A COMPARISON OF THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET AND THE TRADITIONAL ALPHABET IN FIRST-GRADE READING WAS CONDUCTED. SAMPLES WERE SELECTED FROM SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF DIFFERING SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. THE PUPILS WERE PAIRED INTO MATCHED GROUPS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WAS TAUGHT READING BY THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA)…

THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISION INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY UNDER VARIED CONDITIONS. THE SAMPLE OBTAINED INCLUDED PREDOMINANTLY WHITE AND NEGRO SCHOOLS USING TELEVISION (FOUR OF EACH), AND PREDOMINANTLY WHITE AND NEGRO SCHOOLS NOT USING TELEVISION (SIX AND ONE). GROSS…

An exploratory study was undertaken to provide a means of quantifying some of the components of the problem solving process. The focus was on actual problem solving behaviors and strategies as they occurred in relation to different cognitive tasks and subject characteristics. Cognitive tasks included items from Wechsler and Binet intelligence…

Results are reported of a research effort designed to provide a comprehensive profile of the characteristics of members of the Canadian National Baseball Team. The subjects of the study were candidates for the team. The control group consisted of top level amateur baseball players from Windsor. Four examinations were made: 1) physiological tests…

Recent research on classroom achievement dynamics suggests a conflict of teacher/student values regarding effort expenditure. Student effort is clearly rewarded and the indifferences punished by teachers. From the student perspective, expending effort when risking failure is a potential threat because high effort/failure invites ascriptions to low…

Seventy-two children, 18 from each of grades three, six, nine, and twelve, participated in a study of developmental changes in children's knowledge about the morphological structures underlying the spoken form of complex derived words. Three oral language tests were used to show when and how children learn that derived words are not unanalyzable…

The connection between self-esteem, sex, and attributional style was examined in two studies. Results indicated that for positive events, high self-esteem subjects make more internal attributions than low self-esteem subjects, and for negative events, high self-esteem subjects make fewer internal attributions than low self-esteem subjects. The…

The historical and evolutionary development of the Tazwood Center for Human Services (Illinois) is traced, with a particular emphasis on describing administrative interventions which alleviate excessive stress and strain in the system and provide for growth experiences that prevent stagnation among the staff. The materials presented focus on the…

The performance correlates of perceptions of discriminatory treatment, satisfaction, and self-concept for male and female U.S. Military Academy Cadets in the Classes of 1980 and 1981 were investigated. Numerous instruments were used for data collection, including the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the Spence Attitude Toward Women Scale, the West…

The stages of psychomotor development in deaf blind children and youth are reviewed, and educational principles to guide psychomotor development programs for the deaf blind are outlined. Etiological factors which contribute to the psychomotor development of deaf blind persons are discussed including nonambulation and sensory deprivation, heart…

The effects of assigned status were investigated in same-sex competition with male (N=40) and female (N=80) college subjects. Those randomly assigned to high status improved in reaction time performance, while subjects randomly assigned to low status suffered a decrement. Contrary to expectations, in mixed-sex competition (fear of success arousal…

THE GENERAL COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES UNABLE TO QUALIFY FOR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR TO COMPETE IN THE UNIVERSITY'S 4-YEAR COLLEGES. FOR THE FIRST GROUP, THERE IS A BROAD, TERMINAL, UNSPECIALIZED EDUCATION, AND, FOR THE SECOND, THE SAME PROGRAM PLUS COUNSELING IN PREPARATION FOR TRANSFER. BOTH CONTENT AND METHOD OF…

CONVERSION AND COMPATIBILITY CONSTITUTE TWO MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE INSTITUTION OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS IN LIBRARIES. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE TWO FACTS, THIS REPORT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL FIVE MORE OR LESS STANDARD AND HIGHLY COMPATIBLE CIRCULATION SYSTEMS WHICH INCORPORATE A COMMON FORM OF INPUT AND WHICH REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF CONVERSION FROM…

The ways in which differences between expected grades and those actually received affect a student's academic expectations, actual performance, attribution of success or failure, and self-involvement were measured. Using the assumption that an individual is usually motivated to maintain or increase his self-esteem, 4 hypotheses concerning academic…

The effects of alterations in test procedure upon the original and repeated test performance of normal adolescents are determined for two subtests--Block Design (BD) and Picture Arrangement (PA)--appearing in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and Wechsler Bellevue Intelligence Scale Form 1. Two experiments were conducted, one with 170…