Uses brain research conducted by Dr. Roger Sperry to show that traditional Native Americans are more dominant in right hemisphere thinking, setting them apart from a modern left hemisphere-oriented society (especially emphasized in schools). Describes some characteristics of Native American thinking that illustrate a right hemisphere orientation…

A model presented here offers a framework within which supervisors can respond to differences in teachers by considering relationships among their personal needs, role expectations, and job behavior. (JM)

Teachers can learn to cope with many of the stresses of their jobs, especially if they can develop a positive, strong self-image. Teachers should be given realistic expectations about what they can accomplish in today's classrooms, adjust their lives to accommodate psychological needs, and learn to deal with criticism. (PP)

Little striking difference was found between students choosing psychiatry as a first career choice and those choosing it second or third. Results imply recruiting students in the last two groups for psychiatry specialization may be difficult, based on their attitudes about scientific advancement and social status in the profession. (MSE)

This brief survey of successful visual literacy programs designed for students at the elementary and secondary level outlines projects to teach visual communication skills in Ohio, Indiana (Project Visual Understanding in Education/VUE), Virginia, Iowa (Media NOW), California, Canada, England, and Australia (Visual Education Curriculum Project).…

Differences in how the two hemispheres of the brain handle spatial information were studied with blind subjects and blindfolded sighted subjects. The performances of all groups declined as the relative disorientation between the target and its duplicate increased, suggesting that visual imagery is not crucial to mental rotation. (Author/SEW)

Discussed is the ambiguity chairpersons feel because they are neither faculty members nor regular administrators but are expected to represent both sets of interests. Institutional support is seen as necessary to the former chairperson's successful readjustment to faculty life. (MLW)

Native English speakers' and foreign students' perceptions of 14 English intonation signals, recorded free of verbal context, show foreign students may be misinterpreting or missing much information communicated with nonlexical signals. (Author/MSE)

Analysis of data from four surveys indicated that neither Black nor Mexican-American students suffered from low self-esteem despite the fact that they perceived mistreatment based on their ethnic status. Whether a school was predominantly Black or predominantly White did not affect Blacks' perceived racial mistreatment. (Author/MJL)

A survey of 579 special education professionals investigated the perceived roles of the professionals who use tests and the functions that various tests serve. The issue of turf guarding in assessment responsibilities among professionals working with the learning disabled was considered. (SW)

Research findings indicated that job-related tension and propensity to leave a position were highly correlated for school psychologists (N=171) high in need for clarity. Discussed correlations between other variables. (Author/RC)

Discusses the possibility that early linguistic experience affects infant speech perception and that this effect may be of practical consequence in later language learning. (EKN)

The Imagined Pain Tolerance Test, a paper and pencil test designed to test differences in perceptions between American Indians and non-Indians, appears to have utility as a research instrument. Available from: White Cloud Center, Gaines Hall UOHSC, 840 Southwest Gaines Road, Portland, OR 97201. (Author/CM)

The employment status of the wife had no significant impact on perceptions of husband competence or provider competence. White husbands perceived themselves as most competent providers when wives held blue collar jobs, while Black husbands perceived themselves as most competent providers when wives held white collar jobs. (Author/CT)

Describes how the University of Delaware's Grade Units for Interactive Dictation (GUIDO) system is used to improve instructional delivery and educational research in aural skills development. Instruction consists of musical dictation exercises and there are five programs available in two modes--drill-and-practice and heuristic (discovery).…