An informal survey, conducted by the Colorado State Library, revealed few real efforts to serve the Spanish-surnamed beyond the minimal provision of Spanish language materials. To improve this situation, Colorado State College held a federally supported institute in June, 1969. Eight teams of participants were selected for the program, a team…

The report summarizes research on the development of an objective scoring system and the formulation of scales useful in the assessment of psychological development and normal behavior using a five-card, orally administered and tape-recorded version of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). The TAT language scales which were developed represent…

More and more minority children are making higher test scores, generally, due to a variety of factors. The high IQ minority child, therefore, might be better understood than previously. Most data in this area has been collected on black children and youth although other cultural groups in America are now being studied more closely. These include…

The nutritional status of Kindergarten children has been studied in relation to performance in behavioral tests and the effects of several types of nutritional intervention in nutrition and behavior have been evaluated. In a study in 1969-70, children who received breakfast and lunch at school showed significant improvement in hemoglobin…

The controversy over school segregation and student achievement has drawn heavily on evidence derived from the 1965 Equality of Educational Opportunity Survey (EEOS). This paper tries to remedy the two principal limitations of Coleman et al.'s original analysis of the EEOS data. Since the EEOS was not a longitudinal study, we cannot compare the…

Exploratory research on some aspects of the cultural theory of education in concept development are reviewed and the research findings are outlined. Three hypotheses tested are 1) that children will have cultural mappings (systems of codes for perception and action) that differ from adults; 2) that children at different ages will show a…

This paper presents a review of the research concerning the effects of maternal employment on the child. Findings are organized around five theories: (1) the working mother provides a different role model than the non-working mother; (2) employment affects the mother's emotional state (sometimes providing satisfactions, sometimes harassment, and…

The recent activity of anthropologists whose primary interest are in education and of educators whose orientation is anthropological suggests this division of labor: The first division, "anthropology and education," is the most expansive and the least specific. A second, "anthropology in education," concerns the anthropological presence, whether…

A sample of 1010 low-wage workers in Detroit (stratified by sex and welfare status) were interviewed in 1969. Data were collected on background characteristics, labor market experiences, and work career histories. The data relate to sexism as an important determinant of income in low-wage groups (women earn less and have lower status jobs),…

This study was addressed to the question, "Can change be brought about in teachers' attitudes and their students' attitudes toward racial difference and economic deprivation after the teachers have been exposed to in-service training programs?" Twenty teachers representing grades kindergarten through high school participated. Two…

Advances that have been made in knowledge about a number of situational dimensions that affect the income and labor market activity of disadvantaged workers are indicated in this literature review. The need to learn more about the force that make it possible for some workers to break out of the cycle of poverty while others remain at the botton is…

This study examined the following issues: (a) If vocabulary effects are minimized, will there be SES differences in the use of conditional forms by Caucasian children who have reached the fifth grade? (b) Even if SES differences occur in the use of recognizable conditional forms, will children within the same SES be able to transmit conditional…

The objective of this Learning Activity Packet (LAP) is to familiarize the student with Indians who lived in the Eastern Region of present day Canada and the United States. Indian life in the past, how it has changed, and the needs of these people today provide the basis of the LAP. Five learning objectives, each covering particular aspects of the…

This report reviews the "Seers Report," which contained policy guidelines for modern development planning in Zambia, and compares its findings to recent findings during the period 1963-1970. The Seers Report found that Zambia was the most urbanized country in Africa south of the Sahara (excluding South Africa). This report finds that…

This paper reports findings of a main study and a corollary study designed to clarify the relationship between interpersonal and intrapersonal language by examining the spontaneous classroom interpersonal verbal output of children 4-5 years old in relation to social class and intelligence. The report presents (1) preparation of the data of the…