The 17-item questionnaire used in a survey of Nashville Metropolitan Public Schools to ascertain selected characteristics of suspended students is provided. The questionnaire is directed to principals or others designated by principals. (DB)

This study of intermediate and secondary teachers' personality types, based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, suggests that the Intuitive-Thinking types were more likely to use technology than the Sensory-Feeling types. Educators need to design programs for pre- and inservice teachers about how to best implement technology in the classroom. (LRW)

The purpose of this study was to review the methods currently used to report pupil progress and to evaluate report cards used experimentally in Vancouver schools during the 1971-72 school year. Five report cards were developed for primary grades and five more were developed for intermediate grades. Secondary schools were permitted to use any of…

Students from grades four through eleven (n=304) responded to a questionnaire regarding their viewpoints on grades. Three dimensions were examined: (1) attitudes about being graded; (2) comprehension of grading systems; and (3) causal perceptions and attributions about why students get good grades. Findings are discussed. (Author/MT)

Research on adolescent behavior described in this paper departs from traditional research by including friend reports of friend behavior so that results based on the different sources for measuring friend behavior can be compared. Findings are discussed in the context of theoretical and methodological considerations of peer influence and…

A study examined the status of hunter education in Georgia and the benefits of hunter education or "hunter safety" instruction as perceived by agricultural educators throughout the state. Surveys were mailed to a stratified random sample of 155 agricultural education teachers at middle, junior, and senior high schools throughout Georgia.…

To obtain information regarding selected characteristics of suspended students in the Metropolitan Nashville Schools during 1971-72, a 17-item questionnaire was sent to principals of the various schools, of which 2,246 answers were used in the data analysis. The results of the analysis are tabulated and discussed in relation to each item. In…

This collection of instructional objectives and related measuring instruments is the first of Instructional Objectives Exchange collections devoted to affective objectives. It concerns measures of self concepts. The collection is divided into five major sections. The discussion of the collection's organization is followed by a description of the…

To investigate the status of foreign language studies at the middle school and high school levels in Tennessee, 1000 questionnaires were sent to Tennessee Foreign Language Association members and to foreign language departments. Information obtained from the 156 valid responses emphasized funding as the critical issue in foreign language programs.…

Describes study that was conducted to investigate the effects of sex and school level on the computer anxiety of rural middle school and secondary school students when home availability and school use of computers were controlled. Use of the Computer Anxiety Scale is described, and implications for computer implementation are suggested. (34…

Examines relationships among peer, teacher, and self-assessments on adolescent direct and indirect aggressive behavior taking place at school. Focuses on early, middle, and late adolescent girls and boys (n=2002). States that direct aggression includes measures on bullying, fighting, and arguing while indirect aggression focuses on measures of…

This paper discusses Channel One, a 12 minute education television news program broadcast to over 12,000 schools in the United States each school morning. The programming adds over 30 hours of potential information during the school year, most of it related to social studies purposes. Because Channel One is viewed by all students, teachers can…

Used the Adolescent Prosocial Behavior Inventory to explore sixth, eighth, and tenth graders' prosocial behavior toward parents as an embedded aspect of parent/adolescent relationships. Found that mothers received more prosocial behavior than did fathers. Daughters acted more prosocially than sons. Attachment had a direct and an indirect effect…

The reports presented in this document describe the results of the first 2 years of the Midlands Consortium Star Schools Project (MCSSP) (October 1, 1988-December 31, 1990). The first report summarizes the major accomplishments of the MCSSP, including: (1) the installation of communications satellites at schools in Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi,…

This report supplements data acquired from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a continuing survey of 12,600 individuals interviewed annually since 1979, when they were 14 to 22 years of age. Specifically, the report presents data acquired through a 1990 supplemental survey of the female participants' children. A total of 1,116…