Study suggests some answers to previous inconsistencies in research, provides a valid measure of oral interpretation performance, and demonstrates the effect of various levels of feedback upon oral interpretation performance. (Editor/MB)

The findings demonstrate: (1) an evaluative or attitude factor underlies the Semantic Differential scales used when a person rates both his own orientation toward an issue and the perceived orientation of another; and (2) that factor scores accurately discriminate between persons holding and perceiving favorable and unfavorable attitudes.…

Two research strategies for studying the effects of college environments on student development are compared, using Astin's data on academic achievement and institutional excellence." (Author)

Nineteen children were rated on 24 behavior traits by ten nurses in a children's in-patient unit. (Author)

Distinctions between psychological versus task helping and attempted versus achieved help were applied to the helping behaviors of normal and retarded children of 2 age groups observed in natural settings. (Authors)

If one is given three or more methods of measuring three or more traits, the procedure described allows one to assess the extent to which the observation is influenced by the method and the extent to which individual differences contribute to the observations, independent of the particular method-trait combination. The procedure is illustrated.…

Analysis of the variables measured on the General Aptitude Tests Battery and the Metropolitan Achievement Tests indicates that while achievement ratings are related to in-school and post-school success, aptitude testing may not be as effective a method as believed for vocational placement. Extensive literature review. Data tables. (CJ)

Studies carried out in connection with the activities of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Committee on Access to do Research in the Public Schools.

Predicted that an external locus of control would characterize undersocialization. Tested this hypothesis on a random sample of secondary school children (N=97). Scores from the Child Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale were found to predict undersocialization in the expected direction. Suggested several possible interpretations of this…

Describes research into the adaptive function of illustrations in reading development of primary students, indicating that, for good readers, illustrations play a significant role in the early stages. This declines sharply with reading development. For poor readers, there is a progressive dependence on illustrations which appears unlikely to be…