In this study, we explored the relationship between beginning readers' phonological awareness and other aspects of phonological processing, specifically as manifested in short-term memory and comprehension tasks. The theoretical questions underlying the study were (a) what roles phonological processes play in children's beginning reading, from…

Cluster analytic methods were used to create 4 theorized ethnic identity statuses (achieved, foreclosed, moratorium, and diffused) among 940 African American adolescents (13-17 years old), college students (18-23 years old), and adults (27-78 years old). Evidence for the existence of 4 identity statuses was found across the 3 age groups. The…

This study used the Response Evaluation Measure-Youth (REM-Y-71), a self-report measure of 21 defense reactions, among school-age children. Participants were elementary and middle school students (n=290; grades 3-8; age range: 8-15; mean=11.73). Factor analysis revealed a 2-factor defense structure consistent with structure among high school and…

The study was carried out with 175 Turkish students by using drawings at different ages understanding of gene, DNA and chromosome concepts. Students from 8th, 9th, 11th grades and, science and biology student teachers were simply asked to draw the structure of gene, DNA and chromosome in a cell and also to give explanations about these three…

This study examined the age and sex characteristics of persons who would be sought for advice by different cohort groups. The results indicated a convergence of preferences for middle-aged advisors, with males being preferred as advisors more strongly by the middle-aged and older groups. (JMB)

Seminars on the topic of generational equity, a term which suggests conflict between meeting the needs of the young and the old, were sponsored by the Illinois Department on Aging in the spring of 1987 at 11 universities in the state. The seminars posed three major questions to participants from academia, state government, and the voluntary…

This paper analyzes the age composition of Pennsylvanians. An analysis by specific age groups shows the types of pressure that will be exerted on both basic and higher education. In conducting the analysis, the following are closely examined: age bracket 5-15 years in relation to elementary enrollment, age bracket 14-17 in relation to secondary…

This article discusses the SCAM Program, a screening method that matches athletes in grades 7 to 12, ages 12 to 19, by physical maturity, fitness, and skill instead of age. (JS)

Results confirm that poetry is produced at a younger age than prose, that achieved imminence and life span are positive determinants of the modal productive age, and that these relationships are cross culturally and trans-historically invariant. (Author/AM)

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN DAY SECTIONS OF SIX JUNIOR COLLEGE COURSES WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF STUDENTS IN PARALLEL EVENING SECTIONS OF THE SAME COURSES. IN A SECOND PHASE OF THE STUDY, THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF STUDENTS AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD. ACHIEVEMENT GAINS WERE MEASURED BY COMPARISON OF…

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' RESPONSES TO THE EMOTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN WERE USED TO DEVELOP A TEST INSTRUMENT WHICH WOULD BE OF VALUE TO TEACHERS, TEACHER-TRAINING PERSONNEL, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF TEACHERS AT THE MOST APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVEL. ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WERE DIVIDED INTO PRIMARY…

This technical summary describes the changes in science performance on exercises included in both the first and second science assessments and on exercises included in both the second and third science assessments conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Using the same exercises for adjacent assessments, with some…

Adjustment to retirement from gainful employment has long been recognized as one of the major adaptive tasks of later life. The degree to which this adjustment is successful often plays a major role in determining the extent to which an individual finds his later years satisfying and rewarding. In a complex technical society retirement does not…

Of 3,393 students on the campuses of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior Colleges and at George County Occupational Training Center in 1974, 82 percent were full-time, 18 percent were part-time, 68 percent were freshmen (many of whom were vocational students), and 32 percent were sophomores (few of whom were vocational students). Fifty-nine percent of…