The swift and profound transformations in technology and industry that the United States began to experience in the late 1800s manifested themselves in school textbooks, which presented different patterns of race, ethnicity, and otherness. They also displayed concepts like national identity, exceptionalism, and the superiority of Euro-American…

Based on theory and research, social aspects like friendship and sense of relatedness are fundamental in the development of children's cultural identity and achievement of outcomes. It is argued that this is a motivational aspect often neglected in research studies focusing on students' motivation and learning. Theory and research on motivation…

Examines item bias on Forms L and M of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised in Anglo-American and Mexican-American children (N=132). Analyses indicated bias as measured by differences in item difficulty in both groups; however, there was no clear pattern of items that were more difficult for either group. (LLL)

This paper describes a program whereby elementary school children are allowed to select their own reinforcement for performing a specified behavior (reading). An evaluation of the program shows significant improvement of reading ability. (RWP)

This study was designed to chart the development of racial attitudes in Euro- and Afro-American children (in grades 1-4 of one elementary school) through the administration of the PRAM II procedure. A secondary purpose of the study was to compare the racial attitudes of second graders in several different geographical localities. (CS)

The choice behaviors of Mexican American and Anglo American children in a maximizing difference game were compared to study the development of social motives. (Author/KM)

Compares the effect of cooperative and competitive behaviors of Cherokee and Anglo American elementary school students on academic achievement. Suggests changes in teaching techniques and lesson organization that might raise academic achievement while taking into consideration tribal traditions that limit scholastic achievement in an…

Investigated the development of temporal perspectives in disadvantaged subcultures and the cognitive structures underlying those perspectives. Subjects were 120 males, including 20 Anglo-Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans, from each of two age groups. (10-12 and 14-17). (Author/SDH)

Investigated the internal consistency reliability estimates of the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) for 96 Anglo and Mexican American third-grade boys from low socioeconomic status background. The results showed that the reliability estimates of the CPM for the two ethnic groups were acceptably high and extremely similar in magnitude.…

Anglo, Black and Mexican American children were asked to tell a story to each of seven line drawings depicting persons in a setting related to education. Stories were scored for Achievement and family achievement. The results showed that Mexican-American and black children scored higher on family achievement, whereas Anglos scored higher on…