Research in Review.

The article presents information on a significant curriculum research and planning by a new department of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The department aims at reporting brief digests of research having educational significance, giving specific bibliographical references for reader follow-up, and raising questions about curriculum development and curriculum research. The research states that motivation is necessary for learning to occur and that individuals have varying amounts of motivation. It has been found from this curriculum research that boys with high achievement motivation are characterized by general competitiveness and purposeful striving. It has also been found that fathers of high achievement motivated boys tend to push from ahead (independence training) while mothers of these same boys push from behind (achievement training).