Attempts to determine the perceptions of the relationship between student teaching assignment and the professional work assignment as reported by college supervisors of elementary school student teachers in five large mid-western universities. Also evaluates selected characteristics of these supervisors. (Author/RK)

Examines the differences between first and multiple criminal offenders as measured by personality testing. Uses one regular scale of the MMPI and five additional scales determined to be useful in correctional classification and diagnostic services. (Author/RK)

Collects comparative and descriptive data on adolescent attitudes on homosexuality and attempts to show that self-concept, and body self-image as one major aspect of self-concept, are significant correlates of an adolescent's attitude toward homosexuality. (Author/RK)

The ventral eye of "Limulus" (horseshoe crab) contains only one type of photoreceptor. Behaviors mediated by the ventral eye provide an unambiguous representation of the function of that single-receptor type. Compares such behaviors with results of acute, single-cell investigations to assay for the contributions of candidate neural codes in the…

The potential application of decision process models to the development of a class of empirically derived and testable models of the behavior of individuals in peer rating situations is explored. (Author)

New Brunswick's controversial Educational Reform Program is hit hard by two recent outside evaluators. (Editor)

Examines perceptions of married and unmarried college males for their concept of Ideal Woman. Uses a questionnaire designed to ascertain the degree to which men expected their Ideal Woman to be either home centered or out of home centered. (Editor/RK)

Describes a kinetic simulation computer program that generates experimental data for use in an instructional program on the design of experiments and the analysis of results. (MLH)

The authors (1) cross-validate research supporting the hypothesis that perceived peer status mediates the effects of athletics on educational aspirations and attainments; (2) compare the estimates with those for a model which incorporates significant-others' influence as the key intervening variable; and (3) extend past research to include…

Investigates the effects of situational constraint and type of causal explanation on the degree to which described behavior would be perceived as evidencing "mental illness" and the degree to which it would lead to social rejection. (Editor/RK)

Explores the language learning experiences of a class of adult learners of Chinese in Australia who were all teachers of English as a Second Language or a language other than English. The study examined the learners' response to their learning environment and their response to the target language. (nine references) (Author/CK)

Results and interpretations of the data from a performance examination were compared for four methods of analysis for 74 medical specialty certification candidates: (1) traditional summary statistics; (2) inter-judge correlations; (3) generalizability theory; and (4) the multifaceted Rasch model. Advantages of the Rasch model are outlined. (SLD)

Summarizes current reference-services costing practices and reveals problems with these practices. Suggests six ways that current costing practices of reference services can be improved. (AEF)

Details an investigation concerned with the composition of a grape to illustrate how food and nutrition topics can drive inquiry-oriented science learning. Students design experiments that surround the development of a fictitious new beverage. (DDR)

Examines relationship between Connected and Separate Knowing dimensions of Knowledge Styles Inventory (K. Knight and others, 1994) and learning modes of A. Kolb (1984), formal operational reasoning (B. Inhelder and J. Piaget, 1958, 1975; G. Tobin and W. Capie, 1981), and vocabulary and abstract thinking abilities (W. Shipley, 1940). Findings…