Shows that subjects who receive the impression that psychology experiments are worthless exert less time and effort in task performance than subjects who believe in favorable comments, although both groups indicate similar amounts of effort on self-rating scales. Bibliography and table. (RW)

Deals with: (1) the meaning of grasp of language" and the possibility of discovering if an individual has a better reading grasp of one language than of another; (2) the effects which differences in grasp of language have upon reading comprehension; and (3) ways of helping students read their weaker language more effectively. (FB)

The relationships between classroom performance, ability measures, paired-associate tasks, problem solving tasks, and CART scores are investigated for Grade 5 students. The test is standardized on Grades 5-8. (DG)

Aims of conceptual clarity of scope and aims of social studies by offering a definition of social studies as a way of organizing, selecting and teaching content related to citizenship, and by describing the three competing traditions within the social studies. A related article is SO 500 189. (JB)

Student movement seeks radical innovation in comprehensive community health care and interprofessional collaboration to solve problems of health, the community and environment. (IR)

Sixth grade students with cooperative direction of departmentalized reading and science teachers develop questions for research papers and activity projects during aerospace science unit. Student initiative and self-direction and teacher guidance are emphasized in the individualized reading instruction and small group science activities. (JM)

Six participants each from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya participated in a workshop to search for solutions to the border disputes between Somalia and her two neighbors. This pilot venture, a mixture of successes and failures, can provide the basis for improvement and extension of the concept. Followed by critical comments by John E. Harr, Otto…

Whether they want to prevent upheaval by student revolt or, more importantly, increase the development of mature and responsible students, personnel workers must evaluate and quantify what they are trying to do, what means they are using, and what progress they are making. Operations analysis is an excellent technique for this. (Author)

The author sauggests that present inquiry methods are often missing their goal and offers a technique to engage students in creative inquiry. (Author)

A new system of teaching is presented with the goal of preparing students for the modern world. (CK)