What happens in a classroom that fosters the Harvard Project Zero teaching for understanding framework? That is the initial inquiry for this pilot ethnographic study of African American fifth graders in an urban public school. The study sets out to show how children are engaged in a class set up to understand science and mathematics. Themes…

Examined changes in intelligence in Negro children at ages 4 and 7 as a function of sex, home stability and educational level of their parents. Results were interpreted as supporting an interaction hypothesis concerning the relative effects of heredity and environment on intelligence. (DP)

A natural experiment is examined as a test of the teacher expectancy hypothesis. It was hypothesized that pupils taught by the same teacher as their older siblings would perform better than those taught by a different teacher. (Author/KM)

The court cases and legal codes cited in this article include: Brown v. Board of Education, 1954; Hobson v. Hansen, 1967; Diana v. State Board of Education (Calif.), 1970; and, California Education Code, 1972. (SF)

Reviewed are studies on the educability of intelligence through intervention programs with preschool mentally retarded children. (DB)

This study examined the relationship of SES, urvan vs. rural residence and geographic region to the IQs obtained by children on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI). (Author)

Discusses some historical developments in the interaction of psychology and education, and shows how developments in early education research describe the workings of an applied, experiment-oriented relationship between social and behavioral science and society. (Author/JM)

Revised version of the 1973 presidential address to the American Educational Research Association. (RJ)

Highly creative children of both sexes tended to be more erratic in their work orientation, more graceful, and more prone to respond aggressively to frustration. Highly creative boys were also found more open, expressive, playful, curious, and, to some degree, more self-confident. (Authors)

IQ tests are used to judge the mental capacities of black Americans, a fact which places a tremendous ethical responsibility on those involved in IQ test research and administration: most IQ test developers and administrators have abrogated this responsibility. (Author/JM)

Experts on test analysis discuss the appropriateness of the uses to which standardized tests are being put. (Author/RK)

Purpose of this study was to show the relationship of arithmetic reasoning, critical thinking, fluency of words, fluency of ideas, sensitivity to problems, and general intelligence to literal and critical reading of sixth and eighth grade pupils. (Author)

Major finding from this survey is that both anxiety and locus of control do not seem to bear consistent relationships to social class. (Authors)