This study attempts to evaluate the effects of one specific positive-reinforcement-oriented contingency management program on students' total and school-related self-concepts as well as their personal and social adjustment. (Author)

The authors report on an experiment whose purpose was to identify instructional treatments that reduce the negative effects of intrusions created by recitation for learners who are debilitators. (Author)

This study uses a concept identification task composed of geometric figures to compare male and female kindergarten, first- and second-grade, lower class and middle class children on concept identification performance. (Author)

This study examines the effects of sex, race, socioeconomic status, and intelligence upon the reading achievement test scores of sixth-grade pupils in one school district. Differential effects were found. (Author)

The authors report on a study in which a response maze, which is calculated to provide the student with a task of intrinsic interest, is compared with other tasks involving external reinforcement. Six elementary school children are found to prefer the maze over external reinforcers. (RP)

The author discusses the detection and treatment of depression in children and presents illustrative case material. Three types of depression are discussed: (1) acute depression (2) chronic depression; and (3) masked depression. (RP)

Results suggest that the STAR or MRT, coupled with teacher observations and the BGT, can provide a school system with an adequate screening readiness battery. Of the several skills measured by readiness tests, letter knowledge is the most predictive of actual first grade achievement. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to clarify the validity of the PIAT when used with primary age children classified as educable mentally retarded. (Author)

This study explores the relationship between performance on the Bender-Gestalt test and antisocial acting out tendencies in adolescents. Results indicate that uneven figure size and exaggerated curvature are the best indicators of antisocial acting out tendencies. (Author)

Canonical analysis is used in this study to identify the number and nature of orthogonal components shared by the WISC and the ITPA and to assess the degree to which the subtests of the two instruments are redundant. (Author)

Many conservation studies have been performed using time consuming individual testing. The sequential studies reported in this paper describe the development of a group film test of conservation. (Author)

The authors hypothesize that the concreteness of the mode of item presentation would influence the subjects' performance on the Purdue Elementary Problem Solving Inventory. Results suggest that the variables of degree of disadvantage and ethnic background are sometimes more relevant than the mode in which the content is presented. (HMV)

This study used a small sample in an intensive evaluation of a nationally disseminated Head Start program. Program-specific goals were quantitatively assessed by the use of subtests from the newly developed McCarthy Scale of Children's Abilities and by two innovative classroom observation schedules. (Author)

The school psychology simulator, (PSYCHSIM), a multi-media simulation package which may aid school psychologists in sharpening skills, is discussed with a rationale for design construction. (Author)

Teacher training is the key to implementing psychological education for children. The author presents a description of a teacher workshop in psychological education. (HMV)