Scores on the College Opinion Survey (COS) were related to high school rank (HSR), first quarter grades (GPA), MSAT scores, and scores on the Academic Achievement Scale of the SVIB (A Ach). COS scores were significantly related to past performance (HSR) but self made predictions did not increase multiple correlation predictions of GPA beyond that…

H. G. Wells is not quite the household name that he deserves to be, even in the households of futurists. Visions of the future in his writing and his attempts to translate these visions into reality through his work for socialism and the League of Nations are discussed. (SR)

Presents new estimates of growth in aggregate and industry demand for the 1982-95 period, updating prior projections to 1990 and extending the analysis to 1995. Examines the effects of alternate policies on United States economic growth, distribution of demand, and employment. (NRJ)

Tested anchoring and publicity effects in clinicians' (N=46) successive judgments of detailed interview notes. Results indicated significant anchoring in one case suggesting a clinical bias. Public justification was related neither to subjects' ratings, to reported confidence in their ratings, nor differentially by case. (JAC)

The author responds to W. Rhodes' predictions made in 1975 and updated in 1982 (EC 151 382-385) about the future of the field of behavior disorders and human services in general. He suggests that recent trends toward offering fewer services do not reflect Rhodes' predictions of debureaucratization but rather decreasing interest and support. (CL)

Successful planning for the future should include projections of desired goals and consideration of how those goals might be affected by changes in world conditions (retrojective planning). Fifteen scenarios depict alternative futures for Indiana University and suggest what retrojective planning can contribute to considerations of the long-range…

Rate of adaptation to new programs and social-emotional issues involved in teaching directly influences teacher burn-out. A four-stage learning model outlines which particular aspects of learning new behaviors and skills are particularly stressful. The teacher's rate of adaptation should be closely monitored to prevent teacher overload.…

A general model for prediction and association is described for the situation in which both criterion and predictor(s) are discrete variables. The approach can be employed for the general case involving any number of predictors, and the related measures of multiple and partial association are described. (Author/GK)

Forty special education teachers were asked to make some decisions about a fourth-grade boy portrayed as learning disabled or emotionally handicapped and whose work samples were representative of high or low levels of competence. Placement decisions and future performance predictions were a function of the child's perceived competence. (Author)

The development of intention to communicate among infants is discussed. In addition, the construct of intention is examined and a model describing the development of intention is proposed. The model is used to describe both the development of intentional behavior and communication as an intentional behavior. (Author/RH)

Presents a wide spectrum of views by scholars of Soviet Affairs regarding recent American policy and predictions for the future course of international relations between the two super powers. Experts are Adam B. Ulam (Harvard University), Robert F. Byrnes (Indiana University), Stephen F. Cohen (Princeton University), Alexander Yanov (University of…

The study compared the developmental patterns of listening and reading skills of 71 visually handicapped students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of four residential schools for the blind. Grade level, age, intelligence, mode of reading, sex, socioeconomic status, and degree of visual impairment were treated as predictor variables. (Author)