This guide was developed to aid facilitators in delivering orientation sessions for new adult education staff. The orientation is designed for 14-16 hours of class time; the 15 lessons are organized in three 5- to 6-hour days. The following topics are covered in the lessons: (1) introduction and goals; (2) what is literacy?; (3) materials; (4) the…

The meta analysis reported in this paper considers the implications of combined correlational evidence for the nature of the relationships of mathematical and spatial skills, and for the possibility that spatial skill underlies gender differences in favor of males on mathematical tasks. In all, 136 studies reported in 116 articles and…

This handbook addresses the activities of community volunteers in providing such services as orientation, counseling, enrichment programming, and English language training to foreign students. It is designed for those who would like to start a community organization of this type or who feel their present program would benefit from review and,…

The Proposition that Herzberg's bipartite analysis of job satisfaction oversimplifies by failing to take account of variations in work orientation was tested empirically and corroborated; dominant rewards for expressively oriented workers are intrinsic, for instrumentally oriented workers, extrinsic. Management should ascertain variations in…

An effective secondary orientation program has the following characteristics: 1) it is planned specifically for students entering junior or senior high; 2) it begins the year prior to entrance and continues well into the first year; 3) it includes the entering students, experienced secondary students, teachers, and parents. (JC)

This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a community college orientation course and to determine the frequency of counselor-student contact. There were no significant differences between groups' responses to a questionnaire designed to measure the objectives, but counselor-student contact was significantly affected. (Author)

A sample of 917 incoming students attending summer orientation at the University of Maryland, College Park, was given a survey assessing their interest in various campus volunteer opportunities. To assess the degree to which level of interest is influenced by the incentives of a monetary award or course credit, students were randomly given one of…

Designed for volunteer coordinators in Olympic College's Adult Education Volunteer Classroom Assistant Project, this handbook provides a rationale for each of the coordinators' responsibilities and details procedures for carrying out these functions. Section I provides an overview of the role of the volunteer coordinators, who are responsible for…

Successful outcome in psychotherapy depends, in part, on clients' preconceptions and expectations. Research has shown that inaccurate expectations are more prevalent among lower socioeconomic status clients, who also represent the majority of substance abusers in community treatment programs. To investigate the effect of general and specific…

Analyses of the University of Maryland Counseling Center staff's theoretical orientation were performed, taken both as a whole and individually, and noting the differences among full-time senior staff, part-time staff, and interns. The Therapist Orientation Questionnaire (TOQ) reveals a staff trend toward a "relationship therapy" where…

This module is one in a series of thirteen specifically designed to help vocational educators develop the skills needed to function as resource persons to learners enrolled in field-centered competency-based teacher preparation programs. (These learners are persons with appropriate occupational experience and competence who are being prepared as…

THIS ARTICLE AND ITS SUPPLEMENT PRESENT THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF DIFFERENCES IN VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS OF BOYS RESIDING ON FARMS, IN RURAL NONFARM AND VILLAGE AREAS, AND IN SMALL URBAN AREAS OF LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE DATA INCLUDE SEVERAL WORK-RELATED VALUE ORIENTATIONS, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS OF THE 17-YEAR…

The primary purpose of this study was to identify and profile attitudes and evaluative semantic differentials evidenced by young people in the six districts of Micronesia. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Eight attitudinal dimensions were measured: support of school and school related values, support of United States policy in…