The KDP scale was found to be ineffective as a predictor of Ss' contacts with law enforcement agencies but of some use in predicting school social adjustment and reading achievement. (Editor)

Teachers estimated students' progress; the result, using EMR students, was no apparent statistical relationship between expectations and academic achievement. (Editor/SP)

Author found that the verbal behavior of an experimental group was significantly more indirect than that of the control group, supporting the hypothesis that audio tapes are effective for observational learning of a specific teaching behavior. (Editor)

Grouping heterogeneously, homogeneously, and flexibly made no significant difference in academic achievement in research done on 260 children over a 2-year period. (Editor)

In programed instruction, required-response chunks not physical length of frames determines the difficulty level of instruction. A further analysis revealed that number of words per chunk did not affect performance. (Editor)

Authors propose that the most significant differences among people in learning situations are intrinsic, and discuss developing individualized instruction programs for typical classroom subject matter through the use of prototypic learner models. (Editor)

Results indicated that a person's self-concept (personality), as measured by the Interpersonal Checklist, was only marginally related to both choice of study plan and performance. (Author)

Weekend activities involving college students and 6 to 9 year olds for a 10-week period effected positive changes in children's IQ, general adjustment, and need nurturance. (Author/SP)

Children rated books they had read; the more recently a book was read the more likely it was to be rated as enjoyable. The findings are discussed with reference to the problems of teachers and librarians who select books for children. (Editor)

Learners in a graduate course were given some behavioral objectives and took mastery test when they felt they were ready; author found they scored significantly higher on the unit and final examinations when compared to a control group. (Editor)

Faculty, students, and administrators were subjects in a study of value commitment in a small liberal arts college. The study examined the relationship between structural position and degree of organizational participation and commitment to organizational values. (Author)

Experienced counselors in six rural Wisconsin high schools were trained to use four behavioral-reinforcement counseling treatments in individual and small group settings to promote student information-seeking behavior. (Authors)

The results of the analysis of variance and the Newman-Keuls test supported the initial hypothesis that training does significantly influence the ability of blind students to comprehend textbook-like material that is speeded up via the pitch altering method. (Authors)

Significant differences in retention test scores were not found to be associated with the presence versus the absence of confirmation during program administration. (Authors)