More students from lower socio-economic status homes leave school because they have lower achievement and poorer attitudes. Home background has little direct influence on the decision to leave. Other factors studied were type of school, locale (state), and sex. Type of school had little influence on the decision to leave school. Differences…

THE STAGES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST STAGE OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OCCURS IN THE CHILD BEFORE THE AGE OF 2. CHILDREN LEARN FROM THOSE AROUND THEM. THE SECOND STAGE OCCURS WHEN THE CHILD STARTS TO ASK FOR THE NAMES OF OBJECTS. HE IS HELPED MOST BY THE PERSON WHO SHOWS HIM SEVERAL OBJECTS OF THE SAME NAME. THE CHILD THEN SEES…

Homes should be our nation's primary education delivery system, but Americans are surrendering family education rights to vested interests and the state. Why? Social pressure, educational myths about children's achievement and sociability, and state laws that take authority over children away from parents but leave them accountable for their…

In this study of 152 people who are interested in alternative life styles, the author presents some empirical evidence regarding some of the predisposing factors that may influence individuals to reject the conventional monogamous marriage and become attracted to and involved in unconventional relationships. Stressing that the childhood…

In this study, 33 teachers in infant and junior schools in England and 31 teachers in primary and secondary schools in West Germany, representing a cross-section of schools and geographic areas in the two countries, were interviewed to determine their attitudes toward the language of children in their schools and their estimates of reasons for…

A 23-item militancy scale was administered to 100 black college students. Background information and Rokeach's Terminal Value Scale were also given. Using a multiple regression analysis, several variables emerged as good predictors of militancy for the sample. The best single predictor is racial designation, militants preferring to call themselve…

A role-modeling theory was applied to the problem of birth-order and conformity to a same-sex peer group. Subjects were male and female college students from two-sibling families. Results showed that highest conformity was found for later-born females with a same-sex sibling, and least for later-born males with a same-sex sibling. An intermediate…

Early educational expectation, i.e., the realistic educational goal of the individual during the freshman year of secondary school, is proposed as a pivotal variable in the education attainment--family of origin sequence. Path analysis of the data from the first four waves of a five-wave, seven-year longitudinal panel study of 2790 youth from the…

This conference report contains a list of conference participants, conference schedule, keynote speeches, excerpts from selected workshops, and participants' responses to a conference evaluation questionnaire. The Director of the Bureau of Child Health in New York City emphasized in her keynote speech the importance of health care and outlined two…

This report summarizes the ideas presented at a parent-child relationship forum for Midwest business and industrial leaders, an offshoot of the 1970 White House Conference on Children. Included is an overview of some of the problems of youth in America, a look at some of the research relating to adults' interacting with children, and a discussion…

This study examines the attitude of Jewish adolescents in an American metropolis toward the State of Israel. The study is designed to test two hypotheses: (1) that students who are exposed to a more intensive Jewish education tend to be more aware of Israel than those with a lesser exposure; and (2) that children from homes and/or schools with a…

Six papers consider various aspects of the education and treatment of emotionally disturbed children. B.S. Parsonson examines the rationale and efficacy of the application of learning theory principles to the modification of deviant behavior. The need for family therapy is discussed by J.E. Ritchie, who focuses upon the environmental causes and…

A generally held hypothesis is that greater family interaction will increase agreement between mother and child on reports of television viewing habits. This initial study sought to determine the extent of such agreement between mother and child, and to analyze the role of frequency of family interaction in their coorientation toward television…

The 241-item annotated bibliography provides a guide to current literature and films in the fields of mental health, education, counseling, and related areas. The bibliography contains articles dealing with the application of behavior modification principles to parents, teachers, parents and teachers, special settings for children and youth, and…

Data from a statewide probability sample of Louisiana high school seniors are used to assess causal effects of significant-other influence on aspirations. The results indicate that compared to other forms of significant-other influence, peer-modeling influence had the strongest effects on aspirations. (Author/DE)