To assess the effects of a management-by-objective (MBO) program on university faculty, a survey was administered and the results analyzed. Faculty perceived decreases in independence/autonomy, academic freedom, opportunity for advancement and promotion, and job security. MBO programs in higher education should be modified to decrease structure…

Examines interference in five-year-olds' learning sets by using intertrial and interproblem intervals. It was concluded that intertrial and interproblem intervals differentially affect learning set performance. (Author/CI)

Young children and college-age adults were read short stories describing a consistent or inconsistent adult response to a child's action and were given additional information that resolved or failed to resolve the inconsistency. Results concerned subjects' abilities to detect and resolve the inconsistency and to repair a comprehension problem in…

The performance of Nigerian primary school headmasters was evaluated in six critical areas of administration: instruction and curriculum development; staff personnel; pupil personnel; community/school leadership; organization and structure; and school finance. The results revealed that neither age, length of service, nor qualifications had…

Examined the impact of sex-role stereotypes on performance ratings and causal attributions of performance among its students. Results revealed no significant interactions for any of the causes of performance, indicating that sex-role stereotypes may not have influenced attributions of performance. Sex-role stereotypes had negligible effect on…

Investigates the performance of 502 children ranging in age from four years to six years, ten months, on two-choice and multiple-choice number comparison tasks, and explores the effects of perceptual manipulations of elements in the multiple-choice tasks. (RH)

No significant relationship was found between ethnic Fijian 10th graders' scores on tests of Competitiveness, Mastery, Work Orientation, Personal Unconcern, and Self Esteem and educational achievement. It is concluded that factors relating to the meaning of achievement are more important in understanding ethnic group achievement differences in…

Applies to the inclined-plane task Siegler's (1981) observation that performance on Piagetian tasks is governed by similar rule structures. Also replicates Siegler's original observations about the development on the balance-scale task and determines the consistency in children's rule usage across tasks. (Author/AS)

Describes a study of the influence of wording changes in essay questions on test performance. Results did not support the hypothesis that such changes would affect writer performance. (HTH)

Explains how the use of performance analysis technology in a hospital improved job performance, thereby generating dollar benefits and cost savings. The variables involved in this analysis are discussed in detail, and a case study illustrating its efffectiveness is included. (MBR)

Anxiety assessment research based on the trait-state anxiety theory suggests that musicians should not reduce anxiety in performance. A reduction in anxiety levels, especially for musicians with extensive formal training, may actually diminish performance quality. Musicians with low task-mastery skills might consider taking more formal training.…

Data analysis of test scores from 278 undergraduates on three untimed course-based objective examinations yielded no linear or curvilinear relationships between completion speed and performance on individual tests or between average completion speed on three tests and total score. Results suggest that completion speed is unrelated to performance.…

Attitudinal data from questionnaires and student written products were used to investigate how students' attitudes relate to their performance on typical test writing tasks. (HOD)

Suggests that adolescence is often viewed as a problematic period of development and provides a counterview that adolescence is a life period of considerable potential development and productivity. Psychological research on formal operations, conceptual research on the quality of life, and historical findings from the Italian Renaissance are…

Factor analyzed the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised for both upper- and lower-socioeconomic-status classifications from the standardization sample (N=2,200). Results showed that the three-factor solution was most appropriate for both groups and that factor structure appeared to be invariant with regard to socioeconomic status.…