A sample of 72 Ss, of whom half were cognitively complex and half cognitively simple, made predictions about unknown relations in four-person social structures. Structures differed in the number of relations given. Cognitively simple Ss tended to make predictions based on consideration of fewer relations in the social structure. (Author)

This past year has been a period of rethinking and consolidation of ideas on earthquake prediction. The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act became public law. Significant advances in seismographic instrumentation and recording techniques took place and plans proceed to upgrade the capacity of some monitoring stations, using digital recording…

American industry in the 19th century switched from wood to coal as its primary energy resource. The history of this switch is reviewed, along with the history of preceding similar trends in Europe and later trends in the switch from coal to oil and gas. (Author/MA)

Describes a mathematical model for planning the transition to long-run financial equilibrium for a university budget, and presents data demonstrating the model's application at Stanford University. Available from: The Institute of Management Sciences, 146 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903; $40.00 annually. (JG)

Predicts the effects of today's secondary science education curriculum on the competencies of students who have experienced it. (JG)

This research is concerned with the development and application of a computer-based simulation model of university baccalaureate degree nursing educational programs in the United States. (Author)

The study involved a followup of 125 doctoral students in counseling psychology at 20 southern universities who completed the Personality Research Form. Three years later, subjects were followed up to determine functional specialty performed (administrator, practitioner, or other) and degree of job satisfaction (extremely satisfied, mildly…

A total of 96 first graders, fifth graders, and college students were asked to predict how many orally presented nouns they would later be able to recall or recognize. Results showed large developmental differences in prediction accuracy on the recall but not on the recognition tasks. (Author/JMB)

Discusses developments in earthquake prediction programs. (SL)

A multiple time series is defined as the sum of an autoregressive process on a line and independent Gaussian white noise or a hyperplane that goes through the origin and intersects the line at a single point. This process is a multiple autoregressive time series in which the regression matrices satisfy suitable conditions. For a related article…

Tests, with five groups, the production of facilitative transfer effects with the use of five abstract passages. It was predicted, based on assumptions about knowledge structures that three of the groups would recall more from the second passage than would the latter two groups. The results confirmed this prediction. (Author/DEP)

Home environments of 91 6-month-old infants were assessed with the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory to predict whether a child would be low IQ (below 70), low average (70 to 89), or average to superior (90 and above) at age 3 years. (Author)

Demonstrates local government's use of alternative forecasting techniques in school planning and retrenchment. Argues that forecasting is an art blending academic and political concerns. While statistical techniques and historical data are useful forecasting tools, the most significant influence should be school officials' plans and preferences.…

Teacher burnout is characterized by three factors: emotional exhaustion and fatigue; negative, cynical attitudes towards students; and the loss of feelings of accomplishment on the job. Important predictors of burnout include a lack of participation in decision-making, inappropriate job expectations, a lack of teacher autonomy, and role conflict.…

Children 6- to ll-years-old heard concrete sentences which they were asked to learn. Half the children received imagery instruction. Greater short-term memory and verbal competence predicted better sentence learning in the imagery condition, but not in the control condition. (Author/NH)