Multidimensional scaling of the decision patterns of 20 university boards of trustees placed them on two dimensions that differentiated among boards showing the following general patterns: (1) decisions concentrated on highly specific personnel matters; (2) decisions spanning a range of policy levels, from those setting broad policy through…

The contribution to learning of the learning materials' arousal properties was investigated using degree of interest of the stimulus and response terms as the index of arousal. Words equated on meaningfulness, imagery, and concreteness and rated as high (H), medium (M), and low (L) in interest were used to represent the 3 levels of interest, and…

As part of a process of restructuring a city-wide testing program in Madison, Wisconsin, members of the school staff were surveyed concerning their perception of priorities for a testing program. The survey list, presented in Table I, was developed from a pool of items contributed by representative members of the staff. As a result of the survey,…

Proves the influence of three variables on election outcomes and demonstrates the potential utility of the panel design for detecting causality in analyses of political data. (RB)

A study investigated whether increasing the motivation/interest for children and their families to engage in more frequent and higher quality shared book reading interactions will significantly increase the vocabulary and reading/reading readiness abilities of school-aged and preschool children. Subjects were 30 preschool and 30 school-aged…

This is a report on research designed to test an attitude-consumption hypothesis, that student interest in economics relates to the quantity of learning and incidence of taking courses in economics. (Author/JH)

The high positive or negative relationships between many of the sclaes enhance the use of the Basic Scales as aids in determining which specific interest factors contribute most to high or low scores on the empirical scales. The scores on the Basic Scales were closely associated with Like" and Dislike" responses. (Author)

Describes research study comparing expressed interests of upper middle and upper lower class fourth grade children and the implications of results for school program planning. (DR)

Findings partially support assumption that educational interests are factors related to academic success. Seven areas of the Educational Interest Inventory used were: Business Administration, Botany, Chemistry, History and Political Science, Sociology, Economics, and Mathematics. (Author/CJ)

Interviews were conducted with 723 individuals to determine: (1) if leisure activities have similar or disparate aggregate participation distributions; and (2) if a theoretical distribution describes aggregate participation in leisure. Weekly participation for 30 leisure activities was tested, and the results were compared with those in a national…

A home intervention program was designed for noninstitutionalized elderly women in which they completed a nominal but meaningful task. These women increased their interest in new activities. Simple social visitation to a separate group produced no positive effects and lowered interest in some activities. (Author)

Reports a qualitative study of the incidence of Holland codes in three generations of one family over a 10-year time span. Results show that the stability of codes was high whether or not the codes were consistent. Compatibility indexes between family members and significant others were wide ranging. (RJM)

The central role of interest in determining selection and persistence in processing information is discussed. The effect of individual and text-based interest on cognitive functioning and facilitation of learning, the role of interest in allocation of attention, the associated psychological and physiological processes, and related neurocognitive…

This study investigates the latent structure of individual differences in vocational, leisure, and family interests. The participants consisted of 302 French adults who rated their like or dislike for activities based on Holland's RIASEC typology and presented in three life domains: work, family and leisure. The multitrait-multimethod model…

This article describes the preferences expressed by 16-year-old and 17-year-old boys when they were asked what they want to learn from sex and relationship education classes and how they want to be taught. Research was carried out in eight secondary schools with boys in year 12. Qualitative responses from questionnaires issued to 307 boys were…