Abridged version of an article which appeared in Langue Francaise", n8 Dec 1970. (DS)

Report partially financed by grants from the Canada Council and the Defense Research Board. (DS)

Mexican-American and Anglo-American junior high and high school students of the lower socioeconomic class were administered an attitude towards education scale and a projective technique consisting of pictures for which they were asked to construct stories. The results showed that Mexican-Americans had expressed views toward education which were…

The Dean of Admissions at Amherst feels that counselors should not reveal personal student data to anyone unless cleared with the student; improper use of testing should continue to be attacked; and that students be advised that responsibility for learning is theirs and not the college's. (CJ)

Adapted from author's doctoral dissertation, the Catholic University of America. (JJ)

Paper was presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30--April 3, 1969.

Undergraduate students completed a regular class test of 35 multiple-choice items, interspersed with five humorous verbal items written in multiple-choice format or selected syndicated cartoons. A questionnaire revealed that, although student perceptions of test humor were positive, they were less positive about verbal items. (Author/CM)

The effects of corrective testing and how such feedback might affect high- and low-test-anxious students differently are indicated. Subjects were 286 college students in three classes--one using mastery testing and two using multiple choice tests. (Author/PN)

Results from testing long division with students from age 11 to Continuing Education were traced. A much higher percentage of wrong answers was given when there was an embedded zero in the answer. (MNS)

Dialogue from an interview with a child about division basic facts is presented. The facts are considered by groups, and specific errors are noted. Finally, remediation ideas are given. (MNS)