Proposes the use of an instrument designed to elicit teacher' beliefs based on Kelly's (1969) theory of personal constructs, using an adapted version of his repertory grid technique. (Author/VWL)

Criticizes the methodology of a questionnaire-based study that found a discrepancy between the beliefs of sexually active adolescents about condoms and their use of condoms. Discusses six methodological problems in the study to demonstrate how the overly simplified treatment of complex behavior can lead to invalid conclusions. (FMW)

Contends that student evaluations of teachers are important, but that the evaluations have become overly complicated and many variables are not necessarily relevant to determining teacher effectiveness. (MS)

Reports on the questionnaire results of National Association for Pastoral Care in Education (NAPCE). Five hypotheses are generated concerning likely effects of the 1988 Education Reform Act, National Curriculum, and other educational developments. Impact on pastoral care and personal and social education after a decade of educational-policy change…

Describes an approach to teaching the student research paper that improves the quality of arguments and prose. Reviews specific steps to writing and researching the research paper, which include free writing on a topic of interest, formulating a research question, interviewing and surveying, initial drafting of an argument, and (only after these…

Presents a set of questions that are offered as suggestions to help students think and define themselves as readers. Notes that to encourage thoughtful, well developed responses, the questions should be spread out over a number of days or weeks. (RS)

This study evaluated the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Word Processing Center by surveying faculty and administrative use of word processing and personal computers. Questionnaires were sent to all faculty and academic and administrative departments, and 130 responses were received from faculty, 33 from academic departments, and 47 from…

High turnover rates among school board members, increasing complexity of school affairs, high costs of education, and demographic upheavals are among the factors that make efficient school board management very difficult. To cope with these factors, school board members need inservice training, particularly at the local level. Further, this…

Based on data from two experiments, this article attempts to assess degree to which people differ in interpretations of questions referring to library services and the implications for interpreting survey results. Sources of error in questionnaire research--sampling, response (question interpretation, response decision, category choices)--are…

Discusses the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (I.E.A.) and its use of the National Case Study Questionnaire (NCSQ) in connection with six subject studies. The purpose of the NCSQ was (1) to identify factors that account for the differences among educational systems and (2) to relate these factors to the…

Discusses the results of a study of college students in the United Kingdom that was conducted to identify experiences perceived as stressful by students, to assess their frequency, and to ascertain whether students considered that their learning had been affected as a result of the experience. (Author/LRW)

Seven basic questions related to basic organizational questions and issues are presented together with a matrix for analyzing the responses in terms of comfort zone feelings and reactions based on past experiences. It is suggested that the matrix entries can be used to begin a dialog among organizational partners concerning their openness to…

This paper addresses issues in the separation of level of functioning of a child with mental retardation and the general life satisfaction of parents in research on the effects of such children on their parents' level of psychological stress. It also urges development of instruments that do not mix items measuring physical demands and those…

Examines elements of the African American experience in American prep schools, using data from a survey of 55 schools. African Americans must cope with both racial and class distinctions in these schools, but the majority subsequently gain admission to highly selective colleges. (DM)

Data were gathered by circulating questionnaires to each state archive, making site visits to representative archives, and holding discussions with key state archives and preservation leaders. The 2-year study concludes that no state archive currently approaches the goal of providing total preservation care for its holdings. Comprehensive and…