The study examined the process by which diagnostic data on children thought to have learning disabilities (LD) are generated and used. Emphasis was placed on the validity of test instruments in common use in the field. Since part of the practical validity of any instrument used to identify an LD child rests on the validity of the LD construct…

The problem of improving the quality of incoming college students and practicing fairness in admissions was studied at Boston College. The study sample was over 2000 accepted applicants who completed an admissions questionnaire. A systematic admissions procedure is described that provides an index of applicant "quality," and the rating…

A recategorization system developed by Bannatyne to categorize subtest scatter from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) is used as an alternative to isolated analysis of each individual subtest. Reading disabled, learning disabled, and educable mentally handicapped students are categorized according to their performance…

THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN THE ART OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND RESEARCH. MUCH OF THIS WORK, EXAMPLES OF WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN THE INTRODUCTORY PORTION OF THIS DOCUMENT, HAS BEEN MERELY ANECDOTAL. OF CONCERN IN THIS STUDY ARE (1) THE FORMULATION OF OBJECTIVE PROCEDURES TO ASSESS THE DEVELOPMENTAL DRAWING…

PAPERS PRESENTED AT A 1957 CONFERENCE ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF CREATIVE SCIENTIFIC TALENT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. RESEARCH STUDIES AND POSITION PAPERS DEAL WITH THE NATURE, MEASUREMENT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY. STUDIES THAT EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN (1) UNDERGRADUATE GRADES AND RESEARCH ABILITY, (2) COMMUNICATIONS…

THE CURRENT INFLEXIBILITY OF BUSINESS AND COLLEGES IN WANTING TO USE ONLY "CREDENTIALED" PEOPLE (I.E. THOSE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR COLLEGE DEGREE) IS ACTING AS A BARRIER TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION. TO COMBAT THIS, IT IS NECESSARY THAT (1) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BOTH CONTINUE AND AUGMENT…

The manual sets forth regulatory and procedural guidelines for serving exceptional students in Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). The following topics are among those addressed: referral procedures; case study committee; assessment, evaluation, and placement procedures; descriptions of programs for exceptional children and youth…

Four papers focus on efforts to implement P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The first outlines preservice and inservice approaches to teacher education, including introduction of the law in a course on the exceptional child which is required for all undergraduate education majors, and cooperation with a regional resource…

In 1968, the Amerindian nomads of southeast Surinam, South America known as the Akuriyo were rediscovered by the West Indies Mission through the Wayana and Trio Indians with whom the Mission worked in Surinam. Although the Akuriyo had always been suspicious of other peoples, they soon realized the missionaries and the Trio meant them no harm.…

In an examination of some relationships between culture, assertiveness, decisionmaking, and self image among Chinese Americans, this paper focuses on themes such as: (1) how cultural factors impinge on individual capability to be assertive; (2) specific ways in which cultural conditioning affects decisionmaking skills and other behavior patterns;…

To evaluate the usefulness of standardized achievement tests in assessing pre-university academic achievement and aptitude, the Council of Ontario Universities administered tests to incoming freshmen at four Ontario universities, and also examined their high school and subsequent university performance. The tests were designed to measure…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP), A MULTIFACETED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. SUPPORTED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY EIP INCLUDE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY, AIMED AT…

The lack of integration in children with learning disabilities is discussed, and the need presented for early identification and special education. Recommendations are made for times for screening and areas of learning to be assessed from kindergarten through high school. Observation of behavior in preschool children in the realms of attention,…

Little is known about the teaching effectiveness of instructional media, particularly film and television. Accumulated research evidence applies to a generalized "average student," and thus to no one. There has been little concern for individual differences in interaction with instructional-media variables. The problem lies with the design of…

Seventy culturally deprived preschool children, primarily of Mexican-American ethnicity, were chosen to participate in this study of self-perception. One of the most important aspects of a child's personality development concerns the conceptions he has of himself. It is posited that two important influences upon these conceptions are (1)…