Suggests that industrial arts consider casting aside its traditional second place role and become committed to the educational tasks at hand. (GR)

A forced choice test was constructed to determine how well students could discriminate between occupations on the basis of the average intelligence of the members of the various occupational groups. Accuracy at identifying the occupation with the higher average intelligence was significantly worse than chance, because subjects relied exclusively…

On a rated hierarchy of 18 positions within a school system, graduate students rated the counselor as sixth, below teachers. However, this ranking, after further analysis, indicated little influence upon counselor prestige which was relatively high. (CJ)

Survey results suggest that school nurses are a dedicated group of professional people who express enthusiasm about the concept of an expanded role, and seem to have already expanded their traditional role as school and community needs arose which they could accommodate. School nurses envision their expanded role to be that of a dynamic change…

The only real constant in the Montessori method is the materials which are crafted in Europe and involve the tactile sense. Part of a longer special report available from: Grade Teacher Reprints, 23 Leroy Ave., Darien, Conn. 06820. (No. 91291, 75J). (Author/AP)