Using an analysis of data collected by the National Survey of Health and Development, this research report studies the relative importance of ability, social class, sex, and type of school on the performance of children in the educational system of England and Wales. Conclusions suggest that reorganization of educational institutions can have…

The stimulus-familiarization-effect (SFE) paradigm, a reaction-time (RT) task based on a response to novelty procedure, was modified to assess response for novelty, ie., a response-reinforcement sequence. The potential implications of attention for reinforcement theory and learning in general are discussed. (Author/CS)

Correlations between motivational factors and grades and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores are presented. (Author/KM)

A successful model performance-based graduate program, training qualified directors of vocational education at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), focuses on a tri-partite educational network (local cooperating administrator, occupational education administration interns, and university professors), portfolio of proficiency development, and…

Measures differences in types of client needs perceived by various categories of counselors, the types of needs they attempted to help their clients gratify, and the needs that were viewed as gratified. (Author)

Thirty-eight Olympic wrestling team aspirants were evaluated using the Behavioral Inventories for Athletes. The selected Olympic Freestyle Team was compared to nonsuccessful participants. The responses to each question were assessed. When more than one-half of the subjects answered in an extreme response category, it was deemed a notable…

Two groups of paid female students were employed in a modified Aronson and Carlsmith (1962) expectancy-performance design. Overall results did not support predictions derived from dissonance theory. (Author)

To account for observed sex differences on tasks such as the rod and frame test, the embedded figures test, and other related measures, the theory is advanced that a sex-linked recessive gene mediates or facilitates certain performances. This assumption is coupled with the concept of "a mixture of density functions" to provide a…

The explanatory observational study investigated the relationships among curriculum content, instructional activity, teachers' expectations and reading performance for 52 children in six primary grade classrooms for the learning disabled. The analysis illustrates the utility of structural modeling in clarifying the probable causal relationships…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress; Second Science Assessment No-Show Study assessed the magnitude and causation of nonresponse biases. A No-Show is defined as an individual who was selected as a sample respondent but failed to be present for regular assessment of the 17-year-old group. The procedure whereby a sample of eligible…