Presents five teaching techniques designed to provide a feeling of acceptance for female students in the elementary classroom. (RB)

Thirty-one retarded Ss (average age ten years), homogeneous with respect to MA, CA, and IQ were grouped according to their nonegocentric, intermediate, or egocentric performance on a criterion role-taking task. (Author)

Investigated was the ability of 76 children (16 siblings of retarded children, 27 students in integrated and 33 students in segregated fifth grade classrooms) to take a retarded child's role. (CL)

Examined how staff in an elementary school district perceived their school psychologists and how these perceptions differed across components of service and staff groups. Findings reflect differences in perceptions of time allocation, domains for involvement, helpfulness, and services. Comparisons between master's level and doctoral level school…

Considers the comments of young people twelve and under in a survey about sex role perceptions during the 1970s, emphasizing the responses of girls. (RB)

Presents an annotated list of fifteen books for adolescent females in the elementary grades. (RB)

Analyzes characteristics and trends in children's literature from the Victorian age to the present. (RB)

Examined how elementary school counselors see their actual versus ideal roles and identified preparation they perceive as necessary to meet their roles successfully. Findings from 95 elementary school counselors revealed that, in actual versus ideal consultant roles, as well as in counselor preparation comparisons, significant discrepancies were…

This study attempts to define the role of the specialist in school districts and to identify the relationship between deployment of specialists and school quality. A time equivalent measure was used (i.e., the percentage of time a specialist spends at a certain function) to quantify the specialist's services. In addition, the recipient of the…

Suggestions are offered for teachers to overcome sex role stereotyping in children's literature and other media. (CB)

Examined written responses of 140 third and sixth graders to beginnings of stories whose characters held stereotypical or nonstereotypical occupational roles. Results suggest significant gender differences and gender stereotyping in children. More male characters than female characters were added to stories, and added male characters were often…