Findings suggest that personal contact has been effective in the development of interracial friendships in desegregated schools. (Author)

Focus of the study was to identify and analyze the common elements of the instructional organizational systems used in nine of the most effective Title I reading components in 1968-69 for disadvantaged pupils in grades 1-6. (Author)

Comparison of two groups of graduate students on each of three achievement criteria gave no evidence that either of two pretests (one course-relevant cognitive, the other non-relevant affective) was influential. (NH)

The relationship among four perceptual variables is studied and the results discussed with reference to implications for the teaching of art and further research into variables of the psychology of art. (NH)

To determine the degree to which PLAN (Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs) goals were attained, and to compare PLAN with a more conventional educational program used in control classes, the critical incidents method was used. PLAN goals are development of student self-responsibility, self-management, and resourcefulness. (NH)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the possible motivational effect that knowledge of results of performance on some complex academic task might have on verbal participation in a related academic area. (Author/NH)