Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the role of women in the mass media and their struggle for recognition. (RB)

The purpose of the present study was to determine if differences in perception exist among subgroups of interest on a junior college campus. Perceptions are influenced by one's standing in the college structure. Academic status and success of students are particularly important variables to understand student perception. (Author)

Compared was the performance of 30 nonhandicapped controls and 30 partially sighted British children (6-to 10-years-old) without other handicaps on tests of shape and letter recognition, visual perception and visuomotor skill, and spelling or reading accuracy or comprehension. (LH)

Reports a study of student and faculty perceptions of the importance of 70 possible attributes of "an effective instructional climate." Students and faculty members alike are concerned more with teaching than with learning. Evidently, students and faculty must be prepared if community college education is to become learning-centered. (DC)

A study of 1,302 subjects revealing differences in satisfaction with life skills implied that curriculum development for education for individual, parent, and spouse roles should proceed differently for persons differing in sex, age, residence, marital status, and number of children. (Author/BP)

It is argued that both traditional school psychologists and university-affiliated psychologists are restricted from influencing change processes in schools. An alternative approach to psychoeducational change is developed whose fundamental feature involves the engagement of internally responsible socioeducational specialists by schools. (Author)

Four person intercultural teams were found in which the three man majority in each group were American white males. An American white female, American black male or foreign male was the minority member. After 13 weeks of joint tasks, data was collected on roles claimed for self and attributed to others. Results are discussed in terms of…

This paper investigates cross-generational communication between adolescents and adults, using various published references from the fields of communication, psychology, and human development. In the first two sections ("Adult-Adolescent Role Conflicts" and "Adult-Adolescent Power Struggles") the paper argues that confusion…

A study examined whether a perceiver would distinguish between nonverbal messages sent with greater or lesser intent and the extent to which this correlated with the messages' general affect. Sixty-two students were recruited from communication courses at a large southwestern university to participate in a "conversation study." None had…

This paper addresses the specific areas of stress for graduate interns in programs that require a year-long internship as part of a post-baccalaureate course of study prior to certification. The focus is upon three categories of stress that contain issues and concerns which speak directly to questions about the impact of a program with a longer…

The purpose of this study was to compare the knowledge about art acquired by students who went on site visits with that of students who experienced only the lecture method of teaching. A study was conducted at Boricua College (New York) with two groups of 25 students each, one participating as a control and one as an experimental group. The…

There is growing recognition that elementary, junior, and senior high schools are different organizations with different school cultures and different leadership needs. School-level differences in principal leadership behavior, student and teacher perceptions of the school culture, and student and teacher commitment were assessed using data from…

Designed to describe students' perceptions within high school classes in biology and chemistry over the course of a school year, this study focused on person-environment congruence. Person-environment congruence was defined as the measure of the distance between high school students' perceptions of self and their science class, science teacher,…

Socialization of the new principal is becoming an increasingly important issue calling for serious attention by practitioners, researchers, and educational policymakers. This paper attempts to contribute additional insight into the ways in which beginning school principals become socialized in their new school settings and the ways in which they…