Social and educational trends are analyzed. (JD)

The relative efficacy of rating and testing approaches for predicting criterion behavior was examined with mildly retarded secondary students. Three tests from the Social and Prevocational Information Battery were selected as a foundation for development of analogous behavior rating and applied performance instruments. All three types of…

Responses to the Predictive Screening Test of Articulation (PSTA) were obtained from 460 first graders with articulation problems with respect to type, number, and consistency of sounds as measured by the Screening Deep Test of Articulation. PSTA item and total score preformance varied among misarticulated subgroups. (Author/CL)

The validity of the Myklebust Pupil Rating Scale (PRS) in predicting learning disability was investigated in a two-year follow-up study of 55 preschool children. Correlational analysis yielded highly significant results with all correlations between the PRS scores and criterion measures. (SBH)

Recommends that social studies teachers reexamine basic assumptions related to the discipline of social studies. Factors they should consider when attempting to develop social studies curricula include values, social needs, student needs and interests, global interdependence, and relevance. (Author/DB)

The demand for chemists in 1980 and the recruitment plans for college campuses are discussed. The employment trends in chemistry and chemical engineering are presented in a data table. (SA)

The determination of an equation for predicting grade point averages of college freshmen is given as an application of solving simultaneous equations. (MP)

The study examined the prediction of group membership of 40 learning disabled and 40 normal children (mean age 11.2 years for both groups) on the basis of preference for laterality of the children and of their parents. (Author/PHR)

Describes the extensiveness and characteristics of instructional development activities in higher education as derived from the author's dissertation research, the purpose of which was to develop several models for describing and defining instructional materials production within an instructional development framework. The questionnaire used is…

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Changes with aging and stability of dimensions of behavioral disturbance were determined for 732 children and adolescents who constituted the sample reassessed after 5 years of an original cross-sectional sample of Manhattan youth 6 to 18 years old. (Author/SBH)

Explores responses of 10 fifth graders to the dialog of a play. Creates 12 speech act interruption points and asks children to write predictions for the character's line. Examines these for conversational cooperativity. Finds children's oral explanations for their predictions revealed two major interpretive stances--an interactive focus and a…

Discusses how books that have predictable story lines can provide rich opportunities for students with hearing impairments to expand their knowledge, experience success in decoding and predicting text, and develop a love of reading. Tips are provided for choosing books that contain familiar sequences, events, ideas, and situations. (CR)

Analysis of six books on workplace change indicates (1) workplace data collection and social stratification measures must change; (2) definition of unemployment is becoming amorphous; (3) studies of gender/racial inequality should consider networking and recruitment issues; (4) disillusioned workers should be studied; and (5) political and social…

Investigated whether black racial identity attitudes predict psychosocial competence as defined by F. Tyler's tridimensional model of psychosocial competence. Gender differences in racial identity attitudes were found for the sample of 103 black undergraduates, but black racial identity attitudes were not associated with the individual's sense of…