Several models of learning contracts designed to match the process-rather than product-oriented learning patterns of gifted students are presented. (RW)

Two extreme, mutually exclusive logic patterns are considered--"creative" and "constructive." It is proposed that most individuals display intermediate traits of the two modes, and that an understanding of these qualities can further the concept that individuals learn differently and have different instructional needs. (RW)

It is indicated that, although the scores [obtained on both tests] are significantly correlated, the tests yield significantly different scores with the Lorge-Thorndike consistently overestimating the WISC-R full scale I.Q. (Author)

Forty-nine blacks, sixty-two prejudiced whites, and sixty unprejudiced whites rated twenty-eight goals of possible social action. All groups expressed preference for establishment of equal rights and opportunities over forced integration and "hand-out" social programs. (RW)

The four steps necessary in evolving a model for a community education program are described as examination of the community, establishment of objectives, utilization of related research, and application of ethical principles. (RW)

Understanding of phonic generalizations by pre-service and in-service teachers was compared by reading a list of generalizations and asking subjects to supply examples. Results indicated that there was no significant difference between performances of inexperienced and experienced teachers, and that both groups had greater understanding of…

Anglos achieved higher scores in academic achievement, IQ, and occupational aspiration than did Navaho students; Anglo students who achieved higher scores had more positive views of the average Indian than Anglos with lower scores; Navaho stereotypes of Anglos were not related to achievement and intelligence level. (RW)

The IPAT Humor Test of Personality was administered to 140 master's students who were enrolled in a Student Personnel and Counselor Education program. Results indicated that differential responses to humor stimuli by male and female counselor trainees were significant in the areas of hostility, creativity and interpersonal interactions between the…

Two separate studies using Form IV of the Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) are reported. The first study correlates SSS by factor and sex with the earlier Form II SSS, supporting the reliability of the General SSS scale and discriminant validity of the Form IV SSS factor scales in relationship to general sensation-seeking. In the second study,…

Estimates of the internal consistency and reliability of the first principal component are provided through the use of the largest characteristic root and associated vector of the equicorrelation matrix. The estimate of the internal consistency is also shown to be a lower bound for the measure provided by Horn (1969). (Author)

Great educators of history were categorized on the basis of their: aims of education, fundamental ideas, and educational theories. They were classed by Ward's method of hierarchical analysis into six groupings: Socrates, Ausonius, Jerome, Abelard; Quintilian, Origen, Melanchthon, Ascham, Loyola; Alciun, Comenius; Vittorino, Basedow, Pestalozzi,…

The study examined the roles of parents and schools as sources of occupational information. Students' perceptions of the responsibility for, and the accuracy and adequacy of, occupational information was found to be related to the student's grade level. Both parents and students felt that the responsibility for providing occupational information…

The study examined gains in problem solving and interpersonal skills as a result of a systematic training procedure based upon the Carkuff (HRD) model. Significant gains were found in both the problem solving and interpersonal areas when the training in that area was preceded by systematic training in the opposite area. (Author)

The present training study sought to determine if specific experimental procedures in paradigmatic language would cause differences in reading readiness test achievement among experimental, placebo, and control groups of beginning first-grade pupils. (Editor)

The study sought to identify the language, perceptual, demographic, and intellectual factors capable of discriminating between groups of good, average, and poor first-grade students as determined by a standardized reading test. (Editor)