Shared group consciousness among individuals of ascriptively deprived social categories acts to mobilize strongly identified group members, suggesting that old age identifiers among elderly Americans should also participate in politics at higher rates than those found for non-identified older people. Survey data from both the 1972 and 1976…

THE GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE GIFTED IN ALL OF CHICAGO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO SPECIAL METHODS, CURRICULUMS, CULTURAL DEMONSTRATION CENTERS, GUIDANCE SERVICES, SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COOPERATION, TEACHERS, AND PROGRESS IN PROVIDING FOR THE GIFTED. IT IS INDICATED THAT A WELL-DEFINED, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF EDUCATION FOR THE…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF TALENT IN ADOLESCENCE AND TO IDENTIFY "INDICES OF TALENT" THAT MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN STUDENT BEHAVIOR TO PROVIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE HETEROGENEOULSY GROUPED SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM. THE DESIGN OF THE STUDY WAS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL…

THESE 11 PAPERS WERE PRESENTED AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INSTRUCTORS OF THE BLIND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRESCHOOL SERVICES FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. PHYSICIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE HELD MARCH 28-30, 1965. IN THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS,…

THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY SCHOOLS IS THAT EVERY PUPIL BE EXPECTED TO MAKE THE MOST OF HIS POTENTIALITIES, THAT EVERY PUPIL BE HELPED TO ATTAIN AS HIGH A LEVEL OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AS IS POSSIBLE, THAT THERE BE DELIBERATE PLANS MADE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, AND THAT MAXIMUM LEARNING SITUATIONS BE PROVIDED FOR…

BOOKS INCLUDING NEGRO CHARACTERS ARE LISTED. THE MATERIAL COMMITTEE OF THE GREENBURGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR BOOKS OF THIS TYPE. A LIST OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKS RELATED TO THE NEGRO PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IS ALSO INCLUDED.

AS A RESULT OF A REQUEST BY TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS FOR A LIST OF SUGGESTED INSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUTH IN LARGE URBAN CENTERS, THE COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS HAS DEVELOPED ILLUSTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF CONTENT FOR BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY URBAN SCHOOL TEXTS. ONE MAJOR CONSIDERATION WAS THE NEED FOR…

THE SCHOOLS SERVING DEPRESSED AREAS ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO RETAIN TEACHERS AND TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL TRAINED TEACHERS TO FILL INCREASING NUMBERS OF VACANCIES. SOCIOECONOMIC, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO DISADVANTAGEMENT ARE COMPOUNDED WHEN MET WITH THE OBJECTIVE SCREENING MEASURES FOR COLLEGE…

This self-administered Likert scale is designed to measure female and male attitudes toward the feminine role. Use is designed for college age and adult women and men. The Inventory consists of 34 statements, each expressing a value related to women's needs, rights and obligations in her relationship with men, children, and the world in general.…

A model of identity formation, based on the cognitive developmental stages of social perspective-taking, was tested to determine if identity is achievable through cognitive strategies of considering the self in relation to friends, family, peers, and society. Two separate studies, one involving college students (N=28) and one involving high school…

A study was conducted to examine young children's perceptions of television characters. Three preschool children were observed intensively for three years, with supplemental information gained from parents' diaries and interviews. As the children watched television and as they engaged in television-related play, their verbal descriptions and…

The manual describes the Maximize Talent program, a low budget offering for elementary gifted students. The program is said to rely on community tutors to provide creativity and problem solving experiences. Sections focus on the background (issues and problems in gifted education); program development (including sample budgets and job…

The paper reports findings of a 4 year investigation of changes that have taken place across the country with regard to the education of gifted and talented children. Data were obtained on an annual basis from direct informational questionnaires sent to individual state consultants for the gifted and talented. The investigation was constructed and…

During the last 10-15 years, there has been a burgeoning interest in ethnicity as a variable in research on objective personality assessment, particularly with respect to black-white differences. Racial differences in responses to items on the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) were investigated to identify nonpathological differences…

A key concept in understanding a person's lifestyle is family constellation. Data on birth order and ordinal position of a child in the family can provide the trained observer with an immediate impression of grouping within the family and the position an individual perceives himself to hold. Observers trained in lifestyle assessment sought to…