The relative influence of scholastic achievement, intelligence, athletic ability, and ethnic origin on the formation of friendships among pupils in two Israel elementary schools was explored. The most important factor was found to be similar academic achievement, followed by intelligence and athletic achievement. (Authors/PP)

Explores the ways in which foreign students differ from their American counterparts, and how these differences may affect the foreign students in a tutorial or one-to-one conference. (AEA)

Argues that in order to look to the future instead of toward the past, a teacher must keep up with research developments. Cites the schools' slow response to the educational implications of social diversity as an example of a failure to keep up with research results. (JL)

The Imagined Pain Tolerance Test, a paper and pencil test designed to test differences in perceptions between American Indians and non-Indians, appears to have utility as a research instrument. Available from: White Cloud Center, Gaines Hall UOHSC, 840 Southwest Gaines Road, Portland, OR 97201. (Author/CM)

This is a commentary on an article about an attempt to use Buberian Learning Groups to promote peace between Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Arabs (Haim Gordon, Jan Demarest, Teachers College Record, Fall 1982). A Muslim who helped evaluate the project discusses strengths and weaknesses of the Education for Peace Project in Israel.(PP)

Discusses theoretical and methodological problems relating to the comparison of test results of individuals and groups with differing cultural backgrounds. Develops a statistic by which deviance of score patterns can be quantified and which indicates whether a person's score can be compared with the scores in a specific group. (Author/GC)

Presents an interview with Alvin Toffler on the role of education in the future. The discussion covers the effects of socio-economic, political and technological changes upon the educational system. Toffler argues that education must prepare students to cope with the increasing cultural diversity and interdependence of future societies. (AM)

Examines research concerning the effects of cultural expectations, school structure, and parent expectations on the reading attitudes and performance of boys and girls in different countries. (FL)

Analyzes psychoeducational evaluations of 180 students from a rural area and concludes that diagnosis was significantly related to the race of the student, with more White students being diagnosed as learning disabled and more Black students being labeled mentally retarded. (FL)

To test assumptions of male superiority and African weakness in handling spatial relationships, elementary students in Ghana and Scotland were administered mental rotation and shape assembly tasks. Ghanaian subjects had more difficulty with mental rotation, while girls in both cultures did less well on block construction. (Author/SUL)

Women dental students enrolled in all American and Canadian dental schools during the 1977-78 academic year were surveyed to determine their backgrounds, current status, motivation regarding dentistry as a career, perception of the dental school environment, preferences in dental education, and future plans. (Author/MLW)

Teachers play an important role in disadvantaged Black children's development of language and language usage. For the best results in reading instruction, teachers must (1) create a warm environment, (2) understand the potential for different interpretations of written materials by disadvantaged Black students, and (3) use the children's language…

Claims that schools in the Southwest have created a culturally-biased atmosphere damaging to children of Hispanic descent. Recommends the establishment of Hispanically-oriented schools to introduce barrio children to Anglo culture gradually, without threatening their cultural identity. (SK)

A study is presented that documents widespread unfamiliarity with traditional health beliefs among 30 residents who had been caring for Mexican patients in a Southern California clinic for periods ranging from one to three years. It is suggested that formal curricular material on health beliefs and practices should be provided. (MLW)

Becoming knowledgeable about the students, avoiding stereotypes, accepting students as individuals, helping students become part of the group while retaining their cultural identity, and being yourself in assuming this role are suggested methods to assist culturally different students in becoming active, contributing class members. Practical…