Underachievement in gifted students is a behavior that can be modified by an awareness of its causes and the introduction of preventative strategies. Some of the dualities which suggest intervention procedures are push vs. pull, risk taking vs. risk making, encouragement vs. praise, and first best vs. first worst. (Author/SW)

Research shows that underachievement in gifted students is caused by a number of factors, including the student's social and psychological attributes, unfavorable family and cultural factors, and low teacher expectations. Two major strategies have been used to eliminate or reduce underachievement--counseling and homogeneous educational grouping.…

Evaluates literature hypothesizing that an increase in the number of male primary school teachers would reduce school related problems for boys. Finds little evidence to support the hypothesis and suggests that difficulties boys face in school are based in part on incompatible demands of male sex role and student role. (Author/GC)

This annotated bibliography cites nine references on various aspects of early adolescence. (SJL)

A fictionalized account of one teacher's frustrating encounter with a student. (DD)

Compares communication apprehension (CA) levels of people exposed or not exposed to visualization (a desensitization technique to assist people in coping with CA) after four months and after eight months. Finds that those exposed to visualization reported significantly lower CA levels at the end of both time periods than those not exposed to…

Presents analysis of factors leading schools to be significant source of stress to children. Sees debilitating school stress linked to forces that push schools to overemphasize academic acceleration, competition, evaluation, and test-based accountability. Recommendations based on developmental and empirical consideration are presented to reduce…

Explains the context of the theme issue: the title is from Martin Gold's pioneering research on effective alternative schools for troubled students. The issue revolves around creating a learning atmosphere where no one is rejected, regardless of behavioral problems, and students can get the education they need. (JPS)

A total of 596 Asian American college students responded to a survey investigating the relationship between acculturation and help-seeking. Results indicated that students who were less identified with the majority culture indicated higher likelihood of seeking help from community elders, religious leaders, student organizations, and church…

Examined screening and dismissal procedures currently being used in counselor training programs. Survey questionnaire, Screening and Terminating Procedures, was completed by 133 master's level counselor education programs. Findings showed that, although counselor educators had developed and used formal initial screening procedures, they were less…

Resident assistants (n=117) on three rural campuses assessed frequency of occurrence and their preparedness for resolving 11 resident student problem areas and checked the skills they used to resolve these problems. Findings showed that training programs helped respondents address some issues and experience and maturity aided in the resolution of…

Conducted study about disciplinary counseling from national sample of counseling center directors (n=115). Results showed ambivalence about provision of disciplinary counseling. Approximately 37% of respondents noted increase in disciplinary referrals. Organizational matters and student pathology appeared to be salient factors in rise of…

Used multiple baseline design to evaluate teacher-only and conjoint parent-teacher behavioral consultation in their ability to produce cross-setting behavioral change in social initiations of four withdrawn children. Found that conjoint consultation was effective in enhancing social initiation behaviors across home and school settings, whereas…

Explored projection in group counseling by examining relationship between college student group members' (n=118) interpersonal problems and their perception of group leader. Found that, during first 10 group sessions, overly dominant group members perceived group leaders as more dominant and overly cold group members perceived group leaders as…

Reviewed all English-language studies (14 foreign and 17 American) on campus student suicides. Only four single-site studies had higher suicide rate than comparable populations. Multiple-site collaborative studies done in U.S. since 1960 strongly suggest campus student suicide rate significantly less than in matched control population. (Author/NB)