Israeli children of Jewish parents from Europe and America had higher average achievement test scores than did the children of Jewish fathers from Africa and Asia outside of Israel. The difference in means between the two groups did not increase between grade four and grade six. (CTM)

As predicted, subjects scored higher on subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children which they had rated positively than on those which they had rated negatively. This positive reinforcement value effect supports the purposeful human image advanced by logical learning theory. No racial or social class differences were seen. (Author/CP)

Machiavellianism is associated with higher levels of occupational prestige and higher incomes. For men with below-average educations, Machiavellianism is inversely related to occupational attainment, and unrelated to income. Machiavellianism appears to have a facilitative effect upon women's attainment, but no evidence of an interaction effect was…

Describes political and educational views of the Marxist-oriented Quebec Teachers' Union as evidenced in their books which criticize Quebec schools for reflecting capitalist society and having no relevance to working class students who form the majority of enrolled students. Available from: Editor, Andrew G. Clark Building, Colorado State…

Scores on the Parental Attitudes Research Instrument and on Rotter's Internality-Externality Scale were compared for 28 lower class black mothers of high risk infants and 34 mothers of same-age infants from the general population of a Southern University town. (GO)

Following a description of the development of "elite" institutions of higher education and the more public secondary schools, the author identifies the character of knowledge transmitted by both and the types of social differentiation appearing in connection with various types of knowledge. (Author/AV)

Examination of the West German language and society suggests that the notion that the West German indigenous working class is separated from the middle class by a linguistic barrier is invalid. (Author/CB)

Using naturalistic observation, investigates the social behavior, levels of social participation, and sex differences of kindergarten children as they played with blocks. Uses both unit blocks and large, hollow blocks to gain a more complete understanding of the relationship between block play and social development. (DST)

Explores the impact of various types of sponsorship on the likelihood of Indochinese refugee participation in the labor force and identifies four variables affecting employment potential: (1) age, (2) education level, (3) fluency in English, and (4) sex. Many refugees have obtained good jobs and furthered their education. (GC)

The belief that large segments of the population cannot learn what others learn, or do so much less rapidly, is predominant in our educational system. For schools to educate all children effectively, changes must occur in school ideology, structure, and instructional practices. (GC)

Provides a summary of discussion at an international conference of human rights professionsls in 1982. Covers a wide range of subjects, from women's access to positions of economic power, to day care facilities as a means of expanding choices of both women and men who work in or out of the home. (KH)

Constructive memory in low socioeconomic status (SES) Black and middle-SES White children was evaluated. The fourth-grade subjects in the study were tested by a recognition procedure. Results indicated that the nature of test instructions given to subjects can alter estimates of population differences in inference retention. (DWH)

Using paired pictures of three houses and four automobiles, responses were elicited which measured impressions of the owners of each object. Comparisons of response patterns showed substantial differences between five- and eight-year-old groups but little difference among gender and social status within age groups. (Author/DST)

Purpose of the study was to determine whether there were differences between ninth grade students who expressed a career preference among three schools dissimilar in social, educational, economic or cultural backgrounds, and whether these same differences in the willingness to express a career preference appeared when the samples were divided on…

The lack of difference with regard to socioeconomic-status levels indicates that the previous research which revealed notable socioeconomic-status influences may have had socioeconomic status confounded to varying degrees with differences in underlying verbal skills. (Authors)