A model for developing teacher interpersonal skill was employed to improve teacher-student relationships. Teachers (N=18) received 20 hours of training that consisted of studying human relationship skills, listening to taped examples of good relationships, and practice through role playing. Teachers did significantly increase their ability to…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the community power structure of the Homestead, Florida, City area. The study examined perceptions of schoolmen, the black, the white and the overall power structure, and the socio-economic beliefs of the members of the community power structure. Results are discussed. (Author)

Describes a training program designed to assist teachers in developing more effective one-to-one relationships with students. Evaluation of the training program tends to raise more questions than it answers. (EJT)

Of a "universe" of 475 supervisory activities of secondary school department chairmen, 50 were randomly selected and incorporated into a Problem List Questionnaire. Respondents were asked to rate the amount of difficulty perceived in each activity. Sharp differences between the sexes were noted. (Author)

This paper is a documentation of the influence of "culture" (racial group membership) on the complaints a student presents on initial contact with the center. Implications for the intake process and counseling process are discussed. (Author/JEL)

A questionnaire to assess teacher preferences for continuing education offerings was distributed to 555 randomly selected elementary school teachers in a large metropolitan area. Educational background influenced interest in research skills and in examining new materials and instructional strategies, but not interest in discussing educational…

Computerized and paper-pencil formative evaluation strategies were compared. The computerized strategy permitted student self-pacing of learning and unlimited trials to mastery. The paper-pencil strategy was teacher-paced, and one-trial was permitted. Students taking computerized formative exams performed significantly better on both knowledge and…

This study suggests that academic desensitization may be due to increases in student power associated with the emergence of an enrollment economy and the increased use of student evaluations. A questionnaire administered to 400 university students was used to investigate their preferences in teaching styles. (Author)

Cohabitating college couples (N=89) responded to a questionnaire pertaining to their current sexual relationships and individual sexual behavior patterns, historical and present. Results indicate that those individuals, especially the males, had been unusually precocious in their sexual development. (Author)

Studied multiple assessors and predictors of single criterion and combination criterion for disadvantaged and regular freshmen (maximum N=143). Computed were analyses of variance and multiple correlations and regressions. Results are discussed. (Author)

The purpose of the study was to determine where the public junior college libraries of Texas could be placed on a continuum ranging from a traditional book center to an ultra-modern media learning center, and study student attitudes and utilization of these libraries as related to academic success in these colleges. (Author)

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)

Tests designed to determine behavioral, emotional, social and academic changes occurring in hyperkinetic subjects were administered during childhood and 13 years later. Findings were more positive than other longitudinal studies. Some secondary symptoms, possibly precursors to later psychopathology, appeared. This population, therefore, is still…

Among 690 male and female students attending a private, two-year college for women, a four-year state college and a four-year university center, an exceptionally high degree of congruence was found in choices of instructor characteristics which stimulated them to think. (Author)

The authors question the use of the appraisal-reappraisal correlation coefficient as an appropriate measure of the stability of students' appraisals of college instruction, if they are to be used for administrative purposes. In lieu of these, two other measures, estimated Kappa and Lambda, are proposed. (Author)