This article presents a psychological definition of values and defines ways of measuring them. It also reports results of a study dealing with the evolution of educational values of different groups of students, and high school and college levels (N=400), and a comparison between the students' values and those of a group of teachers. (Author)

Illustrates how a counselor in his teacher-consultation role was able to model in the classroom the use of encouragement methods to improve the achievement and attending behavior of a seventh grade student. The author describes the specific procedures which were used and provides data to evaluate the result. (Author)

Three studies explored some of the dimensions of the present crisis facing the Catholic church. A scale was developed to assess the liberal-conservative nature of this conflict. Liberal religious attitudes were associated with degree and amount of liberal religious education and with achievement, motivation, and intelligence within a liberal…

Some research suggests that improvement in psychotherapy is related to the degree that a patient adopts his therapist's evaluative attitudes. This article was designed to pursue the possibility of predicting the outcomes of group psychotherapy using attitude theory. (Author)

Three classes of baccalaureate nursing students were administered the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values as part of a longitudinal study, the four times during their three year course of study. The results indicate a decline in Religious Value and an increase in Aesthetic Value. (Author/EK)

The conditions under which college students indicated that the employment of violence would be justified were assessed in open-ended questionnaire. Students were most prone to justify violence against strangers while most reluctant to justify violence against policemen. Responses justifying violence were more common when referring to nonpolitical…

This study represents an attempt to examine ways in which anxiety, achievement and affiliation motivation and dogmatism influence the academic performance of undergraduates under structured instructional conditions. The study provides strong supporting evidence for the notion that personality patterns do influence academic achievement under the…

The essential components of self-paced systems are frequently prohibitive in cost for implementation for all students. Selection of students who can profit most from individualized programs can be made by choosing students in upper and lower extremes in mental ability who possess certain elements in their cognitive styles. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible changes that could occur in knowledge and interest when a lecture-demonstration approach is reinforced with an outdoor experience. (Author)

Tries to determine if women students and their parents are in basic agreement or disagreement regarding college and university policies. Results showed that both students and parents held liberal, non-restrictive attitudes on seven of ten attitude items. (Author/PC)

This issue focuses on racial discrimination in athletic competition in the United States. Data supports the contention that the employment of Blacks in Big Ten universities in virtually nonexistent at every level of athletics. Articles document the unequal treatment and exploitation of Black athletes in the areas of education, academic advising,…

Thirty-six undergraduate psychology students who had high measured test anxiety were randomly assigned to one of three groups: covert reinforcement, placebo control, and no-treatment control. Pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow-up scores were obtained on three criterion measures. The findings supported the use of covert reinforcement for…

Investigates the differences in educational and vocational aspirations of Anglo, Mexican-American, and Negro adolescents. Combines a cross-sectional approach, a repeated measurement design with matched groups, and a longitudinal approach. Discusses the counteracting effects of the increasing age of subjects and of the epogenic influences.…

Complementary research projects on the socio-culturally disadvantaged child, conducted in four Belgium Universities under the auspices of the Bernard Van Leer Foundation, are described with respect to their basic approaches, methodology, and findings. (EH)

This summary paper of the Educational Research Symposium on the "Socio-Culturally Handicapped" details the major themes of the conference, and lists recommendations for further involvement for the Council of Europe in this area. (EH)