Examines the joint effects of race, gender, social class, and family organization on a number of indicators of family interaction, anti-social behavior patterns, educational aspirations, and gender role concepts, using data collected from a random sample of the 14 to 18 year old population of Illinois. (Author/JM)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether previous research in the area of premature termination had confounded personality with social class variables. (Author)

Curriculum materials and school regulations are examined in terms of how the capitalistic school utilizes them to inculcate the ideologies of the dominant class. (AM)

This discussion takes the view that poverty and school failure are not the results of natural disabilities, but rather they are the result of a conflict in our society between two opposed cultures; and that the conflict will not be resolved in any favorable way unless the dominant culture recognizes the values of the dominated culture, and changes…

The relationship between field independence, intelligence, and social class was investigated in a group of 150 kindergarten, second, and third grade children. The effect of social class upon field independence was also studied after controlling for intelligence. The Portable Rod and Frame Test was administered ten times using instructions…

After a brief description of third force coalitions and their goals, this research attempts to determine what areas of consensus unite such groups and what issues or opinions can potentially divide them. A Q factor analysis is employed to establish a methodology for identifying language that has appeal to various opinion groups. Respondents in…

To effectively address minority educational concerns, educators must understand and be sensitive to minority group students' cultural and social differences. In addressing the unmet educational needs of gifted and talented minority students, they must recognize the fact that minority cultures are "legitimate" and that the influence of these…

This research project focuses on the socialization of young women, and whether that socialization is affected by the sex of the siblings with whom a girl is reared. Specifically, it is argued that sex role differentiation will be stronger when the family includes both male and female children. Subjects were 939 women, 14 to 24 years of age, who…

One part of this review of research contains summaries of studies offering sociogenic or psychogenic explanations for the behavior of members of different social classes. The former position, which deemphasizes the importance of child rearing practices in the socialization process, maintains that the adult personality modal to a particular class…

Colleges should implement cafeteria composition (a widely varied program of composition) in order to acknowledge the huge variety of educational needs, educational objectives, and socially useful functions to which colleges must respond. As a prelude to this argument, the educational philosophies of Miller and Smitherman may be reviewed. Miller…

The procedures by which children from lower and middle class backgrounds attempt to obtain rewarding outcomes from each other were observed under semicontrolled conditions. Ten male and 9 female dyads, each composed of 1 middle class and 1 lower class preschool child, were required to complete 12 simple block puzzles in which each was given some…

The authors investigate MacDonald's (1969) hypothesis that a sex by birth order interaction should be observed in measures related to sex typing. Since first borns are more thoroughly socialized, MacDonald reasons, and since parental expectations differ according to the child's sex, then first born boys and girls on sex typed variables.…

The author has identified a set of creative positives that occur frequently among disadvantaged children and upon which can be built successful educational programs. Many of these characteristics have commonly been regarded as educational deficits, but he contends that these qualities are positive strengths which can be capitalized on to…

Focuses on a sample composed of 52 black economically secure families and finds that these families present a picture of husband and wife jointly working together in the maintenance of their families and in making decisions about their lives. This research suggests that, among some black working class families, the wife dominant relationship does…

Results were interpreted as suggesting that sociocultural factors may change the rate of development but not its course. (Author/JMB)