This machine-readable data file (MDRF) contains information from the fifth follow-up survey of the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972. The survey was carried out along with the third survey of the High School and Beyond Study. The fifth follow-up data file consists of 12,841 records. The data tape contains information on…

A detailed description is provided of the variable teacher job satisfaction (JOBSAT), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the distribution…

A teacher inservice preference questionnaire was used to identify, categorize, and compare inservice preferences of educators, and findings indicated that workshops were ranked first as the inservice activity most preferred with conventions and professional conferences least preferred. Other categorical analysis indicated that professional…

For four years research has been conducted on the Concerns-Based Adoption Model. This model proposes a diagnostic/prescriptive process for guiding change in schools with the focus being on the individual teacher and what happens to her/him during the change process. Two important dimensions of the model are Stages of Concern about an Innovation…

This study investigated the differences between different sized classes in grades four and five of Toronto schools. Teachers and students from 11 schools were assigned to 34 classes of either 16, 23, 30, or 37 students (class size could vary by 2). All students were in grade four during the study's first year and in grade five during the second…

The hypothesis guiding this study was that staff members from schools participating in an organizational development (OD) program would increase the functioning levels of four groups of organizational variables. The OD treatment contained three distinct phases: diagnosis, skill development and planning, and implementation. A modified Survey of…

The focus of this report is the role expectations of the guidance counselor position as held by selected faculty groups. The two major tasks are: (1) to ascertain the extent of group agreement on the occupational guidance role of secondary school counselors, and (2) to determine the relationships of selected variables to the degree of such…

A study used the Coursework Cluster Analysis Model to identify college courses associated with gains in student learning, then sought faculty perceptions about methods for teaching and assessing those abilities. Teacher perceptions corroborated the statistical analysis and improved understanding of how student assessment, individual courses, and…

This preliminary study investigated the perceptions of the research process of teachers who had newly become researchers and, in particular, it sought to explore the relationship between teacher-conducted research and professional growth. Six experienced English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers were…

A detailed description is provided of the variable belief in individual differences (INDIV), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the…

USING THE CLASSROOM AS THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS A 25 PERCENT RANDOM SAMPLE OF STUDENTS IN 72 CLASSES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TOOK THE CLASSROOM CLIMATE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURAL (ORGANIZATIONAL) AND AFFECTIVE (PERSONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN GROUP MEMBERS) DIMENSIONS OF GROUP CLIMATE. REGRESSION AND…

This study was designed to provide additional understanding of the construct of social competence by using multiple assessments, including both behavioral and inferential techniques. Indices of qualitative social behaviors and of quantitative interaction dimensions were collected on 66 preschoolers during free play. Scores on the Kohn and Rosman…

This study reports the relation of sex and scholastic aptitude to teachers' descriptions of the adjustment and classroom behavior of Negro and other seventh grade students. Scholastic aptitude was estimated by California Mental Maturity Test IQ scores. The subjects were 153 students in a northern Virginia suburban community. The major finding from…

Guidance decisions depend on the validity of standardized tests and teacher judgment records as measures of student achievement. To test this validity, a sample of 400 high school juniors, randomly selected from two large Gulf Coas t area schools, were administered the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. The nine subtest scores and each…

Responses of 160 faculty members to seven innovations involving such organizational areas as collective bargaining, Affirmative Action and school governance in higher education were examined using two prevailing models. One links resistance to personality and the other to organizational status. Seven semantic differentials, demographic questions,…