Students in Israel, whether of Jewish or Oriental origin, tend to form their attitudes on the subject of emigration according to the amount of emphasis they place on career advancement and patriotism. Because of the vital need of Israel for all of its best brains, emigrants are often viewed as quasi-traitors. (CK)

Re-analyzes data on Rotter's Locus of Control Scale in terms of five categories reliably identified by judges: general luck or fate; respect; politics; academics and leadership; and, success. (JM)

Three main dimensions of marital maladjustments are: (1) dominance-submission power struggle; (2) the alienation pole of an affection-alienation dimension; and (3) the avoidance pole of an intimacy-avoidance dimension. Applications of the findings for counseling and training of counselors are indicated. (CJ)

"The purpose of an occupational education system is to prepare individuals to work and live successfully in the total community environment.... This paper describes how the process of programmed instruction may be used in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of this type of occupational education system. (Author)

This study analyzed a set of items dealing with pressures faced by teachers. (Author)

This paper describes a variety of confirmatory factor analysis models that provide improved tests of multitrait-multimethod matrices, and compares three different approaches (the original Campbell-Fiske guidelines, an analysis of variance model, and confirmatory factor analysis models). (PN)

This research study investigated children's attitudes towards "home" or "personal" computers. Subjects were 106 children from a one-day computer camp, who had had no previous experience with computers at home. The choosing and measuring of attitude dimensions is explained, and results indicate children's multidimensional attitude towards…

Either Bartlett's chi-square test of sphericity or Steiger's chi-square test can be used to test the significance of a correlation matrix to determine the appropriateness of factor analysis. They were evaluated using computer-generated correlation matrices. Steiger's test is recommended due to its increased power and computational simplicity.…

Presents the results of a study undertaken to examine the cognitive styles of students in the Library Science/Educational Technology program at the University of North Carolina. The implications of the study for the education of library science students are enumerated. Three tables and a reference list are included. (JL)