Even in today's age of predictions and projections, children still need to be taught about the importance of voting. A short historical unit provides facts about past elections, voting rights, and close elections. Activities to reinforce these teachings are offered. (DF)

Several criteria are proposed for determining and communicating screening results. These criteria provide a context for judging prediction accuracy. It is argued that accuracy of prediction is of little value and cannot be considered sufficient unless the predictions lead to better educational opportunities for the students about whom they are…

Explains an application of matrix algebra which involves probability matrices and weather predictions. Using probabilities of sunny or cloudy weather students can determine the effect weather on day one will have on subsequent days. (DH)

Two experiments were performed with college students to study memory monitoring during the learning of word lists. Both experiments suggested that successful monitoring to decide which items were already encoded did not occur during presentation of material but was restricted to recall trials. (Author/BS)

Examined minority achievement in higher education on the basis of predictions made from grade point averages (GPA) and university performance measures. Results indicated variability in minority performance, both before and after the statistical corrections for high school GPA, was greater than for White students. Aggregate findings by minority…

Role, stress, and burnout of 379 special education teacher trainees and 36 first year teachers were examined. Results indicated that the majority of such problems were significntly interrelated, not all backgound variables predicted significant stress and burnout levels, and different levels of problems were observed at various stages of…

One of the few facts agreed on in criminology is that most crimes are committed by younger persons. However, the age distribution of criminals is sufficiently invariant across a broad range of social conditions that one cannot use age distribution as a foundation for theories of crime. (Author/IS)

Technological forecasters often fail to recognize the whole range of changing circumstances that may affect their predictions. Drawing on his own broad experience, the author offers basic reminders to those who set out to gauge the direction of future changes in technology. (IM)

This study sought to obtain insight into the pattern of relationships between students' achievement in science and study behavior variables. Surveyed were 17-year-olds in the science stream of two secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur. Sex differences were found. (MNS)

Self-reported reading ability of parents of 174 reading-disabled children and of 182 controls was used to estimate the probability that a child will become reading disabled. Using Bayesian inverse probability analysis, it was found that the risk for reading disability is increased substantially if either parent has had difficulty in learning to…

The predictions and recommendations of a recent study intended to help improve the selection and education of future medical students and physicians are discussed. Particularly worrisome is the likelihood that the high cost of medical education will bar low-income students from becoming physicians. (RM)

Compared the Bender Gestalt (BD) and Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test (MPD) in predicting academic achievement for younger children (N=69). Results suggested that the MPD is more sensitive than the Bender in identifying visual-motor perception areas of achievement performance problems. (LLL)

More than 25 states have undertaken a futures project, a special program established to address long-term goals, emerging policy issues, and strategies for implementing these goals and issues for state government. Presented are models and methods for conducting state future projects, based on a survey of recent experiences. (Author/RM)

Individuals, groups, and nations respond to their changing environments and in turn alter them by their reactions; each new cycle of interactions leads to a new environment. (ABM)

Discusses a survey of forecast preparers and users in 127 major companies in an attempt to assess underlying problems and identify areas for improvement. Concludes that forecasting responsibilities and tasks must be better defined and that forecast preparers and users must become better informed about one another's roles. (Author/JG)