Since the 1950's there has been a tremendous shift in the way language and language behavior is viewed. The shift is characterized as a general movement away from surface observation and analysis to attempts at the description and analysis of underlying linguistic forms. The interest in underlying linguistic forms has, in a rather natural way, led…

NLS-SCHOLAR is a prototype system that uses artificial intelligence techniques to teach computer-naive people how to use a powerful and complex editor. It represents a new kind of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system that integrates systematic teaching with actual practice, i.e., one which can keep the user under tutorial supervision while…

Four selected subtests from the WISC, Arithmetic, Digit Span, Picture Arrangement and Block Design, were administered to 111 pupils in the third and fourth grades at Florida State University Elementary School. Social reinforcers, i.e., verbal approval and disapproval, were systematically presented to the examinees after specified items and between…

This paper presents data describing large differences between the reading difficulty levels of printed materials used in certain military occupational specialties (MOSs) and the relatively lower reading ability levels of men assigned to these MOSs. Initial data explore the relationship between reading ability and utilization of printed materials…

Basic ingredients of educational program development for the gifted are developed. Consideration of program goals, a composite classification of talents, and identification of the gifted precedes a discussion on rearing and educating gifted children including expectations, parents' obligations, and educational planning. Studies of interests and…

A study was made of the effect of various learner and task characteristics on learning from scrambled frames in an instructional program. The independent variables were: sequence (scrambled vs. logical), grade, sequence length, criterion test complexity, sex, IQ, mathematics achievement, and reading comprehension. The dependent variables were:…

To study the school adjustment of children known to have had prolonged high fevers, 25 elementary school students who had had acute bacterial meningitis were matched by age, sex, and socioeconomic levels with peers from their same classroom. The nature and extent of school problems and educational handicaps of the post-meningitic children examined…

Tests were administered to 209 educable mentally handicapped children (mean age 10.8, mean IQ 77) to determine factors related to speech hearing. Results indicated that mental age, intelligence quotient, physiological age, institutionalization, and organic bases for retardation were not significantly related either to speech reception threshold or…

A longitudinal study (1960-1966) investigated the effects of home environment on school achievement. This preliminary report focuses on children who were enrolled in junior kindergarten in 1960. The following year all children enrolled in senior kindergarten became part of the study. The first section of the document outlines data collection…

The major question this study attempted to answer was, "Can conservation of number, area, weight, mass, and volume to be induced and retained by 3- and 4-year-old children by structured instruction with a multivariate approach? Three nursery schools in Iowa City supplied subjects for this study. The Institute of Child Behavior and Development…

Forty-three blind subjects, aged 17 to 45, were tested for perceptual thresholds of locomotion and received brief mobility training. Psychometric and psychological data obtained indicated that the subjects were above average in IQ (mean 115), emotionally stable, and relatively free from anxiety. Data on locomotion revealed the following: 91% of…

The object of this study was to determine the extent to which disadvantaged kindergarten pupils would benefit from association with advantaged pupils and teachers in the improvement of basic skills and self-concept. The sample for 1967-68 was composed of 20 disadvantaged rural Negro and Caucasion 5-year-old children randomly selected. The sample…

This study was designed to determine if the Cooperative School and College Ability Test (SCAT) can predict future college academic success of Negro college students with the same degree of accuracy as it does for white college students and to discover if the sex factor need be considered in making predictions. The sample consisted of 180 Negroes…

The performances on selected measures of reading achievement and intelligence of 24 educationally disadvantaged adults and two groups of elementary children were investigated and compared. The first group of children was drawn from a low socioeconomic level, and the second, from a high socioeconomic level. There was a stronger correlation between…

This study was designed to accomplish two interrelated objectives: first, to investigate the existing relationship between selected factors previously identified as being significant in attempting to predict military service losses during first-term service and second, to make available to qualified users a comprehensive data base for further…