Shows a variety of grades assigned to the same five papers by eight journalism instructors, indicating that grades are products of many factors that receive varying emphasis from different teachers. (RL)

A commentary is made on each of five symposium papers on the unification of cognitive process theory and differential psychology. Future research directions are reviewed within a new theoretical framework as to the process nature of aptitudes and general intelligence. Future psychometric directions and educational implications are discussed. (RD)

The Economic Conservatism Scale was administered to adult college students enrolled in four evening courses. The courses were of four types: engineering technology, business, humanities, and social science. Significant differences were found. (Author)

School districts should let parents, students, and teachers establish alternative schools to accommodate differences in learning styles. (Author)

Contends that the mainstreaming effort can lead to breaking down of stereotypes and enables all citizens to participate as contributing members of society. Introduces an elementary level unit, "Likenessess and Differences among People in the Community, Nation, and the World," designed to identify similarities among individuals and to minimize…

The rhetoric of American public education abounds with admonitions to adapt instruction to individual differences and to "humanize" the educational process. However, in practice, especially below the collegiate level, students are guided toward conformity with subjective standards, and those who do not fit are perceived as having deficits to…

Two groups of college seniors (N=106) were compared on factors affecting feminine career choice and career development. Three factors pertained to feminine role perception. The remaining four were concerned with sex-role stereotyping and various aspects of family background. (Author)

After presenting the attributional model, this paper reviews research on individual differences in beliefs about causes of success and failure. Studies illustrating differential performance on achievement-related tasks by individuals who differ in their attributions are reviewed. Causal perceptions of success and failure should be considered, in…

From research findings on job design and redesign, the authors conclude that all individuals may not approve job enrichment programs which may actually decrease job satisfaction. Although job satisfaction may increase with age, individual differences and other variables make research results inconclusive. (MF)

This research was concerned with how the manner of encoding words for retention is affected by individual differences in text anxiety, and how various orienting tasks might interact with anxiety differences in determining retention. (Author/RK)

Patterns of relationships between 96 adolescents' cognitive and verbal domains suggest a three-level cognitive complexity continuum: Level 1, a creative, analytic, flexible, differentiating mode; Level 2, a person-oriented, moderately complex functioning level; and Level 3, an inflexible, concrete, simplistic mode of operation. (RL)

Ethnicity is an important part of Canadian life. There is no magic formula for counseling "ethnic" students. Ethnic differences create some problems, but add spice and color to Canadian classrooms. Knowledge, understanding, sensitivity, acceptance, and mutual trust help to dissipate the problems. (Author)

Results indicate that pre-flight students and college males of the same age range differ on several aspects of novelty and sensation seeking and that in both samples studied, the variables are relatively independent of measured ability and academic course performance. (Author/DEP)

Describes a program designed to help children learn respect for themselves and for others. Briefly discusses two approaches which are part of 270 activities contained in a book developed in connection with the program. (BR)