The 1968 teacher certification regulations of New York State are discussed from the standpoint of changes in requirements for teacher certification. These regulations base certification upon performance. The question of who shall have the authority to certify teachers is discussed. For the English teacher, the 1968 regulations allow permanent…

What the Menominee Indian parents and their friends think are the problems with American Indian education in Shawano Joint School District No. 8, Minnesota, is treated in this document, in which, the authors state, the brief text is to be followed by extensive appendixes carefully constructed to provide scarce and relevant materials documenting…

This paper basically addressed itself to the question of why so many young people drop out of school. It appears that the great majority drop out because they simply cannot tolerate more failure and the commensurate feelings of low self-worth and self-esteem. It was emphasized that success experiences for elementary school youngsters are important…

A combination of information integration methodology and measures of retention was used to investigate how subjects differentially attend to and weight information in judgmental tasks. Subjects were shown sets of test scores for hypothetical students and were asked to rate the performance of each student or predict each student's performance on a…

This study investigated the effects of advance organizers on selected cognitive styles and structures within a programmed task of grammatical usage. More specifically, the immediate effects of advance organizers were assessed as they related to subjects' field dependency or independency and high or low levels of prior knowledge of general grammar…

The relative effectiveness of alternative reward structures in strengthening group performance on a cooperative math task was investigated by operationalizing four reward structure treatments--one non-contingent pay treatment and three differential pay allocation treatments including two levels of inter-group competition and a group piece-rate pay…

The article describes a research project which tried to determine if dogmatic students take less than average time to study non-complex tests, and if they do, whether this is because of a "know-it-all" attitude or to avoid decision-making anxiety. (CD)

Two educable mentally retarded institutionalized adolescents were taught two classes of four symbols each through visual match-to-sample training in an investigation of transfer in paired associate learning. (Author/CL)

Average performance on a test of arithmetic computation for both seventh and eighth grade students depended upon whether a detached answer column, rather than the test paper itself, was employed for recording item responses. Seventh graders were affected by whether workspace was or was not provided on the test form. (Author/BJG)

With the contention that prior theories have offered complex conceptions and indirect, qualitative measurement methods, and that social influence models have failed to integrate divergent findings, the authors attempt to integrate interest, cultural, and social contributions in a discussion of the dynamics underlying the achievement orientations…

The effects of performance-enhancing modifications of testing procedures of a Piagetian-type instrument were investigated for samples of elementary school-aged White, Black, and Mexican-American children. Results are discussed in terms of test validity. (JKS)

The author examines three problems that must be solved if music education is to continue in schools: 1) What should be done to adapt the jargon of music for student understanding? 2) How can antipathy toward performance by students be overcome? 3) What types of music materials should be used? (Author/RK)

Children's metacognitive awareness of variables (such as person, task, goals, and strategy) that influence reading was assessed with an interview. Second graders were aware of some reading dimensions but were less sensitive to semantic structure than sixth graders. Relations among instruction, metacognitive development, and reading proficiency are…

Achievement patterns of tenth grade females of above average intelligence revealed a significant difference between the grades of achievers and underachievers, beginning at grade 6. Other-direction and attitudes toward women were significantly related to mathematical achievement test scores and high school grades. (Author/BH)