Work values and parental influence were examined as mediators of the relationship between social origin and plans for college and career of 437 high school sophomores. Analysis revealed student perceptions of parents' interest in students' school work and parents' hopes that their children will attend college served as mediators. (Author)

The self-concept of three groups of different age children attending traditional and open classrooms was assessed over a two-year period. Self-concept differences due to both age and classroom type were observed and are discussed. Certain implications of the results for elementary school counselors are pointed out. (SE)

Reports on the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physics department. Surveys the philosophy and objectives of the program, its organization, rules, funding, growth, atmosphere, problems, and accomplishments. (Author/CP)

The performance of 132 pre- and primary school children on a Bender-Gestalt copying task was compared with that of a multiple choice version. Significant correlation coefficients were obtained between the copying and recognition scores. The multiple choice version was also as successful as the copying test in predicting reading achievement scores.…

Two modes of story telling, live reading and recorded reading, were compared. Each child heard a story presented by the teacher or a recording and then retold the story. Children in the live group used significantly more words and more correct themes in retelling than did those in the recording group. (Author)

Nine upper elementary teachers assigned equal numbers of children from their classrooms to three performance categories: Low Performance, Moderate Performance and High Performance. A child's teacher and his or her parent then completed structured and open-ended questions regarding the reasons why the child performed as he did. Results are…

In an attempt to determine if an open classroom environment encourages greater curiosity and/or openmindedness than does a traditional classroom environment, 41 open classroom children and 42 traditional classroom children completed an openmindedness scale and 5 subtests of a curiosity scale. No significant sex differences were found. Other…

Adult education presents opportunities to develop methods in food production which would accommodate improvements in agricultural productivity. (EC)

A major objective of agricultural extension programs is the education of the farmer through literacy training or functional literacy programs. Functional literacy, understood as a process in which adults learn to learn, would enable farmers to participate in the process of agricultural development. (EC)

High School seniors reporting discrepancies between occupational "aspirations" and "expectations" are analyzed in relation to family socioeconomic status, intelligence test scores, scholastic performance, and socioeconomic area of residence. (Author)

An analogue study was conducted to ascertain whether hiring preferences for psychologists are influenced by race, sex, marital status or physique. It was found that applicants who were either Black or female were preferred by the counseling center respondents, and that applicants who were without physical limitation were preferred. (Author)

Students (N=49) in an undergraduate educational psychology course designed and conducted behavioral self-modification projects. Correlation and regression analyses suggested weak but significant relationships between self-modification outcomes and a linear combination of dogmatism, sex, and mathematical aptitude variables. The effects of demand…

Teaching clients effective communication skills has become an important function of the counseling psychologist. This study examines the language patterns of trainees in a communication skills program. Factor analysis suggests effective communication may be defined in terms of appropriately referred emotional expressiveness. Implications of this…

Student volunteers from private high schools finished interpersonal style and sentence completion tests and were scored as to sex role type (masculine, feminine, androgynous, undifferentiated) on the Bem Sex Role Inventory. The discriminate function analysis supported the configurational method of combining scores on masculinity and femininity.…

Junior college students were randomly assigned to dyadic or individual test conditions and scored on the Unusual Uses Activity of the TTCT. Analyses showed dyads more flexible and original than individuals; no significant differences due to locus of control; and males more flexible in creative functioning. (Author/SJL)