Results of two studies investigating children's abilities to use different kinds of cues to infer another's affective state are reported in this paper. In the first study, 48 children (3, 4, and 6 to 7 years of age) were given three different kinds of tasks (interpersonal task, facial recognition task, and vocal recognition task). A cross-age…

This report proposes a pioneering diagnostic taxonomy of adult career problems, describes its development, and documents the results of a pilot test using a preliminary design to validate the taxonomy. The report is based on a study which had four major activities: a literature review of adult career development and pertinent taxonomies, a…

Despite research conducted on the testing of minorities, little attention has been given to the issue of the race and training of the test administrator, i.e., the psychometrist or school psychologist. Black children in the present educational system are most often faced with examiners who are culturally, socially, and economically different from…

This learner's guide is designed to assist middle school students in studying freshwater organisms. Following a brief introduction to freshwater ecology, simple line drawings facilitate the identification of plants and animals common to Florida's freshwater ecosystems. Emphasis of the short text which accompanies each illustration is upon the…

Described are the general procedures and features of the Frank Porter Graham Center's program to prevent retardation by supplementing the lives of poverty level children beginning within 3 months of birth. The goals of the program are noted to include understanding more about the effects of one particular strategy (daycare) on basic biological,…

The predictive value of a child abuse screening instrument on unselected populations is illustrated for varying hypothesized levels of child abuse prevalence to demonstrate outcome of a hypothetical national screening program. At any level of application, the prediction of false positives (nonabusing families labeled as abusing or potentially…

This learning module is designed for the teacher of children in the middle school years. The purpose is to prepare the teacher to foster in the children a positive self-image thus improving their academic achievement and ability to cope with life situations. The module contains self-evaluation tests and perception tests as well as an extensive…

This report presents preliminary findings concerning the utility and validity of a new fuzzy matrix procedure for the measurement and identification of leader emergence and hierarchical structure of leadership in small groups. The instrument was designed to reflect the interactive, perceptual and shared nature of leadership. Several leadership…

The author reviews research on the use of standardized tests to identify bilingual handicapped children. Issues supporting and criticizing standardized measurement are considered, and the author concludes that no test approaching a reasonable level of fairness across cultural groups exists. Research on the psycholinguistic aspects of…

Intended for regular class teachers, the booklet provides information to aid in mainstreaming the emotionally disturbed (ED) child. Sections address the following areas: characteristics of the ED child (identification, theories on behavioral problems, the Pupil Behavior Rating Scale); teaching methods (general guidelines and guidelines for dealing…

A study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between 38 teachers' perceptions of students' oral communication apprehension, and 776 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' self-reports of communication apprehension. The teachers listed the four most apprehensive and the four least apprehensive students in their classrooms, then…

This coloring book portrays endangered animal and plant species of Florida in their natural environment. Each picture is to be colored by the student. On the back of each page bearing the picture to be colored is a description of the animal or plant, its preferred habitat, and the reason the animal or plant is endangered. (RE)

This paper considers the relationships between mathematics, creativity, and the socioeconomically disadvantaged teenager. The aim is to ascertain better how to recognize the mathematically gifted student and then to pursue the question of how best to facilitate his or her learning of mathematics. Research and other literature are analyzed,…

This report outlines the activities of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) in four areas: (1) Discovery (finding the talented); (2) Description (further study of the ablest of them); (3) Development (helping the talent-search participants educationally); and (4) Dissemination (helping others use SMPY's principles, practices, and…

A questionnaire survey of 565 professionals in seven occupational and organizational contexts (physicians, psychiatrists, elementary school counselors and principals, public and private social workers, and police officers) in Rhode Island was undertaken to investigate the process by which child abuse is defined and identified. In addition to the…