This exploratory research surveyed faculty who instruct in community colleges from 18 states about their attitudes toward the concealed carry gun policies that allow appropriately licensed citizens to carry a handgun in public places such as college campuses. Building upon previous research involving 4-year institutions, we surveyed 1,889…

The purpose of this multi-state study was to identify agricultural education teachers' perceived level of importance regarding selected instructional supervisory practices used in the nonformal components of agricultural education. The theoretical frame supporting this study was the theory of andragogy. Data were reported on the perceived…

Increasing evidence points to the importance of undergraduate research in teacher education programs. Before undertaking independent research, it is essential that music education students gain exposure to a range of research skills and develop basic research competencies. In this study, I explored the influence of a semester-long collaborative…

Self-efficacy is a perceived judgment that one has the ability to execute a course of action that brings about a desired result. Principal self-efficacy describes a set of beliefs that enable a principal to enact policies and procedures that promote the effectiveness of a school. Principal self-efficacy beliefs are also important because they…

The purpose of this study was to identify beliefs held by agricultural education teachers regarding the supervision of instruction by the principal. This study was based on the work of Ferguson and Bargh (2004) regarding how social perception can automatically influence behavior. Data were reported on ten general beliefs regarding instructional…

Little is known about the implementation of assistive technology (AT) services for students in rural areas. This study investigated the AT service delivery in 10 rural districts across six states. The results indicated that students use AT across functional areas, but considerably fewer number of devices than do those not living in rural areas. AT…

This article reports the findings of a study commissioned by the Montana Small Schools Alliance to explore the challenges and sustainability practices of frontier schools. A Montana frontier school is defined as a school district with 200 or fewer students with its attendant community located in a county with five or fewer people per square mile.…

This study compares the experiences and perceptions of new and experienced teachers in 235 schools in six western states (Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming) that have adopted the Reading First school reform initiative. Using previously collected data from surveys and interviews, the study considers four areas of the reform…

Reports the findings of a study of teachers' perceptions of actual and preferred supervisory behavior in Montana public schools during the 1978-79 school year. (WD)

In the fall of 1973, the Montana Association of Teachers of English surveyed 750 junior and senior high school English teachers in Montana, to gather information about their current teaching assignments, their preparation to teach, their current needs for teaching, and the priorities they saw for services or programs in the state university…

This report summarizes results from a 1973 survey of Montana junior and senior high school teachers of English. The questionnaires were designed to determine the relation between teaching assignments and training; undergraduate and postgraduate preparation in subject matter courses; teachers' evaluation of the usefulness and applicability of their…

Data from 82 questionnaires returned by vocational agriculture teachers and administrators in Montana provided information on: summer employment status, importance of summer program to overall program, planning and accountability, time spent on summer activities, and perceptions of program activities. Six recommendations were formulated as a…

This study, conducted by the Center for Community-School Development and Testing Services at Montana State University, had two purposes: (1) to gather information from parents of school-age children and school personnel, particularly teachers, to determine their perceptions about the status of and the need for parental involvement in the education…

A study was designed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Supervised Occupational Experience (SOE) in Montana and the extent to which vocational agriculture teachers were using it to enhance their students' education. The student population consisted of 144 vocational agriculture students who had submitted records on SOE projects. All…

Discusses the findings of a 1981 Montana survey that assessed English teachers' attitudes concerning the need for more preservice and inservice preparation. (HOD)