The study was designed to investigate value patterns among students selecting to reside in dissimilar situations: residence halls, Greek houses, cooperatives, and off-campus dwellings. Student value preferences and differences are presented. Discussed the need to design living group environments that provide intellectual stimulation and minimize…

In one study, a teacher who looked attractive was rated as more competent and better able to stimulate and motivate students than when she looked unattractive. In the other, close behaviors by the teacher produced more positive ratings than distant behaviors. (Author/BP)

The data from the interviews indicated that, in most areas of family life, the middle-income couples had different attitudes and behavior patterns from the urban and rural low-income couples. The data also indicated that husbands and wives seldom agreed in either their marital attitudes or reported behavior. (Author)

Explains the philosophy of a research project in science education in which university teachers as well as primary and secondary school teachers form the research group. Describes the research and activities of the project. (GA)

A high school honors biology class project is described in which students write a research paper on a topic for which there is presently no known answer. This technique familiarizes the student with the mechanics of research and of writing a research paper. (BB)

The article describes a career accessibility model research project to develop a job experience and placement program for educable mentally retarded secondary students. Pilot tests are being conducted in six schools involving ten businesses to provide increased educational and work experience for the handicapped. (MF)

The existence, relatedness, and growth (ERG) model represents a major effort to understand need satisfaction. Questionnaire items on existing and proposed need concepts were administered to 630 Navy male enlisted personnel in 11 types of organizations. Factor analysis confirmed the empirical validity of the organizational respect concept. (Author)

The University of New South Wales defers enrollment for a year for students who request a deferment. Information about these students, the results of studies by the University's Tertiary Education Research Centre, is presented and includes data on students who do not enroll after the deferment and students who do enroll and their academic…

More effective working relationships need to be established between faculty and student affairs staff for the purpose of developing a curriculum that promotes the full spectrum of student development goals. This study attempts to provide information that would assist in the initial planning and implementation of these new relationships. (Author)

A stratified random sample of 100 residence hall freshmen and 100 freshmen living in university apartments was surveyed to determine whether the two groups differed in levels of satisfaction with their living environment, in their academic performances and in their use of on-campus student services. Significant differences were found. (Author)

Behavior checklist and sociometric data on emotionally disturbed children in residential treatment were correlated. Behaviors found to relate significantly (and negatively) with sociometric status pertained to physical and verbal aggression and intrusive acts. A smaller group of items of a less interpersonal nature also significantly correlated…

Construct validity of Survey of Reading Attitudes was investigated through a principal-factor analysis of the 88 items comprising the scale, along with measures of scholastic aptitude and reading skills (vocabulary and comprehension). Sample included 600 students selected so that 200 were obtained from each of the three intermediate grades.…

It was hypothesized that children in age-heterogeneous kindergartens would be more prone to behave altruistically than would children in age-homogeneous kindergartens. It was found that children who were studying in heterogeneous classes were more altruistic than were children from homogeneous classes. (Author)

The response of faculty and department to dramatic increases in black student enrollment is explored. Faculty background, characteristics, attitudes, contact, and climate of the department are related to the self-reported ways in which faculty have altered teaching, curriculum, and personal interaction with blacks, and their commitment to…

It is argued that past research on family structure and stratification processes affecting family members has obscured the distinction between achievement of socioeconomic status and social mobility. Data on household structure and educational and occupational patterns of a sample of male household heads in Santiago, Chile, in 1960 are used.…