Examines the linkage between technological forecasting and corporate planning and offers nine tentative findings to help managers make decisions in practical situations. (Author)

Analyzes factors affecting refugee outcomes in those areas preceding and succeeding flight. Indicates that, although refugee situations may appear unique, recurring elements offer explanations of the events actually observed and enable the prediction of the course that future events may take. (Author/MK)

Outlines an approach for preparing and using futures scenarios that has been successful in the formulation of long-range plans and policies. How to construct a scenario and how to draw implications from the scenarios are discussed. (AM)

Results showed that form errors, which involve some overall changes in the actual shape of the letter itself, correlated reliably with academic performance measures at the end of kindergarten as well as throughout Grade 1 in reading, phonics, language, and math. (Author)

The responses of 20 learning disabled (LD) and 20 normal children (9 to 11 years old) to a social inference task were compared. The LD children showed deficits in interpretation of the situation and determining consequences. No differences were found between groups in determining antecedents. (Author)

Results indicate that the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale and the Math Anxiety Scale measure similar components of mathematics-anxiety domain. Mathematics-anxiety scales and Fennema-Sherman scales of Confidence and Effectance Motivation measure similar affective domains and are approximately equal predictors of arithmetic performance. (Author)

Results of a modified Delphi survey of health professionals on the future of health education are discussed. (JD)

Seven art educators respond to the question, "What major changes do you see in the field of art education in the next five or ten years?" (KC)

Contends that by understanding what extrapolation is and the ways in which it is used, people not only sharpen their appreciation of how the imaginary worlds of science fiction and fantasy are created but also begin to recognize that the process is frequently used by everyone. (FL)

The basic theory of achievement motivation as developed by Atkinson is reviewed, and the implications of the inertial-tendency postulate are examined. (Editor)

Illustrates application of hierarchies and eigenvalues to higher education planning. Discusses the roles of scenario construction and hierarchies in planning, then summarizes the eigenvalue procedure and uses it to study impacts in a hierarchy. Finally constructs a composite future for higher education in the United States. (Author/JG)

Presents results of research efforts to develop an enrollment forecasting model for Ohio's higher education system. The model employs the concept of spatial interaction to determine the market share of each public college each year. Also discusses data bases, cost function development, and forecasting of actual enrollment for each college.…

When 48 first-, fourth-, and seventh-grade boys (classified as high, moderate, or low on an expectancy of success measure) were given a repetition choice task, a developmental trend in number of children choosing the interrupted task was found. When the task's difficulty level was matched to the child's grade, the trend was not found. (Author/JH)