One hundred and fifteen students in Grade 5 made human figure drawings which were compared with their scores on the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory and on teachers' ratings of the students' self-esteem. (Author)

Based on the frequency of citations in the "Social Sciences Citation Index," characteristics of 24 prominent articles published between 1976 and 1985 in the field of mental retardation were compared with randomly selected articles on such characteristics as authors, journals, funding source, research design, institutional affiliation, and content…

The weights and centers of gravity of various body segments were compared in male and female subjects. (GW)

The authors discuss use of the Lindgren-Pauly Body Image Scale in the surgical and hormonal treatment of transsexuals. Psychological implications are also presented. (HLM)

Five studies in vocational education and related fields were presented: influences of educational experience on students' perceptions of business, nurse career mobility, work commitment differences among disadvantaged groups, teacher's guide influence for writing affective behavioral objectives, and organizational and operational changes in school…

Explains a nine-year research project involving beginning shorthand classes. (Editor)

Galvanic skin responses of 160 mentally retarded and 160 nonretarded adults from a prior study were reanalyzed in terms of separate frequency and amplitude measures. (Author)

Discusses four points related to the coordination and management of large scale educational research projects: 1) the need for "project visibility; 2) the basic features of a Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart; 3) recommendations for implementing PERT; and 4) an application of PERT to a large scale project at Educational…