Investigates the ability of the HSRS to identify prekindergarten or prefirst grade children who will be academically unsuccessful. Results, based on a five-year followup study, indicate the HSRS accurately predicted school failure 81 percent of the time. (Author/HMV)

For several years counselors have been interested in equating the ACT composite score with the SAT total score. This paper explores the possibility of using the first semester college grade point average as an anchor variable for equating the two tests. Research indicated that colleges should develop local conversion tables. (Author)

Sex of child, fathers education, race, and number of siblings of each sex were employed to predict High School Personality Questionnaire and Culture Fair Intelligence Questionnaire scores in a sample of 298 high school students. (ST)

Highlighted in this study are the relationships between sex and grade level on academic achievement and employment aspirations. A probabilistic response format was used for the research questionnaire which was completed by students in grade 9 and grade 11, and by college freshmen and college juniors. (BJG)

Preschoolers, third graders, and college-age subjects were tested for accuracy in predicting their own short-term memory span for picture names. (JMB)

Commencement address given June 1, 1968, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Adapted from a speech before the National Association of Sheltered Workshops and Homebound Programs (San Francisco, November, 1968).

The present study was designed to assess kindergarten, second-, and fourth-graders' knowledge of two aspects of metamemory, the effect of list length and the effect of study time, and to relate this knowledge to the children's performance on recall tasks. One hundred and eight elementary school children, 36 from each grade level, were shown…

The paper examines the incidence of minor physical anomalies (MPAs) in 42 normal junior high Ss, 24 kindergarten Ss in a middle class district, 52 status and misdemeanor delinquents, 70 adolescent psychiatric patients, 32 learning disabled children, and 10 autistic children. MPAs included facial asymmetry, epicanthal folds, and geographical or…

This paper examines the use of science fiction to predict the future. First, science fiction is compared to other fiction literature forms; then the changes in science fiction over the last 20 years are discussed. The influence of recent scientific advances on science fiction is also presented. The generation of alternative scenarios of the future…