ERIC Number: ED035501
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1969-May
Pages: 19
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Factors Contributing to Adjustment and Achievement. Progress Report.
Gerard, Harold B.
A longitudinal study to determine the conditions surrounding the integration of Negroes, Mexican Americans, and Anglos in the Riverside Unified School District in Riverside, California, began in school year 1965-66. The sample included students in kindergarten through grade 6. A sample of kindergarten students was added to the original sample during the 1968-69 school year. A series of test batteries measuring achievement-related attitudes was administered to the entire sample. Attitude measures included (1) an ethnic pictures test, (2) a delay-of-gratification test, (3) a dissonance reduction test, (4) field dependence-independence as measured by an adaptation of Witkin's (1954) rod and frame test, (5) aspiration level as measured by a ring toss game, (6) sociometric analysis, and (7) the Children's Apperception Test. Ethnic differences were reported for all attitudinal measures except delay-of-gratification. An additional survey, assessing Black militancy in the junior high school, is planned for the 1968-69 school year. A related document is ED 021 652. (TL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Developmental Tasks, Elementary Education, Kindergarten, Mexican Americans, Minority Group Influences, Psychological Testing, Racial Differences, School Desegregation
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Sponsor: Public Health Service (DHEW), Rockville, MD.
Authoring Institution: California Univ., Los Angeles. Dept. of Psychology.
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