Purpose of the study was to determine whether teacher-student interaction and the effectiveness of using certain teaching strategies were functions of selected personality characteristics of the laboratory teachers. (Author)

Increase in probe accuracy following concurrent training was consistently greater than following serial training. (Authors)

Findings suggest that maternal child-rearing practices significantly affect the child's response to a given compensatory preschool program. (Author)

Study investigated whether the observed individual differences in visual pursuit endure beyond the neonatal period. (Authors/MB)

Results show that paired-associate learning proceeds at a faster rate beyond the third grade. (Authors)

The hypothesis was tested that forgetting could be found on one trial in the absence of interference if the conditions or response-produced feedback were sufficiently reduced. The task was the learning and recall of a linear movement. (Author)

The notes of 204 children of Caribbean immigrants attending a Child Guidance Unit were examined. Children born in the West Indies were compared with those born in Britain. (Author)

Analyzes the responses of 559 ninth grade students to a single ballad and concludes that the type of prereading instruction given influences understanding of the ballad but not attitude toward it. Tables and bibliography. (RW)

Describes the results of two pilot studies involving readers' spontaneous responses to short stories during the actual reading process. Analyzes the responses to show the nature of the reading process in the individual. Bibliography. (RW)

In 1972 the New England College of Optometry instituted a new curriculum that provided accelerated optometric education leading to an O.D. degree for qualified candidates with a Ph.D. degree in the sciences. That experience is summarized. (MLW)

Muffo and Coccari (1982) analyzed data pertaining to the causes of variation in the number and amount of external funds for research. By using LISREL, a reanalysis of the study shows that the only significant indicators of funding are past success in securing funds and an emphasis on graduate education. (Author/MLW)

The impact of college on critical thinking ability was studied. Freshmen and seniors at a mideastern university were given either a general instruction or multiple specific instructions for critically evaluating one of two articles. Seniors provided more appropriate criticisms to both kinds of instructions for both articles. (Author/MLW)