Age, intellectual ability, and interpersonal adjustment were the factors which contributed most to accurate social perceptions by students in grades 3 and 5. This article is based on a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. (MH)

Highlights four years of experience at a day care center serving 80 children, between three and six years of age, on Manhattan's West Side. Center uses small groups as a modality for improving learning. (Authors/JM)

The results indicate that emotionally disturbed boys put a greater distance between pairs of human figures than the control group, but not more than their male siblings. Unexpectedly, the groups did not differ in their separation of the mother and son figures. (Author)

The data provided evidence in support of the theoretical point of view that role discrepancies explain a considerable amount of the variation in marital satisfaction. In addition, evidence was found that it is meaningful to take the importance variable into account in understanding the relationship between role discrepancy and marital…

The authors bring together findings from research dealing with the effects of father absence in children's development. (WY)

Socialization of affective and moral components of the personality is usually conceived of as completed by the end of adolescence. In contrast, this paper analyzes certain aspects of undergraduate college education which constitute a new level of socialization; although to a degree previously extant, it never before involved such a mass population…

For future studies to prove their value in those nations seeking to advance rapidly and to raise the standard of living of their inhabitants, they will need to develop new methods and new goals. Some of these are suggested and discussed. (Author/RM)

Urban education is an education for the interdependent living for all sorts and conditions of people, and school desegregation is a manifestation of the urban education movement. The evidence informs us that members of all racial populations tend to make a more appropriate assessment of their talents after experiencing desegregation. (Author/CM)

Four features of early adolescent friendship have received the greatest attention in the literature: intimacy of conversations, friends' responsiveness to each other's needs and desires, the degree of similarity or complementarity between friends, and the stability of friendships over time. Each of these features and its potential effect on the…

The nature of the socio-technical theory, which is emerging as an alternative to the systems-efficiency model, is discussed. It is felt that the systems-efficiency models of education are out of touch with the personal, subjective, and creative aspects of human reality. (CJ)

The most critical problem for deaf children is the lack of communication and its effect on social development. Play and physical education activities provide deaf children with opportunities for socialization and motor growth. Sixteen movement activities are offered that can be implemented in homogeneous or mainstreaming situations. (JN)

The relations between work experience and (1) business, economic, and consumer knowledge; (2) school performance; and (3) school involvement were examined. It was found that the negative impact of working on school performance, related to hours worked per week, is balanced somewhat by the acquisition of practical knowledge. (PN)

Experiential learning is especially important in these times when young people are exposed to a tremendous abundance of information but are denied the stimulation, difficulties, dangers, and richness that used to be an integral part of American family life. (Author/GC)