Study of 488 students in teacher preparation programs at 8 Canadian universities indicated: (1) unrealistic beliefs about youth are fairly widespread among prospective Canadian teachers; (2) some such beliefs are related to mass media stereotypes of youth; (3) respondents place confidence in mass media as sources of reliable information.…

The effects of working in groups (WIG), goal-setting, and a control condition on self-regulated performance were compared for 126 college students (prospective teachers at high, middle, and low self-efficacy levels). A strong interaction between performance condition and individual self-efficacy level surfaced. WIG only increased performance of…

This paper examines university social science and education students' views of research methodology, especially asking whether a negative research orientation towards quantitative methods exists. Finnish (n = 196) and US (n = 122) students answered a questionnaire concerning their views on quantitative, qualitative, empirical, and theoretical…

THE PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF CLASSROOM SIMULATION ON THE ATTITUDES OF EDUCATION MAJORS TOWARD TOPICS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. EXPERIMENT 1 SOUGHT TO DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF ATTITUDE CHANGE AS A RESULT OF SIMULATED EXPERIENCES. EXPERIMENT 2 REPEATED THE FIRST EXPERIMENT USING A REFINEMENT OF THE ATTITUDE INSTRUMENTATION AND…

This paper is divided into five sections, the first of which states the author's purpose for writing the paper as being to think through the experience he had as the instructor of a pilot class within the secondary education professional sequence at the Teachers College of Ball State University. The next section is a discussion of the methodology…

This report is a descriptive analysis of prospective and working teachers, using data collected from college students in 1967, when they were freshmen, and in 1971. Only those completing their baccalaureate degrees by 1971 were included in this study, and focus was on those interested in teaching in elementary and secondary schools. The purpose of…

This is an individually administered rating scale designed to evaluate teacher trainee attitudes toward an information retrieval system. A major goal of the scale is to seek responses that measure students' reactions to the cognitive interest and motivational nature of the information retrieval system through the use of Likert-type items. The…

A sample of 435 junior education majors in a large Southwestern university were given the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire and the Opinion Scale. A profile of personality factors was developed which defined the nature of authoritarianism or dogmatism. Implications for teacher education programs are discussed. (Author)

This study investigated (1) whether significant attitude changes toward educational practices took place in education majors as compared to arts and science majors; (2) if these groups differed in views toward their educational development; and (3) attitudes of faculty and cooperating teachers toward educational practices. Results are presented.…

This digest investigates the methodological practice of relying on self-reported Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and grade point average (GPA) scores on educational-psychological research, explores the differential reliability of self-reported SAT and GPA values, and examines trends of deviation in a sample of midwestern teacher education…

Attitudes toward the profession were determined among different aged teachers and students enrolled in teacher education programs. No age differences in attitudes among the teacher samples were found but intergroup differences in attitudes were found between students and teachers. These results support Neugarten's hypothesis concerning effect of…

Questionnaires from undergraduate students with a declared major in special education showed 41 percent had at least one handicapped individual in their family background. Perceptions of special education were influenced by academic rank, academic concentration, and personal experiences with the handicapped. (Author)

Factors that influenced 157 students at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and 176 at the University of Cyprus to become teachers were compared. The factor "internal motives" was the strongest factor that influenced students from PSU, whereas the most influential factors for students from Cyprus were "variety of benefits" and…

The data base from an earlier incentive survey describing college psychology student preferences for incentives commonly offered by instructors to promote achievement in course work was extended to include undergraduate education majors. The 385 volunteer subjects rated ten incentives on 45 paired-comparison items and on a seven-point rating…