The purpose of this study was to make a comprehensive survey of the educational and occupational aspirations and expectations of high school sophomores and seniors in the El Paso and Ysleta school districts (El Paso, Texas). Group-administered questionnaires were used to obtain the information from the 590 randomly sampled students (5% of the…

Noun-pair learning in twelfth graders was assessed as a function of ethnicity, I.Q., and instructional conditions. Learners instructed to generate sentences performed better than control group learners. The relationship between instructional conditions and I.Q. was significant, but ethnicity was not. Spontaneous elaboration is discussed as a…

Three measures of field dependence were used to determine whether: (1) Mexican American students are more field dependent than Anglo Americans; (2) intercorrelations between the tests are significant and comparable for both cultures; and (3) field dependence significantly affects academic performance. These assumptions were generally not…

Examines one factor of acculturation--the concentration of ethnics in a community--which can limit the salience of the host culture and increase the salience of the ethnic culture. Focusing on the acculturation of Hispanics in Anglo culture, notes that the concentration of Hispanics in a community was positively related to certain Spanish-language…

The contemporary problem of culture-fair selection exists largely because currently used predictors provide only weak prediction of college success. The Scholastic Aptitude Test may add little to the validity of High School Grade Point Average as a predictor of Grade Point Average. When this occurs for ethnic minorities who score low on the SAT,…

Participant observation is a classic qualitative methodology in which the researcher is immersed in the particular setting as a participant, rather than an outside observer. In this pilot study of an Even Start program, the methodology was modified by using actual program participants as observers and reporters. This enabled the crossing of…

Investigated the relationship between aging and church attendance, religiosity, and prayer in a longitudinal study of 338 older Mexican Americans and Anglos. Results showed church attendance and prayer remained stable over time; religiosity increased somewhat. Only church attendance showed a significant effect on life satisfaction, particularly…

A study of differences in the problem-solving skills of Black, Anglo, and Chicano adolescents from rural Texas found that: (1) Reading achievement played a major role in problem-solving; and (2) No significant sex or ethnic differences were revealed. (PP)

Compared the factor structure of a modified Behavior Problem Checklist for groups of Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children from low socioeconomic-class families. Only the Anxiety-Withdrawal dimension exhibited strong cross-cultural similarity. Results suggest that emergent classification systems should allow for cultural variation…

Elementary school teachers use cooperative group classroom structures more often than expected. Teacher behaviors and classroom structures are related to the self-orientation and self-esteem of Anglo-American and Mexican American children in a culturally relative pattern. Teacher behaviors are significantly related to positive classroom climates…

Under realistic individual testing conditions there is consistency between the factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) with Anglo and bilingual Mexican American children. This investigation failed to indicate any unfairness to the Mexican American child on the WISC-R. (Author)

Notes similarities and differences of pretherapy expectations for psychotherapists, length of time in therapy, and definitions of mental illness among 44 Mexican American and 48 Anglo American low income out-patients at an East Los Angeles mental health clinic. (SB)

Matched samples of Mexican American and Anglo children with learning difficulty referrals were compared on WISC-R subtest performance. The Mexican Americans scored significantly lower on Similarities, Arithmetic, and Picture Completion. Their Verbal and Performance IQ score discrepancies suggest that the major educational problem of this group is…