An appraisal of the study skills component of the Equal Opportunities Program's Summer Intensive Program at Pennsylvania State University in 1973 is the subject of this dissertation. Evaluation of certain aspects of this program was undertaken to determine whether a given teaching strategy (based on the structural method utilizing goal-setting…

Employing a background information questionnaire, a policy preference scale, and the Kluckhohn Value Orientation Scale, 40 American Indian tribal leaders and 35 Anglo administrators from 4 North Dakota reservations were surveyed to explore preferences for problem-solving approaches in the field of child welfare. The following hypotheses were…

Data derived via questionnaire from a black and white female subsample (N=1,670) of Louisiana high school seniors were utilized to test eight hypotheses which addressed the relationship between athletic participation and female achievement orientations. School type (public-parochial), residence (rural-urban), and school size (large-small) were…

Seeking to trace both the nature and the extent of ceremonial (regressive) resistance to the progressive forces of technology and industrialization, the origins and consequences of economic, political, and social institutions in the Southern United States were investigated. Data were derived from the following sources: (1) Southern regional…

The purpose of the study was to compare the performances of black and white urban high school students on a conventional measure of intelligence, the Lorge Thorndike vocabulary test and a culture specific test, the Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity. In addition to determining whether or not there were race differences in performance…

This study explored relationships to help explain why black students in inner city high schools so frequently report relatively high academic self-concepts although their academic achievement was low. Questionnaires were administered to a random sample in each comprehensive high schools in the San Francisco High School District (total n = 779).…

This investigation studied children of different races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexes, and attempted to identify the components by which they arrive at their self-evaluation. The study used a pre-tested 30 item self-esteem measure. The study also used a test anxiety scale, an achievement orientation scale, and an arbitration scale. The…

The purposes of this study were to determine: (1) if differences existed in the self-concept among Negro, Anglo, and Spanish American students; and (2) the extent to which these differences were influenced by ethnic group membership, socioeconomic position, sex, or the interaction among these variables. This study was carried out in a New Mexico…

Recent reports have revealed that inequalities exist between males and females, racial minorities and whites, and rich and poor in accessibility to and use of computers. This study reviews the research in the field of computer-based education to determine the extent of and reasons for these inequities. The annotated research articles are arranged…

The primary assertion of this study was that equality of educational opportunity must reduce the poverty status of the poor and of minorities. This study argued that the most directly relevant school variable likely to reduce poverty is increased educational attainment because of its correlation to income which correlates to the quality of one's…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between 38 factors of integration and of student unrest in six desegregated high schools in south eastern United States. The basic problem of this study was to determine whether or not the quality of integration as measured on the 38 factors of integration on the Secondary Student…

Twenty primary grade teachers of inner-city, lower class, Afro-American students and 20 primary grade teachers of suburban middle class white students were interviewed using George A. Kelly's 'Rep Test' technique, in order to elicit the categories or constructs through which they customarily perceived their students. Two judges applied content…

To determine what effect marriage deferment might have on the ability of both sexes to achieve higher educational levels and, therefore, possibly higher occupational status, the study examined socioeconomic status, attitudes toward future educational and occupational attainments, actual educational and occupational attainments, and desired…

The study investigated interpersonal space among black and white Midwesterners as perceived through photographs. The stimuli consisted of four sets of photographs showing teacher-student dyads in spacings ranging from 12 to 84 inches. There were four models: white teacher (W), white student (w), black teacher (B), and black student (b). The photos…

Extant theoretical models of the educational status attainment process were examined to determine their capability for measuring the influence of certain variables on the educational status attainment of young black and white males from the rural South. The Wisconsin social mobility model was modified to include the influence of counselors and…