Results suggested that both able-bodied and disabled students preferred disabled counselors for discussing personal problems. The able-bodied students who appeared most maladjusted tended to reject the disabled counselor. Implications for counselor selection and job assignment were discussed. (Author)

This article provides a staunch defense for the traditional academic values and the role of the teacher in making them defensible. (Editor)

Study of degree of congruence of expectations between teacher and student'' in process oriented vs. content oriented social studies programs; congruity was greater in the latter type of program, but participant satisfaction greater in the former, thus leading to a rethinking of the congruence-satisfaction relationship. (Author/SP)

Citing strengths of public education, the California governor also recognizes and discusses many of its problems, among them, society's greater expectation of today's schools, and student attitudes. (RB)

It was concluded that pictures are encoded differently depending on task expectation. Parallel access of visual and semantic memory codes occurs; but when recognition is expected, a visual cue provides faster access, and when expecting recall, verbal access is more efficient. (Author)

Results indicate that Ss expectancy for a given test stimulus probability, has its effect on the encoding or decision stage of the memory-scanning process. (Authors)

The study examined the effect of experimentally induced teacher bias, or expectancy, on the subsequent behavior of 24 institutionalized severely retarded children when the bias effects were a result of optimistic psychological reports to cottage parents. (Author)

The generalized self-fulfilling prophecy phenomenon failed to be supported in this study, but the significant differences related to the teacher-opinion dimension underscore the complexity of teacher-pupil interaction. (Authors/MB)