A five-part analysis describes interracial interaction disability, two attempts to modify racial imbalance, how research was translated from the laboratory to a field setting, a report on an experimental school, and a summary of the modifications of expectation and the redesign of schools to support equal status behavior. (Author/KM)

The responses of 20 trainable retarded children, 10 to 16 years of age, and 20 nonretarded 4- to 5-year-old children to social and nonsocial matching-to-sample tasks were compared during the extinction period which followed the use of social and nonsocial rewards. (Author)

The author distinguishes between social worker accountability, a product of intent, and effectiveness, the level of performance that derives from being accountable. It should be sufficient, he feels, to demonstrate that the profession is acting accountably. Client expectations, social worker-supervisor interaction, and social work education are…

The need is for a massive coordinated effort to continuously educate parents, teachers, and the adult citizenry on the importance of how to positively perceive and act toward children. (Author)

The University of Minnesota has pioneered in establishing future-oriented courses and curricula and now ranks as one of the world's leading centers of future studies. Article describes the Minnesota experience and offers suggestions to other institutions that want to futurize themselves. (Author)

Spontaneous and model-induced production of a valuational style of inquiry was studied in 128 third-grade children. (Authors)

The impact of expectations about student performance and ability is illustrated by four research studies; attention is drawn to the cooperative nature of this phenomenon. (Author)

The data indicates that the degree of agreement in judging behaviour varies according to the action under consideration and, additionally, for some behaviours, between sexes. (Editor)

Study reports an analysis of basic assumptions underlying the Mental Grade and Years in School methods for determining reading expectancy. (Authors)

Study is concerned with the concept of teacher expectancy as it relates to first grade reading achievement when teacher perceptions of pupils have not been artificially induced. (Author/RK)