Recent commentary has suggested that the relatively high fertility of poorly educated women tends to dampen the average intellectual qualifications of the population. To evaluate this claim requires a model of population growth that takes account of fertility differences among women with varying levels of educational attainment and patterns of…

In the United States, growth retardation is higher among low-income children, with adverse cognitive effects of undernutrition more prevalent when combined with poverty. This study examined anthropometric indicators of physical development and their relationship to motor and cognitive development in Head Start children. Motor integration and…

This issue of a research journal on gifted education examines a number of research projects that delve into questions of how family life affects intelligence, especially among gifted children. Specific articles include: (1) "Are We Raising Smarter Children Today?" (Wendy M. Williams), which discusses the effects of school-related factors…

Presents comparative racial data on unwed mothers concerning disposition of offspring and their own marital decisions, and interprets findings in context of more general discussion of marriage reasons among women. Portions of paper presented at Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, 1964. (Author/CJ)

Challenges the Moynihan thesis that stereotypes lower-class black families as matriarchal, pathological, and approaching a state of complete breakdown." Argues that such a view, in reality, is not supported by a convincing body of social research. (RJ)

Results are interpreted in terms of role theory and sibling rivalry, and have application for school practice. (Author)

Examines the effects of using standardized achievement test scores as primary admission criteria for college admission on the birth order composition of the professions and the range of vocational interests in the general educated public. (JM)

Reprints from: E.H. Fischer, Department of Psychology, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.

Describes aspects of the father's role from the birthing process through the infant, preschool, and kindergarten-primary years and into the elementary and middle years of childhood. (RH)

The new wave of youngsters in city schools will require remedial help out of proportion to the financial and political resources that cities will be able to invest in schools. (Author/JM)

The impact of demographic developments upon higher education is discussed, including the educational policy planning issue of how to meet cyclical developments in student enrollment. The teacher market in general and the faculty market in particular are described. (Author/MLW)

Mothers of children attending nursery schools completed the Behavior Style Questionnaire (BSQ) from which scores for nine temperament categories were derived. Found membership in groups based on factor scores independent of sex, socioeconomic class, age but not ordinal birth position. (Author)

Administered two questionnaires to 800 Israeli subjects which examine the affiliation need in four groups of situations. No differences were found between first and later-borns in their tendency to associate with others. Results showed significant interaction between sex and specific situational factors. (Author/RC)

Four people who were extremely active in shaping the schools of the sixties and who remain active today offer their opinions on what should be applied to the new schools of the next decade. (Author/MLF)

For the 326 college freshmen studied, neither birth order nor sibling gender was found to relate significantly to first-quarter college grade point average (GPA). Female subjects earned significantly higher GPAs than males. Results supplied little support for the commonly assumed achievement superiority of first-born children. (Author/SJL)