This paper examines the fertility of refugees from Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia residing in the United States. Data are presented from three major sources: (1) a study of births to Southeast Asian women living in Oregon in 1980; (2) a survey performed by the Department of Health and Human Services in 1981; and (3) computer files of the Office of…

This report provides a general overview of available courseware for computer assisted instruction by examining the distribution of these packages across grade level, hardware type, instructional mode, and subject areas, including art, business education, computer science, language arts, foreign language, mathematics, science, social studies,…

Two similarly designed studies which were conducted 15 years apart at different universities and which involved over 9,700 students and 277 faculty gave nearly identical answers to the question of what teaching characteristics carry greatest weight in predicting students general opinion of their teacher's effectiveness. (Author/RC)

Correlations between predicted averages and actual grades in four universities were compared with those based on current data. A loss on the average of .10 occured in the accuracy of the correlation. The author recommends that prediction studies should not be done every year but on an as-needed basis. (Author)

Community colleges could use a forecasting model to better match manpower supply to demands, as institutions in Kansas have done. (Editor)

Reported are the results of a study involving 1800 3-year-old children which was conducted to investigate in detail children who might appear to be at risk for later psychiatric breakdown. Described are study procedures including collection of background data on each child through visits with the parents, observation of children's play behavior…

Women chose between male dates described by (1) a photograph and (2) behavioral descriptions which varied in desirability for dating and redundancy. The effect of physical unattractiveness outweighed that of attractiveness only when the described behavior was redundant. This implies that differential weighting of physical attractiveness (i.e.,…

Presents the idea that citation analysis of a researcher's published papers is the best measure of the scientist's competence and stature and illustrates the predictive ability of this system in identifying individuals who may make a major impact on science. Presents a brief analysis of journals cited. (GS)

Prediction is essential for reading for the following four reasons: words have too many meanings, spellings are confusing, visual information processing of brain, and the capacity of short term memory are limited. (JH)

Requests for reprints should be sent to: Leonard L. Baird, Research Psychologist, American College Testing Program, 330 East Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.

Twelve papers from the 1979 International Symposium on Early Identification and Intervention Practices focus on theoretical perspectives as well as on implications and applications. The following titles and authors are represented: "Perspectives in Early Identification and Intervention--Keynote Address" (V. Shipman); "Preschool Screening--Ready?…

Psycholinguistics, with its emphasis on language processes rather than products, is particularly compelling when applied to the search for underlying connections between reading and writing. One such connection is best stated in the following propositions about writing and learning to write: (1) at no time are the acts of reading and writing as…

Researchers attempted to predict the defeat of school board incumbents, using variables which had already been shown to account for incumbent defeat in statistical analyses performed after board elections in many different states. A global model was constructed based on 20 social, economic, and political variables as well as on school districts'…

Two sets of administrators (principals and superintendents) were asked if selected inservice education programs were being implemented currently in the respondents' schools and school systems and, secondly, what their perceptions were of the need for selected inservice education programs in the next five years. The study requested responses of a…