The article discusses whether education should promote metaphysical questioning and speculation, noting the arguments of Robert Hutchins and John Dewey in the 1930s. It suggests that metaphysical questioning and meditative responses be part of education. (SM)

Describes Probability of Adoption of Change (PAC) model, theoretical paradigm for explaining likelihood of successful adoption of planned change initiatives in student affairs. Reports on PAC construct reliability from survey of 62 Chief Student Affairs Officers. Discusses two refinements to the model: merger of leadership and top level support…

Investigated expressed educational interests of residents (n=100) over the age of 60 who are living in an institutional setting. Found that 86 percent of subjects did not consider themselves too old to learn. Subjects were interested in topics designed to enhance enjoyment rather than those based on mastery of skills. (LLL)

Described two types of naturalistic research from different theoretical traditions: new paradigm research and ecological psychology. Applications are suggested for research in college student development and for professional practice in college student affairs. Includes examples of naturalistic research and discusses criteria for scientific…

The Multimethods Model organizes the learning activities of preschool classes for gifted children and assures a differentiated curriculum geared to the individual student. Model components include prescriptive instruction, acceleration of content, building self-direction, creative divergent problem solving, affective guidance, cultivation of…

This hypothetical letter to a junior high school student with visual impairments stresses the child's abilities and possibilities rather than limitations as well as the importance of the child's individual development and assumption of personal responsibility. The letter is primarily intended to help teachers think about how to best help such…

Student leaders and campus activities professionals can use a variety of techniques to help college students develop skill in ethical decision making, including teaching about the decision-making process, guiding students through decisions with a series of questions, playing ethics games, exploring assumptions, and best of all, role modeling. (MSE)

The Tennessee Governor's School for the Humanities is a four-week program that offers gifted and talented students a time to discuss ideas and an opportunity to discover new ways to think about the learning process. This paper describes the school's faculty and course offerings. (JDD)

This essay is a reminiscence of a life-shaping experience from the author's freshman year and an attempt to draw certain lessons from that experience for the freshmen of the eighties. He describes a personal discovery made at the "March on Washington" in 1963. (Author/MLW)

The second of a three-part series on academic integrity, this paper offers intervention strategies for evaluating the extent to which the ethos, policies, and programs used in responding to academic dishonesty are developmental. Presents framework consisting of seven components of intervention (honor codes, communication, training, faculty…

Describes the childhood experience of seeing the play "The Rainmaker," and its lifelong effect on the author, and other personal experience stories. Suggests that theater teachers should share stories of their positive teaching experiences with their fellow teachers. Promotes personal storytelling as a part of drama-teacher preparation. (CR)

Classroom incivilities play a critical role in faculty teaching careers and are important determinants of student learning experiences. Faculty and student perceptions of 24 faculty behaviors and 27 student classroom behaviors were surveyed. Faculty generally rated behaviors more strictly than did students. Areas of similarity and differences are…

Using the Measure of Moral Orientation and the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment, the effect of moral orientation and gender on traditional-aged college students' psychosocial development was investigated. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed. (Author/GCP)

A study tested John L. Holland's theory that achievement is a function of the congruence between personality type and environment, focusing on college students' achievement within their academic majors. Subjects were 2,309 students enrolled in a wide variety of majors. Results indicate differences in effect size for "congruent" and…

Presents a conceptual framework for evaluating the teaching effectiveness of distance-education courses, addressing student development, assessment, learning materials, and a face-to-face component and analyzes 1705 student questionnaires based on the framework. Concludes that though the nature of the research may prohibit generalization, this…