Assesses second-, fourth-, and eighth-grade children's perception of the social support provided by friends. (HOD)

Teenagers' perspective of disagreement over family finances and related factors were investigated. Reasons for employment affected disagreement over finances, whereas family income had no important effect. Disagreement was important in explaining variation in satisfaction with money management in the family and in satisifaction with family life.…

Examines the possibility that an information-processing bias can cause people to be less able to perceive sex discrimination on a personal level than on a societal level. Suggests the importance of formatting for people to discern discrimination since the format seems to affect information processing. (SA)

Discusses the Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) in Manhattan as a representative research and development center in a collaborative role with the New York City Schools. Presents its role as educational problem solver for immediate solutions rather than for interesting findings. Provides examples of three on-going problem solving…

Three different methods (role differentials, behavioral differentials, and attribute ratings) were used to explore the role perceptions of samples of Hispanic Navy recruits. Results overall suggested that Hispanics, unlike the U.S. general population, (1) experience essentially no push out of the family, and (2) perceive work roles with…

Role functions and interpersonal perceptions of parents and preschool teachers in Japan and the United States were explored. Locus of responsibility and behavioral variables were defined. Multivariate analyses of variance showed a significant main effect for culture and strong interaction effects between culture and the derived dimensions.…

Young people need to understand how we use our senses to relate to our world and how the arts and technology heighten sensory perception. A participatory exhibition involving art, music, science, and technology designed for elementary and secondary students by the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, is described. (RM)

Immigrant teachers in Israel--314 from the Soviet Union and 91 from North America--completed questionaires about attitudes toward teaching, perception of status, past training, etc. Responses showed significant differences between the groups reflecting two distinct models of the occupation of teaching and distinct patterns of adjustment to the…

Discusses two experiments designed to clarify the cognitive functions of mnemonics in fact learning. One presents subjects with a single attribute mnemonic, providing only the perceptual link, while the other presents subjects with a two-stage model serving the cognitive functions of providing a perceptual link followed by a meaningful link. (MBR)

A scale of gender understanding and a measure of sex-role preference were administered to three- to nine-year-old children from four traditional communities in Belize, Kenya, Nepal, and American Samoa. Overall, findings reflected the strong contribution of cognitive development to the growth of gender understanding. (Author/AS)

A distance perception survey was used to get college students enrolled in a human geography course involved and interested in the topic of perception. Students were asked to arrange 12 European capitals in sequence according to their distance from Amsterdam. Survey results are presented. (RM)

The study sampled 952 students and 76 teachers from eight metropolitan high schools, utilizing Fuller's model of teacher concerns. Findings supported the null hypotheses that there are no statistically significant relationships between teacher concerns and anxieties and between student perceptions of teachers and teacher concerns and anxieties.…

Explored the role of clothing in sex-role socialization by comparing stereotypic clothing-play cognitions with overt play behavior relative to dress. A multi-method approach, including observations and interviews, was used to study the behavior and cognitions of 39 preschool girls. (Author/DST)

Results of a program using vibrotactile and electrocutaneous vocoder in speech reception and production training with 13 profoundly hearing impaired Ss (3-6 years old) showed progress in speech communication not seen prior to training with tactual vocoders. (CL)

Summarizes survey of 243 Maine social workers about work and roles, characteristics of successful practice, and problems. Results show few significant differences between rural and urban social work practice. (LFL)