Results indicate that subjects first observing apparatus operation by electromechanical means performed task better than those who had not, and that there is no significant difference between performance of subjects who had observed demonstration by electromechanical device and those who had observed a human model. Applicability of findings…

The collective bargaining process and its consequences are explained and analyzed, in hope that faculties and administrators will examine the issue before an organization drive begins and legal restrictions present difficulties. (Author/RW)

Personal account of a nursing student's experiences during a nine-month required "family-study" project, and how these experiences effected her development as a nurse. (Author/RW)

Results of this study indicate that teachers of classes with mean and above mean I.Q.'s tend to encourage more responsiveness from their students, give more feedback on student performance, teach more difficult material, summarize important components of lessons, and answer fewer of their own questions. (Author/RW)

Study compares performance on MMPI Mini-Mult inventory of black versus white juvenile delinquents of similar socioeconomic level, family background, grade level, and I.Q. The fact that there were no significant differences along racial lines indicates "that (this test) can be used to assess personality characteristics of both racial groups without…

Three versions of a rating scale were compared for reliability and level of ratings. Results indicated that the wording of items influence these factors; that items should be written in order to maximize their meaning; and that response categories should be unique to each item. (Author/RW)

Author states that the use of computers in mathematics courses tends to generate interest in course subject matter and make learning a less passive experience. Computers also introduce students to computer science as a field of study, and provide basic knowledge of computers as an important aspect of today's technology. (Author/RW)

An attempt was made to identify student characteristics which might lead to greater achievement for an individualized treatment. (Editor)

Reports on an analysis of a variety of sources of literature dealing with the attitudes of Albertans toward two minority groups, Mennonites, an evangelical Protestant sect, and Hutterites, another religious sect with an atypical life-style, from the turn of the century to the present. (Editor/RK)

Examines the perceptions of three groups--parents, teachers and administrators--towards the ways in which parents are actually being involved in an early childhood (kindergarten) program and the perceptions of the same three groups towards the preferred ways in which parents should be involved in the same program. (Author/RK)

Investigates evidence to determine whether the availability of a teacher aide to each teacher in grades two to six will result in any observable differences in the teaching behavior of such teachers who do not have aides. (Author/RK)

Investigates the hypothesis that dialect speech interferes with the auditory discrimination of standard English speech sounds. (Editor/RK)

Attempts to evaluate the effect of inquiry training on listening and reading skill development by providing students with experiences which encourage question-asking in a variety of language contexts, and by measuring their achievement before and after training. (Author/RK)

Hypotheses concerning the relationships among authoritarianism in personality, custodialism in pupil control ideology and autocracy in family ideology of elementary school educators were developed and tested. (Editor)