SIGNIFICANT FACTORS INVOLVED IN LEARNING AND ADJUSTMENT OF RETARDED CHILDREN IN SPECIAL CLASSES AS COMPARED WITH THOSE REMAINING IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS WERE ASSESSED. EACH GROUP WAS EVALUATED WITH INSTRUMENTS TESTING INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY, SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS, SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY, AND ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR TEACHERS AND PEER GROUPS. IT WAS FOUND THAT…

This booklet, directed to parents, advocates parent involvement in New Zealand playcenter groups, discusses parental duties in the playcenter, and suggests ways parents can help children to learn. The booklet has three chapters. Chapter I discusses the value of parent involvement from the point of view of the child, the parent, and the community.…

Children, aged 10-12, were referred to an outpatient mental health center because of behavior problems, some involving social skill deficits, others not so involved. Children acknowledging a social skill problem, and a desire to do something about it, were chosen pending parent approval and cooperation. Prior to participation in the group,…

"The goal of this study is to investigate, analyze, and elaborate upon the social background, 'influential others,' and personality characteristics of 300 youths, half of whom continued their education at least to graduation from high school and half of whom dropped out of high school." Six general areas of investigation are reported:…

These two papers summarize a portion of a wide-ranging survey, conducted in Memphis, of children's political attitudes and knowledge. Inconclusive data on prime influences in the process of political socialization and a lack of data on lower income, rural, Southern, black children suggested the scope of the research. The students sampled were in…

The findings of the year long study by the 80 member Bicentennial Commission on the American College Fraternity are quite positive. If the prophesies come true, the American fraternity movement in the year 2000 will indeed continue to flourish as a vital and significant force in higher education. Several conclusions that express a full sense of…

Subjects were 65 six-, eight-, ten-, and twelve-year olds from after-school day care programs. The subjects were unobtrusively observed in free play situations involving peers and the duration of their interactions in six types of peer groups of varying size were recorded. Subjects were also administered a picture card test, composed of 20 sets of…

The Newcastle project, "New Opportunities for Women," tests the feasibility of group admission for women who prefer to apply and study as a group at the Open University. Characteristics and achievement of 18 such women are described. (LBH)

Four issues are examined: (1) the distribution of the four Clark-Trow student types among a sample of post-activist students; (2) intercorrelations between the four types; (3) the degree to which students' perceptions of the prevailing type relates to their own typological self-descriptions; and (4) factors affecting student self-classification.…

Examines the effect of athletic-related activities on peer-group culture of students at a predominantly working-class middle school. Reports that certain extracurricular activities influence the male and female cultures of early adolescents by promoting specific values which are incorporated into the informal peer-culture of the school.…

The assessments of faculty performance for the determination of salary increases are analyzed to estimate interrater reliability. Using the independent ratings by six elected members of the faculty, correlations between the ratings were calculated and estimates of the reliability of the composite ratings were generated. (Author/MLW)

The presidential team can be very important to the health and well-being of a president because he or she has no other on-campus peer group. The presidential team can provide many of the reinforcements of a professional on-campus peer group for the president. (MLW)

Proposes a model for a peer group facilitator program which stresses the need for assimilating attempts to understand the self and others as opposed to focusing exclusively on student competencies, intellectual gains, and competitive cognitive processes. (Author/ABB)

Describes the characteristics and behavior of three kinds of peer groups in the composition classroom. Discusses some of the difficulties these groups encounter in their critiquing, and some suggestions for improving the dynamics of the less successful groups. (HTH)

Examines relationships among gender constancy, preferences for same- or opposite-sex playmates, and sex-typed activities in preschool children. Findings suggest that, at least for females, gender concepts may have an organizing role in sex-role development by motivating children to seek social contexts in which to acquire and practice…