Does living with a female head-of-household affect the arithmetic achievement of black fourth-grade pupils?

It was the purpose of this investigation to examine the effects of living with a male or female head-of-household upon the arithmetic performance of fourth graders. No significant differences were found in mean scores between male and female pupils. Significant differences were found favoring those pupils living with male heads-of-households, particularly for female pupils and for pupils with IQ scores greater than 100. These findings should not be considered as simple cause and effect relationships, but rather as indicative of potential difficulty for some pupils.     

Recognition and reproduction of Bender-Gestalt figures: A developmental study of the lag between perception and performance

The performance of 132 pre- and primary school children on a Bender-Gestalt copying task was compared with that of a multiple choice version that was specially constructed by systematically varying four attributes of the stimulus figures. Significant correlation coefficients were obtained between the copying and recognition scores at all age levels except one. The multiple choice version was also as successful as the copying test in predicting reading achievement scores.     

An examination of some bases of teacher satisfaction with school psychological services

Data were collected from a sample of school psychologists and teachers after termination of a teacher consultation experience. Stepwise regressions were performed on the data to determine which psychologist and teacher variables were related to teacher satisfaction with the school psychological consultation. The single most significant main effect on teacher satisfaction was the teacher's perception of the psychologist's facilitativeness.     

The Same But Different: Standardizing Interview Procedures in the Multinational

In this paper, the reality of attempted standardization of recruitment interviewing in a multinational company is presented. The focus in this instance is on recruitment in a single multinational in three superficially similar North European countries: the Netherlands, the UK, and Germany. The organization on which the study was based wanted to improve the diversity of its recruitment and offer fair opportunities to all. The results of this study indicate that any standardization of procedures in multinationals must take into account the influence of cultural differences in implementation. On the basis of the case presented here, the Dutch will implement procedures precisely as a matter of compliance and fairness on a social contract basis; the Germans will emphasize the discourse around standard procedure implementation and want to ensure a full and thorough discussion; and Britons will take a pragmatic approach with procedures seen as recommended guidelines only. The implications of the findings for the case study company and its efficiency in recruiting diverse individuals are discussed.