Research that has examined anxiety and stressful attitudes toward mathematics is reviewed and updated. (DEP)

The hierarchical relationships between behaviors in the cognitive and affective domains that led to teachers' voluntary acceptance of Individually Guided Education were studied, using ordering theory. The results indicated that cognitive skills and attitudes were integrally related and built on each other, leading to mastery of the goal.…

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes towards gypsies of teachers with/without direct experience of integrated classes. We investigated: (1) stereotypes, emotional reactions and attitudes towards gypsies and (2) concerns, perception of practical difficulties related to teaching integrated classes and behavioural intentions of…

This volume, written by teachers for teachers, parents and administrators, presents an insightful, correlative view of the emotional needs of both the teachers and their students. Frontmatter includes: "Planning to Become a Teacher?" and "Needs of Children and Their Teachers." Papers included are: (1) "On the Teaching of Teachers" (C. A.…

The purpose of the study was to identify possible causes of gender differences in mathematics achievement. Educators need to be aware that gender differences may exist and encourage all students in the study of mathematics. Annotations of 38 articles and a glossary are included. It was concluded that affective factors are responsible for…

This paper presents some ideas, opinions, and hunches concerning ways to help the professional educator become a more efficient consumer of research. The author states that implied throughout the paper are two assumptions: (1) that educators should be able to interpret and utilize research findings appropriate to their professional responsibility;…

Among the debates current in training circles is the debate over whether teacher trainers should involve themselves in changing staff attitudes toward innovations or providing knowledge in relation to innovations. The four arguments related to this debate are discussed: 1. attitudes, then knowledge: 2. knowledge, then attitudes; 3. attitudes are…

This paper explores some of the relationships between knowing, using and liking English as an additional language. Data was gathered from teachers and students in India, Indonesia and Israel. In predicting acquisition and use, non-attitudinal factors are primary whereas attitudinal factors are primary in predicting attitudes. (CFM)

Using data collected from three universities, an attempt is made to show that student attitude is an important dimension of learning and that the quality of instruction is associated with attitude. Research procedures are described and research data is presented in tabular form. (SM)

Appraisal of almost all the written accomplishment of the day should hardly be regarded solely as the teacher's prerogative; rather, this responsibility rightfully rests with the one for whom the learning is intended. (Author)

How do you change beliefs and attitudes that are rooted in emotion? (Editor)

Elaborates the thesis that children's behavior is the language of their emotional life and that teachers' responses to children's behavior foster or stunt children's growth. Gives particular attention to the problem of children's provoking feelings in the teacher that the teacher does not want to acknowledge and to parents' influence on children's…

This study builds on previously established attribution-affect linkages in an effort to better understand teachers' evaluative reactions to student success and failure. As predicted, the affective reactions of teachers indicate that they are more willing to accept personal responsibility for certain kinds of student outcomes than others. (Author)

Discusses the paucity of research on teacher feeling and analyzes the nature and importance of teacher guilt. The paper examines persecutory and depressive guilt and discusses four guilt traps common to teaching (commitment to care, open-endedness of teaching, accountability and intensification, and persona of perfectionism), offering solutions.…