Future vocational and residential placements of 17 deaf-blind children predicted by their mothers were compared to placements predicted by a state coordinator of deaf-blind services. Most mothers agreed with the coordinator regarding the level of future independence in residential placement, but were more likely to offer a negative prediction for…

Considers alternative strategies for optimizing statistical power in applied psychological research, including increasing sample size, combining predictors, and increasing alpha. Concluded that a priori power analysis should be a major consideration in any test of an hypothesis. Alpha level adjustment should be viewed as useful for increasing…

An important goal of a social studies program is not only to help students face change but also to develop future goals for himself as an individual. This article considers a process for instructing students to use the past and the present for projecting the future. (Author/RK)

A model is developed and evaluated for use in the water jug task in in which subjects are required to find a sequence of moves which produce a specified amount of water in each jug. Results indicate that the model presented correctly predicts the difficulties of different problems and describes the behavior of subjects in the process of problem…

Walker and Shaw link the teaching of ten commonly taught reading strategies such as sequencing, compare and contrast, and prediction to newly published picture book titles. Each chapter of the book provides a strategy, a graphic organizer to teach it with, and an in- depth modeled discussion of how to use the strategy with two or three books.…

A general cognitive theory of interest is offered to allow for predicting the degree to which any informational environment is perceived as interesting. The theory is assessed in a study that tested predictions of a knowledge-schema theory of cognitive interest. Three classes of hypotheses regarding the cognitive causes of interest are identified…

The lack of a conceptually and psychometrically strong measure of human mental workload has undermined interpretations of research based on cognitive load theory. Applying a confirmatory factor analysis approach to construct validation, a Subjective Mental Workload Survey was developed with four distinct subscales: Difficulty, Incompetence,…

Summarizes some aspects of the environmental impact draft statement prepared to assess the feasibility of liquid-metal fast-breeder reactors in commercial power generation. (CC)

Authors presented a vector algebra approach to predicting excellence in college teachers at any educational level. (Author/RK)

Simulation games are currently being used to teach high school students how to forecast the weather. The students are cast in the roles of forecasters given meteorological information to predict the weather and, in addition, how it will affect the lifestyles of a particular area. (DS)

Mathematical models can assist educators in the preparation of their educational plans. Administrators and planners of educational systems have found that their ad hoc procedures are no longer adequate to take into account the many variables impinging on their environment. Examines the potential of the Markov Chain, one model capable of predicting…

The relationship between academic achievement and occupational success was tested with a sample of bachelor degree-level engineering graduates who had postcollege working experience. The findings suggest that intellectual accomplishment, as reflected by grades, may be a worthy goal to be valued in its own right, but it should not be used to…

Quantitative educational planning includes the quantification of educational demand, the plan of placement and the estimation of cost. (Author)