Describes a study of how more than 500 teachers responded to staff development sessions and reveals the characteristics of presenters that made such sessions successful. (AEA)

Investigates whether teachers change their questioning strategies after they learn a system for categorizing questions into objectively defined categories and receive feedback immediately following class about the types of questions asked. Changes in the types of questions and the distribution of questions were noted during four observational…

Discusses concerns among school psychologists for evaluating goal attainment of their services. Describes an approach for goal-based evaluation of school psychological service departments, termed "Needs-Based Goal Attainment Scaling," that builds upon previously developed approaches to goal attainment scaling. (Author)

Examined predicted sex differences in occupational achievement motivation. Significant sex by occupation stereotype interactions were found supporting the prediction of highest achievement motivation toward sex appropriate occupations. Females did not show significantly lower motivation toward high prestige masculine occupations--inconsistent with…

Discusses the six concepts fundamental to Deep Springs College (California), a two-year college that integrates a daily work schedule and academics, stresses interpersonal relations and group responsibility, and attracts superior students. Suggests that the Deep Springs program could be applied to outstanding senior high or junior college…

Male and female preschoolers and third graders (N=192) were asked to explain the success and failure of girls and boys on feminine and masculine tasks by choosing among four causal factors: ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck. (CM)

Examined the expectancies of success, evaluations of performance, and achievement-related attributions about tasks that typically show sex differences. Results suggest that there are generalized, rather than task specific, sex differences in achievement expectancies, evaluations, and attributions. (Author/GC)

Reasons for continued athletic participation by youths include affiliation incentives, the desire to succeed, and the need to express aggressiveness. The major reason for dropping out of an athletic activity is the overemphasis on competition which leads to feelings of unworthiness and failure on the part of some youths. (JN)

Suggests goal attainment scaling, developed to assess the degree to which specified goals identified prior to treatment were accomplished, can be modified to assess accomplishment which occurs in a group counseling-type setting. Describes two goal attainment models, one individually determined and one leader determined. (Author)

Reports a study of the teaching of basic reading skills in secondary schools. Through systematic observations of classrooms, several key variables were identified which related to reading gains measured by the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills. Several administrative practices important to successful remedial reading programs are also delineated.…

Presented are case histories of educational planning in two countries where reform was successful. The authors argue that change is not likely to occur if the model of planning employed is one imposed by an international donor agency, as opposed to one developed by the educational agency receiving funds. (KC)

The purpose of this study was to examine children's cognitive-attributional and affective response patterns within competitive and individualistic goal structures. Findings showed that effort attributions covaried with outcome in the individualistic structure, whereas luck and outcome covaried in the competitive structure. (Author/GK)

Discusses the increasing concern of Congress toward its function of oversight (congressional review of the actions of federal departments, agencies, and commissions, and of the programs and policies they administer). Notes factors which promote and increase the quality of oversight and analyzes trends in congressional committee oversight behavior.…

The single most important influence on her career has been her husband, says Stelle Feuers, president of Los Angeles City College. Dr. Feuers believes that women must learn to qualify themselves in jobs, the way men do. Part of a theme issue on women and leadership. (Editor/SJL)

People who made voluntary, radical occupational changes in mid-career were interviewed and compared with people remaining in matched occupations. Obstacles to change were mostly financial. Personal beliefs about control one has over life and one's ability to succeed in new areas determine whether obstacles deter change. (Author/BEF)