This study provides a descriptive statistical analysis of the incidence of students who participate in the federal free/reduced lunch program and who are identified for a gifted education program at three Kentucky middle schools. There are 2,000 students enrolled in the three schools and the free/reduced lunch incidence varies from 60 percent to…

In a phase of education as relatively new as the education of exceptional children, concepts and practices are constantly expanding and changing. These changes have been accompanied by an increasing recognition of the value of the work done by special education personnel in State departments of education; relatively little attention, however, has…

In connection with the new SAT that was introduced in March 2005, research has been under way to investigate the feasibility of providing examinees with score reports that contain feedback on skills measured by the critical reading, mathematics, and writing sections of the test. The main purpose of this study was to estimate the reliability of the…

A study relates junior grade point average, student birth year, assertion inventory scores, previous organizational leadership and membership roles, volunteer experience, and work experience to later performance ratings in an undergraduate fieldwork program. Younger students with higher grade point averages performed better in the fieldwork…

A statistical outline is given of female dental school faculty in 1970-71, 1973-74, and 1979-80, broken down by primary teaching area, type of appointment (full- or part-time), earned degree, and academic rank. The trend is toward increased female faculty with dental degrees, especially in clinical departments and at lower ranks. (MSE)

A follow-up survey on senior medical students in North Carolina tracing their professional orientations since their freshman year is reported. Focus is on their attitudes toward four issues: physician-patient relationships; political and economic changes in medicine; treatment of women physicians and patients; and maldistribution of physicians.…

Data are presented from an annual survey of law school libraries, including salary ranges and fringe benefits of head librarians and professional staff. Data for each institution: collection size and content; staffing; hours; budgets for compensation and library materials; facilities, students, and faculty. Available from Am. Assoc. Law Libraries,…

Enrollment of pharmacy and nonpharmacy students in graduate courses in the biological sciences within pharmacy are examined. Suggestions are made for assessing the relative quality of these students, for finding the reason for an upswing in nonpharmacy enrollments in the biological sciences, and for recruiting pharmacy students to this area. (MSE)

The federal role in postsecondary education is seen as a complex one, with over 400 separate legislative provisions to influence federal spending for higher education. Virtually every federal agency is said to be involved in some manner. The performance of the Carter administration in higher education is evaluated. (MLW)

This study sought to develop and verify the Index of Science Reading Awareness (ISRA) based on a model of an efficient, successful interactive-constructive science reader and three independent metacognitive awareness domains. Results did not support the assumption about the three independent metacognitive awareness domains and also indicated that…

Examines the morpho-syntax of task-based interaction and reports some possible grammatical consequences of interaction in split and shared information tasks undertaken by adult second language learners of English. Results indicate that communication tasks for language learning can be designed to influence the use of particular linguistic…

Presents objectives, methodology, and results from a binary model that studies data from a 1987 nationwide survey of high school students taking the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). Links current economics class performance to perceived usefulness of additional economics courses. Advocates curriculum reassessment. Includes tables showing results.…

Examines the importance of students' participation in cultural activities as a source of differentiation in the higher education plans of Australian secondary school students. Finds that cultural consumption has a major impact upon boys and a moderate impact upon girls. Proposes that cultural consumption mediates the relationship between social…

Explores the determining factors which influence the dropout rates among Hispanics by analyzing and comparing Chicano, Cuban and Puerto Rican student populations. Factors identified include confrontation, accelerated role taking, social background, school environment, sociopsychological motivation, and immigrant status. Suggests that school…

Discusses the adoption of computer technology at universities and examines reasons why some professors don't use computers. Topics discussed include computer applications, including artificial intelligence, social science research, statistical analysis, and cooperative research; appropriateness of the technology for the task; the Computer Aptitude…