The findings in the present study show that an understanding of subject matter tends to be more important than the forms which academic interrogation may take. Hence a solution to the problem of cultural bias seems to relate to remedial academic skills. (Author)

This investigation utilized role theory as a model for research into social studies curriculum through the identification of dimensions of teacher expectation and student behaviors. (Authors)

Evaluation of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception found that it measured a single general factor of perceptual organization which was weakly related to IQ and unrelated to reading ability. (KW)

Purpose of the present study was the development of two research instruments designed to assess young children's functioning in preschool settings. (Authors)

Assistance in this study was provided by the Testing and Certification Division of the English Language Institute. (VM)

Scales are developed to replace the difficult to administer and score Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) affiliation scales. Functional relationships between such variables as affiliative behavior, conformity behavior, and dependency and affiliative tendency and sensitivity to rejection are educed. (DG)

Mean ratings for the 487 words, rated on eight semantic differential rating scales and factor scores for fifth-grade children are included, together with emotionality, imagery, and concreteness ratings by college subjects. (Author)

Discusses the development of several self-report measures of communication apprehension; included are lists of the test items employed. (SW)

Paper based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of the Pacific.

The hypothesis that four measures selected to represent the field dependence-independence construct would be positively intercorrelated was supported by the presence of statistically significant positive correlation coefficients in the total sample as well as in the subgroups differentiated by ethnicity, intelligence level, and sex. (Author/PN)