Using a factor analytic procedure, results indicated the presence of a major factor termed Concern with Being an Effective Teacher,'' which reflects the teacher's concern with generating a classroom environment conductive to effective learning and social growth. (Authors/CB)

Analysis showed that a word problem is difficult to solve if: it is of a different type from the problem that preceded it; its solution requires a large number of different operations; its surface structure is complex; it has a large number of words; or it requires a conversion of units. (Authors)

The mental growth patterns of 204 children were investigated on four different test occasions covering a five-year period, ages six to 11. There is no evidence of intellectual differentiation after age six nor is there a systematic decline in size of WISC subtest intercorrelations with increasing age. (Authors)

Review of the factor matrix indicated that Piagetian reasoning tasks involve abilities separate from those measured by standard tests of intelligence and achievement. (Authors)

A significant relationship was found between motor abilities and measures of academic aptitude and academic achievement for first-grade boys. No significant relationship was obtained between motor abilities and the 2 criterion measures of academic aptitude and academic achievement for the group of third-grade boys. (Author)

Data from 431 children in grades 3-10 on a personal space task were pooled into 4 sex-age groups and separately factor analyzed. (Authors)

Examines the factor structure of the Survey of Work Values for a sample of White South African males. States that number of factors and item composition of factors differed from results of previous research due to cultural differences between South African and American samples. (CMG)

The 10 subtests comprising the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC-R) were independently factor analyzed for middle (N=107) and low (N=158) socioeconomic status children. After testing for equivalence of covariance matrices between the two groups, coefficients of congruence between factors were calculated. These coefficients…

Reviewed studies of the group curative process that have employed Yalom's description of group curative factors. The studies reviewed demonstrated consistency regarding the highly ranked curative factors, and raised issues regarding interrelatedness and valuing of the factors across varying groups. (JAC)

The present study compared the factor structures obtained when the same data were factor analyzed: (1) for the total sample (463 fifth grade students) and by sex for collapsed concepts, and (2) by individual concept for the total sample by sex, and for internal and external locus of control groups. (Author/PN)

A factor analysis of responses from 44 female teachers to the Bem Sex-Role Inventory yielded two factors, Masculinity and Femininity accounting for 20.7 and 16.2 percent, respectively, of the common variance. Twenty-eight of 40 items performed as hypothesized while 12 items were not associated with masculine or feminine roles. (Author/RD)

The 10 subscales of the Family Environment Scale did not emerge as 10 factors of the family environment. Seven new subscales were proposed: conflict, group cohesion, structure, religion, activities, verbal-intellectual orientation, and protestant ethic. The first four factors replicated well; the last three factors replicated moderately well.…