Assessed was the degree to which classification of mental retardation levels based upon a measure of adaptive behavior (the Vineland Social Maturity Scale) differed from the classification based upon IQ for Negro and Caucasian children, 4 to 17 years of age. (Author)

Author commented on attitudes toward exceptional ability in our society versus those social attitudes that have previously worked against people known to be disadvantaged. (Author/RK)

This study examines the effects of sex, race, socioeconomic status, and intelligence upon the reading achievement test scores of sixth-grade pupils in one school district. Differential effects were found. (Author)

The linguistic abilities, cognitive abilities, and educational achievements of the deaf are reviewed. Results indicated the deaf are not intellectually deficient, and that many can communicate effectively in sign language. (CS)

The effects on instrumental behavior of differences in type of task, type of reward and three organismic variables (history of social reinforcement from peers, extraversion, and intelligence) were investigated in preschool children. (ST)

Reports a study which investigated the influence of the variables of race (examiner and child race) and expectancy (high and low expectancy) upon the scoring of individual IQ tests. (Author/JM)

One hundred twenty-eight 11th grade male students were randomly assigned to a control group on one of three experimental groups: (1) computer-generated feedback on self-knowledge accuracy; (2) guidance taught on occupational classification scheme; and (3) a combination of (1) and (2). Measures of self-knowledge showed increased accuracy about…

Two theoretical models of visual attention and contingent learning were presented to provide a framework for the consideration of how observed individual differences in infant behavior may interact with nonsocial stimuli and caretaker-mediated stimuli to influence the individual's development of patterns of visual attention and contingency…

Preliminary factor analyses of predictor tests in advantaged and disadvantaged groups is recommended as a way of forming a priori expectations concerning validities of the predictors to guide both use and research. (Authors)

Nonverbal cues which enthnographic analysis suggested were central to communicating personal warmth to Indian and Eskimo adolescents did produce significant changes on intelligence test performance. (Author/KM)

The dissimilarity between the black and the white voices failed to affect the IQ scores of black children, but it appeared to be an important variable with regard to the IQ test performance of white children. (Author)

This study explored the possibility of using musicality and intelligence test scores to predict the potential success of pupils in choir instead of the usual methods of audition and observation. It also ivestigated the extent, if any, of teacher bias in the evaluation of pupil achievement. (Author/RK)

Studied was the effect of an art specialist on an art curriculum for retarded preschoolers. (Author)

To reduce the cost of in-the-school experiment, this study, which is an attempt to quantify redundancy in a learning situation, was carried out using a numerical procedure. The variables include student I.Q., lesson time, wasted time, teacher experience, and redundancy. (Author/CB)