The role of social studies in the study of women, their roles now and in the future, and the directions the social studies should take with regard to women in the next two decades are discussed. (JMF)

The development of cross cultural competencies in social studies are discussed in terms of those competencies students need to develop. A five-stage curriculum is proposed to promote acceptance and positive attitudes toward a multiethnic society. (JMF)

A definition of "the disciplines" is presented and a case for organizing curriculum on the basis of the social sciences is presented. Several arguments against the disciplines are discussed and rejected. (JMF)

Findings revealed that a relationship existed between the principals' knowledge of and support for work-study programs, and their role performances with regard to such programs. These variables were also found to be directly related to the effectiveness of the work-study programs. (Author/DLS)

Findings suggested that the prevocational exploratory experience was statistically effective in contributing to a positive change in the relationship between Ss' vocational interests and ability. (Author/DLS)

Ninety-six normal fourth graders were studied to determine the extent that their ratings of a handicap-labeled videotaped peer could be altered by the assignment of positive attributes. Results suggested that positive attributes produced favorable peer ratings when compared to neutral ones. (Author/DLS)

A study investigated the effectiveness of a therapeutic motor development program in increasing the social adjustment and peer acceptance of a mainstreamed 10-year-old educable mentally retarded boy. The motor development program was based on the games analysis model and involved the S and 13 of his normal classmates. (Author/DLS)

The article briefly describes Project Employability, a job training and placement program for the developmentally disabled in Virginia, and presents three case studies to illustrate the project's job placement process. (Author/DLS)

A survey of 1,142 normal students in grades 4 through 12 indicated that they knew very little about mental retardation and the mentally retarded. Only about half of the respondents made reference to "subaverage general intellectual functioning," while references to physical impairment were frequent. (DLS)

The text of a conversation with a Florida special education administrator explores such aspects as the skills that are being tested, how standards were derived, the effects of testing on curricula, special diplomas, and the improvement in scores noted in the second year of the testing. (DLS)

The approach, which has also been used successfully with learning-disabled and emotionally disturbed children, provides a systematic method of instruction and stresses the use of sensory and verbal cues as aids in learning manuscript writing. (DLS)

It is concluded that effective development of special education personnel depends on a consistent approach to certification classification and funding within each state, and that coupled with this is the need to identify critical teaching competencies which correspond to various certification categories. (DLS)

Trainable mentally retarded high school students in Brunswick, Maine, spend three hours out of every school day learning a variety of art and handicraft skills in the Title IV Marketable Skills Project, and the rest of their time learning daily living skills. (DLS)

The article--Part 2 of a 3-part series on finding and identifying handicapped children--describes a model child-find process which attempts to integrate three methodologies (indirect, mediated, and direct) into an interacting whole. (See ED 121 288 for Part 1.) (DLS)

It is postulated that simultaneous convergent tasks may be the primary reason for the creation of the concept of underachievement; and it is concluded that the concept of underachievement should be redefined by considering the child in terms of the nonconventional tasks that he/she can do, as opposed to the standardized tasks that he/she will…