Cognitive abilities and personality characteristics were examined in Grade 4 children from (1) low and high socioeconomic strata from the white population in Edmondton, (2) white and black populations in Montreal, and (3) native children from a reserve school near Edmondton. (Editor)

This exploratory study was designed to compare three groups within the teaching profession--women school administrators, women teachers matched with administrators on years of teaching experience and teacher education, and women teachers randomly selected--on variables which may be relevant to career decisions. (Editor)

The purpose of the study was to test the effectiveness of two related strategies for changing a measured disposition of intolerance toward cultural diversity to one of significantly less intolerance. (Editor)

This study investigated the influence of classroom noise and two methods of presentation upon the rate at which kindergarten children learned four dissimilar words. (Editor)

The increasing interest in and availability of "open-area" education is based largely on descriptive and anecdotal evidence. This paper attempts an empirical examination of the effectiveness of open-area classrooms (at an elementary grade level) in British Columbia. (Editor)

Recent computer-processed word lists are described, as well as several derivatives as supplements or replacements for the Dolch Sight Word Vocabulary. (Editor)

A type of examination in which additional questions are provided was used for Grade 12 Algebra and College 1 Introductory Calculus. An hypothesis was formulated that this procedure should reveal additional knowledge which whould be reflected in superior average scores for the class group. (Editor)

This study examined the opinions of samples of principals, teachers and substitute teachers in Edmonton on the relative merits of (1) on-call substitution and (2) internal substitution. (Editor)

The purpose of this study was to develop a device for predicting student success in a high school Elementary Algebra course. It was intended to assist guidance counselors in advising students in selecting the most appropriate mathematics course. (Editor)

In this study on set illusion, control subjects (those having no experimental experiences) and experimental subjects (those being exposed to "setting" trials) were compared on various measures usually indicative of strength of set. (Editor/RK)

In this article, the author discusses the application of factor analysis as a technique in the investigation of multidimensional educational problems and presents the results of one such application. (Editor)

This paper discusses the importance of popular images for school structure and roles, and attempts a systematic theoretical recasting in terms of a constructive typology. (Editor)

This article treats the Sunday School Movement, developed in Russia between 1859 and 1862, from the standpoint of the various social groupings - their aspirations, educational theories and their position in the social hierarchy. (Editor/RK)