psychomotor rather than a psycholinguistic…

A factor analysis of 12 scales of the Olguin Diagnostic Test of Auditory Perception, two measures from a standardized reading test, and six personal-family-demographic factors revealed six interpretable dimensions for a sample of 95 Spanish-language-oriented children in the first and second grades. (Author/CTM)

Inner city and urban community mental health staff had high personal role activism but low perceived organizational role activism. Rural staffs perceived the center as expecting more activism. Bureaucratic orientation seems to have replaced early ideological ferver. (Author/JAC)

The connection between attitudes toward higher education and course evaluation follows from theories of central directive states and communicative balance. Course evaluation is related to: (1) students' and instructors' own and perceived attitudes toward higher education and college teaching, and (2) congruence between these attitudes. (Author/CP)

A study to determine the effect of 50 percent compression rate of speech on teacher comprehension revealed that there was no significant different in comprehension by teachers listening to audio tapes at a 50 percent compression rate and those listening at a normal speech rate. (LRA)

The concept of family members assuming buying roles in various purchasing decisions is applied to parents and students in the college choice process. Prospective students (high school seniors) and their parents were surveyed in Milwaukee; the results and their implications for college marketing are discussed. (MSE)

A discussion of the advantages of using geometry with handicapped learners is given. (MK)

A comparison of observed classroom behavior, tonic and phasic physiological arousal level, and task performance of 98 male and female first-grade children revealed sex differences in only 3 of 18 variables. Many assumed sex differences may be negligible and teachers' expectations may influence their perceptions. (SB)

Investigates age differences in selective attention in a coded visual search task where subjects were given different types of information about target location before trial onset. (Author/SS)

Assessed in this paper is the relative importance of three factors that partially account for the unequal distribution of men and women in positions of authority: (1) women's qualifications; (2) the behaviors and policies of employers; and (3) the attitudes and behaviors of the women themselves. (Author/EB)

Some recent research is examined on childrens' perception of pictures. Implications are drawn for those who create and use illustrated childrens' books. (SJL)

Fifth- through twelfth-grade students completed a causal attribution questionnaire and were asked to choose one of three games to play. Students who attributed their own success on achievement tasks to ability, effort, or luck were more likely to prefer to perform tasks that were compatible with such beliefs. (Author/RD)

This study assessed the effects of portraying a female main character in a traditionally male role on male and female children's sex role perceptions and story evaluations. Exposure to nontraditional female characters increased children's perceptions of the number of girls who could engage in activities presented in the stories only. (Author/RD)

Discusses the roles of the trainer in industry from instructor to counselor to catalyst, different management levels and skills needed at each level, and the level of trainer appropriate for each management level. (MF)

Presents suggestions for helping children gain in spatial abilities. Activities are given which require that students use spatial concepts in order for them to be successful. (Author/SA)