Explored the range and effectiveness of mnemonics employed by untrained older adults in two studies (N=73) and (N=33) involving predicting and reporting memory strategies. Results showed predicted memory performance and actual memory performance were not strongly related and point out possible interpretive problems associated with "do-nothing"…

In a study involving 59 gifted fifth- and sixth-grade students, Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test was a more significant predictor of intelligence than Meeker's Structure of Intellect screening form for gifted. The use of either measure in screening or identification was questioned. (CL)

Gives five major reasons why the widely-predicted "computer revolution" in education will not occur: (1) economic considerations, (2) difficulties of producing adequate software, (3) lack of teacher preparation, (4) nature of educational system, and (5) limiting nature of the technology itself. (EKN)

Without research, colleges are trying to communicate with and influence the behavior of an unknown audience. With research, one can predict which prospects have the highest probability of giving before soliciting them. Fund-raisers should never stop asking questions about their publics or being creative with ideas. (MSE)

Discusses a study to determine whether the characteristics of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny, as determined through use of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, as well as age and academic ability, correlate with retention of women students in programs of study in the College of Business Administration at the University of Southern Florida. (JOW)

In contrast to Weiner's attributional model, these research findings indicate that attributions for performance in an actual achievement situation are not linked to self-esteem-related affect such as pride/shame. (Author/PN)

All preschool children (N=180) of the same age group in a small town were tested six months before kindergarten entry with the Holbrook Screening Battery which correctly identified 92 percent of Ss scoring as both good and poor readers four years later on the Stanford Achievement Test. (Author/CL)

Offers a formula to refine enrollment projections at the school district level. The formula builds on the traditional cohort survival technique and is based on the assumption that what has happened in the past will continue to happen in the future. Instructions and sample projections are provided. (Author/WD)

The results indicated that the SIT IQ predicts statistically distinct reading scores depending upon the sex of the child being evaluated. It is suggested that the bias will need to be considered in making psychological referrals about children. Derived regression equations for both boys and girls are provided. (Author)

Cohen's (TM 504 890) formal rules of intuitive probability lack normative or descriptive appeal, and his interpretation of the author's findings is not compelling. (CP)

Wolof tribe adolescents were asked about their dreams and the importance they attached to their dreams. Thirty-one percent believed in dreams' predictive power; girls recalled dreams more often and had more realistic dreams than boys; and dreams about academic achievement were considered most important. (Author/DB)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has updated its projections for the decade to reflect recent social, political, and economic development. Three scenarios provide the range of possible growth paths. (Author)

One hundred thirty participants of a 1965 study were reevaluated for creative thinking. Results revealed that in the areas of art, writing, science, and generality of achievement, the creative group established in 1965 accomplished significantly more than the noncreatives over the 10-year period. (CL)

In this speculative article, Robert R. Rentz predicts that state educational assessment programs will continue to be fertile ground for measurement innovations, both technological and otherwise, in the areas of test content, development, administration and the reporting of test results. (AEF)

Depicts enrollment in grades K-12 from 1950-2000 and projected population changes into the 1990s, and discusses the methodology for projecting changes. (SK)