The study examined relations between maternal scaffolding of children's problem solving and children's adjustment in kindergarten in Hmong families living in the United States. Mothers and their children (63 dyads) were visited the summer before kindergarten. Mothers' years in the United States, age, education, reasoning skills, and parenting…

A laboratory experiment designed as part of an upper-level undergraduate analytical chemistry course is described. Students investigate two popular soft drinks (Red Bull Energy Drink and sugar-free Red Bull Energy Drink) by NMR spectroscopy. With assistance of modern NMR prediction software they identify and quantify major components in each…

Aim: To investigate whether or not a range of factors were associated with problematic drinking, as assessed using the Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale (AAIS) in a sample of 11-16-year olds in Northern Ireland. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional experimental design. Post-primary schools in the Eastern Health Board Area of Northern…

Parental expectations have long been studied as a factor in increasing adolescent educational aspirations, often linking these expectations to parental level of education and involvement in academic endeavours. This study further explores this relationship in a statewide Midwestern sample of parents and their adolescent children. Regression…

Recent and ongoing research has demonstrated the alarming likelihood of children from low-income homes and from ethnic minorities to read at much lower reading levels than their peers. Additionally, reading ability is related to the earliest of emergent literacy skills, which can be measured in young children before they enter formal schooling.…

Levels of aspiration and student predictions as applied to test performance were employed in this longitudinal investigation of the process of self-evaluation. Two hundred and ten students from a rural secondary school in general and earth science classes were grouped according to previously demonstrated academic ability. Throughout the school…

Student-reported grades were as valid as school-reported grades in predicting criteria of algebra success but were less valid in predicting geometry success. Concludes that student-reported grades may be used. (Author)

A formula and table show the annual growth rate which may be projected for a library collection. Knowledge of the growth rate is necessary when plans are made for future facilities. (LS)

This study reports an attempt to determine the nature and extent of relationships between total grade point average and grades in selected courses with ACT scores and the students' status as high school graduates. In general, it was found that the predictors for individual courses were more accurate than predictors for grade point averages. A…

Adults were administered the Shipley Institute of Living Scale (SILS) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) as a validation study of previously published procedures for estimating WAIS-R Full Scale intelligence quotients from SILS Vocabulary and Abstraction Scores. Correlations were low and prediction was poor. Partial support…

Discusses how situational variables influence the predictive value of client behavior, emphasizing that even identical behaviors may differ markedly in their predictive implications as a function of the assessment situation. Data on judgments of maladjustment by psychodynamic and behavior clinicians are given a Bayesian analysis in light of this…

Studied thirty variables that may affect crime using cross-validation procedures. When Sample 1 predictions were subjected to validation in Sample 2, the number of predictors was reduced from seven to four for delinquency, from five to four for criminal offenses, and from five to three for juvenile status offenses. (BH)

The scouting and selecting process undertaken by the Dallas Cowboys football team is cited as an example of efficient prediction of success in a profession. Studies are reviewed that illustrate the lack of correlation between grades and top performance in adult careers and lives. (CL)

This note extends and elaborates Hubert's attempt to provide an interpretation of Freeman's measure of association, theta. The theta measure is used in a contingency table when observations are ordered on one variable and unordered on the other. No attempt is made to explore the distribution of theta. (Author/RC)