The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework to describe and account for dynamic properties of status projection phenomena. The effort is limited in the main to consideration of occupational and educational status projections, and emphasis is given to the particular characteristics and attributes of the rural social milieu…

Early educational expectation, i.e., the realistic educational goal of the individual during the freshman year of secondary school, is proposed as a pivotal variable in the education attainment--family of origin sequence. Path analysis of the data from the first four waves of a five-wave, seven-year longitudinal panel study of 2790 youth from the…

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relation of generalized and specific expectancies to actual academic performance. Thirty-five female and twenty-eight male fifth and sixth graders completed the Nowicki-Strickland locus of control scales and Rotter Level of Aspiration Board procedures. Results indicated that those, who perceived…

Questionnaires measuring college expectation and experiences were administered to special program students, those below the academic level of the City of New York Community Colleges' regular matriculants, and to regular students. The purpose of the questionnaire was to determine how the prediction of academic success was related to students'…

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of conditioning subjects to believe expectancy statements, and to demonstrate the effects of the conditioning on persistence and persistence of attention. A review of related research on suggestion, on cognitive dissonance, and on conditioning is included. The subjects for the experiment…

The effects of learning potential and teacher expectancies on IQ, school achievement, and teacher ratings were studied in eight segregated special classes for the retarded. The 58 EMR subjects were divided into four groups in a two design. A strong learning potential effect and a weak teacher expectancy effect were found for the IQ variables. A…

This study was designed to examine the sex-linked personality traits of adolescents referred to out-patient clinics for a variety of psychological problems, the sex-linked personality traits of their parents, and the sex-linked personality characteristics that the parents of these adolescents would ideally like for their sons. (Author/RK)

Analyzes professor ratings and reconceptualizes them by including an initial student expectations measure. Concludes that end-of-course ratings offered only a partial and sometimes misleading understanding of expectations and classroom dynamics. (Author)

The attitudes of Belgian chemistry students who had chosen their area of specialization, toward organic, physical, inorganic, or analytical chemistry or biochemistry, were measured. Major differences were found in the activity attitudes rather than in the evaluative or potency attitudes. Area of specialization does not seem to correspond to…

A parent recognizes principals as the educational leaders in their communities and urges them to be aware of the importance of parents in making schools effective learning places. (Author/MLF)

Discussion of the theoretical and methodological implications of six studies of the effect of children's expectations on comprehension of the passive transformation and of the Minimum Distance Principle. Study subjects were in kindergarten or elementary school. (Author/MP)

Chairmen of six American corporations respond to questions on energy conservation and development. Corporations are American Telephone and Telegraph, IBM, United States Steel, Exxon, General Motors, and du Pont de Nemours. Recommendations include creation of a national energy policy, reduction of wasteful uses of energy, and increased efforts in…

Seeks to appraise the present status of teacher expectation by posing the question, "Are we expecting too much of expectation?", and to locate the self-fulfilling prophecy--in all its variant forms--firmly within an interactionist framework. (Editor/RK)

Investigated with 50 elementary teachers were the connotations associated by classroom teachers to the label of educable mentally retarded (EMR) and the ability of this label to influence teachers' perceptions of child performance. (Author/SBH)

When asked to rate the expected behaviors of a hypothetical child assigned to each of three labeling conditions (normal, learning disabled, or emotionally disturbed) 75 elementary teachers differentially responded to the labels. (CL)