Adult basic education fails to recognize fundamental differences between instructors and students whose native language is not English or whose home language is a nonstandard English dialect. Solutions include using the additive model of literacy development, using home languages first, and increasing understanding of linguistic minority groups.…

Examines predictors of teachers' ratings of academic competence of 105 kindergarten children from low-income families. Controlling for children's skills and socioeconomic status, teachers rated children as less competent when they perceived value differences with parents. The findings suggest a mechanism by which some children from low-income…

Examined students' perspectives on teachers' behaviors that impeded or contributed to effective class management. Data from interviews with 182 secondary school students from 14 U.S. schools indicated that despite widely varying school contexts, students provided consistent reports that effective managers set early, consistent standards, developed…

Describes a study of Australian library school graduates that was conducted to establish a picture of the library profession's expectations of graduates; to rank skills (competencies) expected of professional graduates; and to provide indicators for curriculum development. A seven-page table is appended that shows a weighted listing of skills.…

Examined how caring relationships were created and maintained between urban middle school students and their teachers. Data from interviews, focus groups, and observations revealed that urban students felt it was important for teachers to care. They considered their teachers caring when they knew their students well, provided personalized…

Evaluates how schools can positively affect the test score gap between black and white students by examining two potential sources for this difference: teachers and students. Offers evidence for the proposition that teachers' perceptions, expectations, and behaviors interact with students' beliefs, behaviors, and work habits in ways that help to…

Discusses the value of training interventions for performance improvement based on the author's experiences with various training events. Topics include making clear expectations; accomplishment-based project planning; understanding performance problems; and participant learning and instructional benefits. (LRW)

Uses metaphor of the dance to suggest reciprocity, harmony, and a mutual exchange of leadership as key components of adolescent-adult relationships. Suggests that adolescents have high expectations of adult's character and competencies; therefore, teachers should elicit the highest values and behaviors from their students. (KDFB)

Examination of teacher evaluations by 750 freshmen in introductory business showed that actual perceptions often diverged from the way they evaluated teaching. Their class expectations and self-assessments were highly related to their assessments of classes and teachers. (Contains 80 references.) (SK)

At 3 times, 164 management students completed student evaluations of teaching (SET), 150 completed an image compatibility questionnaire, and 155 evaluated instructors' overall performance. SET scores and overall evaluations were significantly correlated only when actual and ideal images of instructors were incompatible. When teaching was…

The purpose of this article is to spark discussion regarding the value and feasibility of empirically based procedures for goal setting and evaluation of educational services. Recent legal decisions and policy debates point to the need for clearer criteria in decisions regarding appropriate educational services. Possible roles for school…

Compares two studies examining research self-efficacy beliefs, research outcome expectations, and elements of research training environments among rehabilitation counseling students and faculty. Differences were found in research outcome expectations and research self-efficacy between students and faculty. Social-cognitive career theory is used as…

College students and adults completed religiosity scale, read counselor description (Christian, secular, spiritual-empathic secular), and completed measure of five negative anticipations of Christian clients toward counselors. Subjects with higher religiosity scores had more negative anticipations; strongest negative anticipations were about…

Adolescent trainable mentally handicapped students (n=29) completed a vocational interest inventory, and their parents and teachers of 29 adolescent trainable mentally handicapped students rated their expectations for the students' vocational futures. Results indicated little correspondence between inventory scores and ratings but greater…

Analyzes the relationship between curriculum and the surprising disengagement in a "heavenly" college preparatory high school of "professional" teachers and relatively advantaged lower track students. The regressive curriculum parodies a college campus atmosphere without providing lower track students with access to the "college" academics or…