Discusses performing arts high schools that train students in general education and music, visual arts, theater, and dance. Enumerates purposes, advantages (mainly, a challenging and motivating atmosphere with opportunities to concentrate in one area), and problems (funding, understaffing, academic standards, and admission criteria). Advises…

A survey of work expectations of Master's level counselor trainees yielded differences between some expectations and desires. These findings are discussed with regard to burnout of mental health workers. (Author/ABB)

Possible biasing influences of student characteristics were considered for teachers' judgments of appropriate test level assignments for about 1,300 hearing impaired special education students. Analyses indicated the presence of strong influences of race and severity of handicapping condition, as well as of sex, upon change in level assignments,…

Self- and teacher expectancy effects on the academic achievement of black college freshmen in an academic reinforcement program were investigated. Results indicated more significant self-expectancy effects than teacher expectancy effects on achievement. (Author/DWH)

Investigated the relationship of mathematics self-efficacy expectations to the selection of science-based major in 261 college students. Results indicated that mathematics self-efficacy expectations were significantly related to students' selection of science-based college majors. The math-related self-efficacy expectations of males were…

Describes a study that investigated the influence of special needs labels on employers' plans for training and expectations for employee success; specifically, the study investigated the extent to which entry-level salary has an interactive effect with employers' expectations. Results indicated that employer bias increased as entry-level wage…

Explores the utility of Bandura's self-efficacy theory for studying older adults' behavioral competencies in college. Expectations of personal efficacy are viewed as mediating mechanisms for predicting the initiation and persistence of educationally relevant behaviors. Theoretical issues related to the assessment of self-efficacy and performance…

A questionnaire was developed to assess medical students and faculty with respect to several dimensions of their role expectations and perceived role enactments with each other. A comparison of mean scores on each of nine dimensions for faculty members from five departments in one medical school revealed significant differences on six dimensions.…

"The Northian", a Canadian magazine for teachers in Indian, Eskimo and northern schools, was located in the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. The article "Education: The Mixture as Before" was an examination of the educational trends across Canada in the wake of the Hall-Denis Report. The article sought to confront the…

This document on Academic Literacies is an update of the original 1982 Statement on Competencies in English Expected of Entering College Freshmen. Incorporating findings from a Web-based survey submitted to faculty across the disciplines at the University of California , the California State Universities, and the California Community Colleges, and…

A series of 13 survey questions based on a 50-50 spinner is used to explore school students' understanding of statistical variation in a chance setting. Five questions set the context by assessing understanding of theoretical expectation and representation of repeated trials in a stacked dot (line) plot. Four questions provide opportunity to…

The intention of mixed-age grouping in early childhood settings is to increase the heterogeneity of the group so as to capitalize on the differences in the experience, knowledge, and abilities of the children. One of the benefits of mixed-age groups is that they provide a context in which older children's dispositions to nurture can be…

This research examined the effectiveness of early childhood inclusion from the perspective of parents. Participating in the study were 18 parents (mothers and fathers) of 3- to 6-year-old children with a disability who had been placed in various educational settings. Half of the children were dually enrolled. Parents were interviewed separately.…

This booklet provides proactive guidelines to help teachers manage the classroom environment. The tips explain how to establish procedures and create rules for behavior that will enable teachers to clarify their expectations for the students and reduce the number of classroom incidents that interfere with instruction. The guidelines are intended…

Late adolescent girls who would more likely defect from psychotherapy early had a self-rated history of greater self-disclosure than did girls who would more likely continue. This difference was especially clear with male targets. The second experimental study revealed a similar finding; terminators are higher self-disclosers to males whereas…