The job climate in which 24 hard-core unemployed (HCU) workers were placed was explored with a view toward determining climate variables which might increase performance and retention. HCU's perceived their climate as far less supportive than did their respective supervisors. Those who perceived their climate as supportive tended to be rated by…

Subjects for this study were women college students who differed in anxiety proneness. The subjects were selected on the basis of extreme scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory . Stress was induced by feedback concerning performance on a mathematical learning task which was presented by an IBM 1500 computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system.…

In last year's report (1971-1972), when the attrition problem in Math 103 and 109 was first examined, one of the major findings was that placement was very poor. It is shown in this report that in the courses with improved placement, the attrition went down significantly. Attrition is defined as withdrawal from a mathematics course and registering…

The description of, or formation of impressions about, persons are viewed as being dependent on situational context and the standard or reference point to which the persons are compared. A study is described in which different subject groups compared a target's score on a "cautiousness-boldness" or a "relaxation-alertness" test with either a…

Effects of item difficulty sequencing on performance and on post state anxiety were investigated using a timed mathematics aptitude test. The subjects were randomly assigned to a random, easy-to-hard, or hard-to-easy difficulty sequence group. The hard-to-easy sequence group performance was significantly lower than either the random or…

This critique is concerned with the validity of three basic assumptions underlying the performance-based teacher education program. These assumptions are 1) The teaching act is the sum of performances into which it is analyzed. 2) The performance unit is a matter of indifference, i.e., the number and character of the performance unit can vary…

Intended for parents, the manual provides information on speech and language development in young children. Sections cover factors related to delay in speech and language development (such as hearing defects, prolonged illness, and lack of motivation) and suggestions for stimulating language growth at home (such as praising the child and creating…

Discusses measurement techniques which can provide useful data for the educator concerned with designing learning environments and associated instructional materials. (SF)

In order to determine if the syntactic complexity of written mathematical problems influenced students' abilities to solve problems, 45 eighth-grade remedial math students were studied. (PHR)

Examines the effect on observer agreement when reliability measurement is switched from an overt system to two successive systems of covert measurement. Subjects were 17 undergraduate psychology students. (BD)

A skill-testing program, similar to the scoring system used in competitive gymnastics, is described for use in elementary physical education classes. (MM)

In order to determine whether tactile perception is a useful predictor of academic performance, 50 control and 42 brain impaired (epileptic) children (ages 9-14 years) were examined. (Author/PHR)

To determine if whispered reading practice affects stuttering adaptation, and if practice in reading aloud is superior to whispered reading in promoting adaptation, eight adult stutterers read aloud for five trials (control condition) or aloud for two and whispered for three trials (experimental condition). (Author/CL)

The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether age differences noted when two tasks are performed concurrently can be accounted for in terms of age differences in single task baseline performance. Subjects were two groups of 12 eight-year-olds, and one group of 12 thirteen-year-olds. (CM)