Previous studies have shown that teachers' aggressive classroom management impacts negatively on students. The authors compared student reaction to teachers' use of aggressive management techniques in Australia, China, and Israel. Reactions included distraction negativity toward teachers and perceptions that teachers' responses were unjustified,…

The questionnaire used in the 1971 Student Census Project is provided. The 14 items of the questionnaire are intended to elicit personal background information, and to obtain data concerning reading, television viewing, part-time work, school attended prior to 1971, and most important reason for attending school. (For related document, see TM 002…

Students' answers to a questionnaire related to their participation in an alternate program at McBride School in Vancouver are summarized. The students (28 girls and 25 boys) represented a class of 144 students in the alternate programs in grades 4 through 7. (For related documents, see TM 002 487, 489.) (DB)

This study investigated whether or not there is a significant difference between pupil perceptions of teachers who score high on Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) and pupil perceptions of teachers who score low. The POI was administered to 11 teachers of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades to measure aspects of self-actualization. The…

Student replies to 6 of the 14 questions on the Student Census Project questionnaire, administered to 23,060 classes in 2,376 schools in Vancouver in 1971, are presented. These replies relate to where the student and his parents were born; what school they attended on June 1, 1970; hours of TV watched during the week; books read per month; and…

This paper reports the dimensions found in the responses of a sample of Sydney fifth grade children to an omnibus anxiety questionnaire. (Editor)

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the motivation level of the student and his respective class size. Furthermore, if a relationship does exist, is this relationship reflected in the student's evaluation of the course's effectiveness. (Author)

A summary of responses by 85 students to the Student Questionnaire used in evaluating the City School of Vancouver is provided. The questionnaire contains 24 items, most of which are designed to elicit the students' attitudes about the school's program. (For related documents, see TM 002 482, 484-486.) (DB)

Summarizes results of two questionnaire studies on student evaluation of courses and instruction, respectively, conducted in the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and by the Committee on Undergraduate Teaching of the Division of Chemical Education, The American Chemical Society. Included are two samples of the…

A 34-item inventory was administered to students (N=10,292) in 24 school systems in 22 states to determine how they felt about schools, about their school work, and about school staffs and programs. For the most part, items showed a fairly positive attitude toward schools. (Author/JN)

Presents results of a 1983 survey of engineering students about attitudes behind their decisions to pursue graduate study or seek employment, and what is needed to make graduate school more attractive. Results are compared to a Tau Beta Pi survey on honors students graduating in 1971 and 1982. Conclusions/recommendations are included. (JM)

The present study investigated the effectiveness of a live lecture with the same material presented on videotapes, audiotape, and printed sheets. (Author)

This study focuses on student response to computer-assisted instruction (CAI) after it was introduced into a college level physical geography course, "Introduction to Weather and Climate." PLATO, a University of Illinois mainframe network developed in the 1960s, was selected for its user friendliness, its large supply of courseware, its…

Considers the role that students' approaches to learning play in summarizing text and learning from summarization. Discusses studies of two forms of summarization, one with the text available and one with the text removed after reading but before summarization. Reports that text-absent summarization facilitates deeper processing for students who…

Compares the effects of explicit training in classical and romantic styles, the relevance of four musical dimensions, and the congruence of categorizations with predictions of exemplar- or prototype-theories of concept formation. Explains that subjects in both the exemplar and prototype groups relied on independently abstracted cues rather than…