In order to determine what the parents of children attending public school on the Navajo and Hopi reservations want of education, a random sample of 10% of all parents having 1 or more children in attendance in 1 of the 6 public school districts on the reservations was taken. For the segment of the study described in this volume, a projective-type…

The predictive validity of six tests of academic readiness were determined for Anglo, Black, and Mexican American first-grade children from middle and lower socioeconomic status (SES) homes. The tests were most valid for Anglos; least for Blacks; and more valid for middle than for lower SES children. (Author/GDC)

Separate factor analyses of the results of the Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale administered to separate Anglo American and Chicano groups indicated cross-sample equivalence on two of the five factors. Implications for investigations of the cultural differences between Anglos and Chicanos are briefly discussed. (Author/CTM)

Analysis of the verbal content of 48 Hispanic and Anglo mothers revealed that questions about a newborn infant's gender were more frequent than comments about family resemblance. The contradiction with previous research may be a result of (1) different time intervals for recording conversations or (2) different sociological backgrounds of mothers.…

The Children's Anxiety Scale (CAS) was examined for bias in internal consistency reliability and item content for Anglo-American and Mexican-American kindergarten students. Results suggest equal test reliability for both groups, but also indicate caution must be exercised in interpreting CAS scores of young male children. (DWH)

Married women are more psychologically distressed than married men, but this gap is less pronounced among Mexican Americans than among Anglos. However, this research did not find support for the hypothesis that employment was related to greater happiness for Anglo women but not for Mexican American women. (Author/IS)

Data from a survey of 3,628 community health center clients were analyzed to assess how the eight-item Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) operates when used with different ethnic populations. Results indicated CSQ-8 operates about the same, whether administered to Anglos, Blacks, or persons of Mexican descent or other Hispanic origin.…

The potential positive and negative effects of early work experience on adolescent well-being and educational attainment have been explored from developmental and zero-sum perspectives, respectively. However, both models assume that schooling is the normative experience and primary responsibility of adolescents, an assumption that may not be valid…

Item difficulty patterns of four groups of nonreferred, average children (ages 7 1/2 and l0 1/2)--Anglos, Blacks, Chicanos and Bermudians--were compared on each of the verbal subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Item difficulty curves were remarkably parallel. (Author/HLM)

The relative influence of cooperative-competitive social orientation on school achievement for Anglo-American and Mexican-American children was assessed. The importance of competitiveness for Anglo-American children and the moderate relationship of other personality variables to achievement in both groups is shown. (Author/CM)

Survey found that: (1) immigrant Mexican networks are the smallest, are kin and friend based, and include almost exclusively Mexicans; (2) American born Mexican American networks are the largest, are kin based, and are somewhat ethnically mixed; and (3) Anglo American networks are relatively small, are friend based, and are almost exclusively…

The only minority member of the Los Angeles Board of Education answers questions concerning problems encountered in desegregating Los Angeles schools. Available from: P.O. Box 41048, Los Angeles, CA 90041. (CM)

Decries the stereotypes and prejudices that affect U. S. relations with the Hispanic world and with its own Hispanic minorities. Points out that these attitudes also affect the study of Spanish as a foreign language and suggests means by which educators can improve the Hispanic image among Anglo Americans. (MES)

Study results indicated that: (l) male Indian students suffer little test anxiety or study stress, and their study habits are influenced by their motivation; (2) female Indian students worry about studying and have difficulty budgeting time; (3) Indian and White students from rural backgrounds are unskilled in note taking. (CM)

The study examined 120 bilingual Mexican American and 24 monolingual Anglo American (pre-K-1) children's comprehension of 26 relational concepts by manipulating the natural language to separate and evaluate cognitive and linguistic variables. Six hypotheses were proposed as operating principles applicable to, but not necessarily limited to,…