This study examined the attitudes of male and female college students regarding maternal employment and their own career and family expectations. Perceptions of the benefits and costs associated with maternal employment were assessed through the Beliefs about the Consequences of Maternal Employment for Children (BACMEC) questionnaire (E.…

This book presents an assessment model, developed from studies in two schools in Hawaii, that uses student-led conferences and the progress folio process to help students elevate their expectations as they progress through elementary school. The chapters are: (1) "Children First"; (2) "Bridging Learning Goals and Instruction";…

This flip book presents strategies for managing elementary student behavior while building community in the classroom. The first strategy explains how to remain calm and professional when facing a particularly challenging student by breathing and relaxing and reframing and retaining. The second strategy involves disengaging "smart talk" by using…

The purpose of the present study was to test the utility of a model of young children's social cognition as a predictor of preschoolers' social competence with same-age peers. The model investigated in this study proposes that three, relatively independent, domains of social-cognitive processes are pertinent to young children's peer relations. The…

The Faculty Development Institute (FDI), a large scale, formal faculty training program, was implemented to help faculty acquire skills necessary to incorporate computer technology into their instruction. This study uses a mixed methodology to identify and compare the goals, expectations, and perceived outcomes stakeholders held for FDI. The…

This study uses met expectations hypothesis, a form of expectancy theory, to develop survey instruments to identify and compare the goals, expectations, and perceived outcomes stakeholders held for the Faculty Development Institute (FDI). The stakeholders had similar expectations for the outcomes during and/or immediately following the initial FDI…

For the past decade in Connecticut, public school students have been tested in the fall of grades 4, 6, and 8, and results have been attributed to the school in which students are tested. Some Connecticut elementary schools end at grade 5 (Type I) and some continue to grade 6 or 8 (Type II). Grade 6 results are reported for Type II schools but not…

This study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) to look at the influences on choice of college for students who applied for financial aid and those who did not apply. Logistic regression was used to assess how background characteristics, academic predictors, and expectations were related to the selection of a four-year…

This paper examines the relationship between high-school examinations and university expectations for a well-prepared student. Its purpose is to explore the alignment between state, standards-based assessment systems and the expectations students face once they undertake university studies. It uses a proven methodology for analyzing the congruence…

This paper describes a survey of teachers trained in Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement (TESA) interactions, a behavior change program based on expectation theory. It teaches 15 interactions by clustering them into five units of three behaviors. Each unit has an interaction designed to improve student academic achievement, provide…

This book is a comprehensive guidebook that shows K-6 teachers how to structure the first 6 weeks of school in order to lay the groundwork for a productive year of learning. The book features: (1) daily plans for the first 3 weeks and commentary about these plans at three grade levels: primary (K-2), middle (3-4), and upper (5-6); (2) detailed…

This paper examines the decision-making process in retaining a student and the empirical effects of such decisions within an economic framework. The article models the decision to retain a child as a parental decision in which a parent holds a child back because the benefit of retention is higher expected earnings. The costs of retention include…

Elementary school counselors were given identical descriptions of a child presenting typical school behavior problems with only the designated social class being varied. Counselors were then asked to rate the severity of the problem, to give a prognosis, and to make management recommendations to teacher and parents. The results provided further…

Empirical findings on effects of teacher preconceptions of pupils' abilities on student performance are complex and contradictory. Some of the contradictions can be resolved by considering variables intervening between an expectancy manipulation (induced in the teacher by information provided by the investigator) and the evaluation of the…

This study, which attempts to evaluate the assessment of various forms of social behavior by teachers and college students, is an extension of an earlier investigation (Stanton 1973). (Author)