Reports two studies investigating how performance information affects interpersonal attraction in children. In both experiments children worked on perceptual problems in simulated groups, received feedback about their own and other group members' performance, and then indicated their desire to interact with selected group members in various…

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) was administered to (N=72) elementary school children. Compared three methods of pretest rapport establishment for each of two age groups. Results found no significant differences on WISC-R scores as a result of the interaction of age and familiarity conditions. (Author)

Responses to the revised version of the Anticipated Task-Orientation (ATO) Scale of 261 undergraduates were factor analyzed. Items associated with communication performance and motivation were similar to those in the original ATO instrument. Items composing the self-confidence factor were loaded on the communication performance factor in the…

The selection of an instructional format is a complex process. Making the selection requires examining not only performance technology but also the technology of survival. Several possible factors to consider are examined, including the political and fiscal considerations. (CT)

Determined that perceived effort and ability of a low-performing group member had an impact on the other members' liking for the low-performing member. Results indicated that when future contact in work or social settings was assumed, group members expressed greater attraction to high-effort than to low-effort partners. (Author/DB)

A study of feedback delay, expectation, and development was conducted in grades four, six, and eight, to assess whether feedback on a school related learning task serves an informational or reinforcing function. Results indicate that feedback serves an informational function and delayed feedback facilitates retention, contrary to reinforcement…

The effects of test setting (home vs classroom) on the sensorimotor performance of seven Down's syndrome infants were examined. Results indicated that test performance was minimally affected by test setting, but that intrasetting interindividual invariance in performance was less stable when the subjects were tested in a classroom environment.…

Highlights some research findings concerning whether procedures used by shorthand teachers do in fact represent the most effective methodology for the teaching and learning of shorthand. Discusses accuracy, reading, homework, dictation materials, dictation and recording skills, individualized instruction, and transcription. (CT)

Should student personnel departments implement MBO (management by objectives)? Yes. Experience and research have shown that MBO can have a positive effect on key aspects of campus management. To do this, however, the college must make a substantial, ongoing commitment to the program, and the program must have campus-wide support at all levels.…

Reports on the development and measurement of a course to improve the communicative performance of tax enforcement officers. Includes an account of a unique content-analytic system for measuring communicative performance in situations considered flexibly formulaic transactions with objectives and prescribed strategies. (JMF)

Due to budgetary restraints, two major tasks confronting the physical education profession are: (1) to increase the overall productivity of the staff; and (2) to identify and weed out nonproductive faculty. An evaluative instrument is presented which measures nonteaching performance in a university department. (JN)

Conditions evolving from educational retrenchment which affect the performance of teacher educators are described. Sources of conflict include institutional and personal demands, elitism and the needs to do research and to publish, and other factors affecting professional performance. (JN)

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of note taking and reviewing on learning from text. The findings supported the encoding function of note taking and demonstrated that unguided elaboration hindered performance on teacher-made tests. (Author/GK)

Identified groups with high and low levels of mistrust of Whites. Half of the participants in each group were then administered the WAIS by a white examiner. The remaining were tested by a Black examiner. The Black examiner-high mistrust group scored significantly higher than the White examiner-high mistrust group. (Author)

Presents evidence from a New York study which indicates that some teachers may be using invalid, nonacademic criteria to place students in remedial reading programs, and suggests that the resulting deviant stigmatizing effects on these students may be inhibiting their academic and social development. (JD)