The emergence of a reform movement in statistics education has influenced the teaching and learning of statistics over the past few decades. The teaching of statistics concepts and courses in elementary and secondary education as well as the implementation of technology into the statistics classroom are important changes involved in this movement.…

It is commonly assumed that worry and anxiety are synonymous. However, there is growing evidence that anxiety and worry are separate, yet related, constructs (i.e., Davey, Hampton, Farrell, & Davidson, 1992; Davey, 1993; Gana, Martin, & Canouet, 2001 ). Worry, is generally defined as a stream of negative thoughts (Kelly & Miller,…

Attempted to improve attitudes of college students toward various groups of special needs children through the use of a cognitive-experiential module. Treatment significantly reduced negative evaluations regarding ratings of physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and normal children and approached significance for retarded children.…

Data suggests that faculty members and their negative or indifferent attitude toward students, as well as departments, have substantially negative effects on them. This article reviews the findings of that study and its implications for those associated with higher education. (Author)

This study examined African American and White ninth grade students' aspirations for college attendance, utilizing the predisposition stage of Hossler and Gallegher's (1987) model of college choice as a conceptual framework. This study also introduced a measure of student perceptions of how well high school was preparing them for college. Findings…