Uses an examination of the expectancy variable in educational research to contend that there are weaknesses associated with conceptualizing teacher expectations of student performance and with the use of teacher expectations in research. Includes recommendations regarding the treatment of the expectation variable in future educational research.…

The current educational debate in Quebec results not only from language, religious, and political differences between English- and French-speaking Quebeckers but also from cultural differences between the Gallic tradition of rationalism, codifed law, and centralism and the Anglo-Saxon tradition of empiricism, common law, and localism. (SB)

A study was conducted to determine the amount of empirical evidence that showed the teaching profession to possess a disproportionate number of individuals experiencing stress-related problems. Results showed that 30 percent of 71 articles about teacher stress contained empirical support for their claims and 70 percent contained little or no…

Shows how confusion of notion of "critical thinking" with such notions as "reasoning ability" and "argument analysis" frequently justifies programs in critical thinking. Discusses critical thinking in everyday problems. Outlines strategy to develop critical thinking capacities using the philosophy and knowledge of traditional disciplines instead…

The case study explores the support for, introduction of, and content in temperance courses in schools in Nova Scotia between 1880-1930 by examining national temperence organizations to assess outside influence and by examining comments of educators to appraise their sentiments. (SB)

Uses the concepts of "identity" and "situational identity," to focus on student-perceived consequences of teachers' pet and class victim phenomena in the high school setting. Analyzes five classes of consequences: being left out, the marking process, the disciplinary process, disliking teachers, and antipathy and empathy among students. (SB)

Evaluates extent and significance of decisions by British Columbia's judicial system on school systems. Gathers, organises, and evaluates scattered information. Concludes that judicial decisions do play a significant role in British Columbia public school operations, and that greater interest, knowledge, and involvement on the part of educators is…

Reviews impact of Canadian French immersion research on theoretical conceptions of bilingualism and biliteracy and identifies four major issues: effects of bilingualism on children's cognitive and academic development; effects of intensity of school exposure to the second language; the "optimal age" issue; and the suitability of a home-school…

Illustrates the basic concepts of the loglinear approach to research analysis. Explains what type of research questions are answerable and what type of data will lend itself to a loglinear analysis approach. Three educational research examples illustrate this concept. (TLJ)

Instructional design strategy for improving problem solving is presented. The strategy entails selecting an appropriate domain of problem-solving tasks, learning hierarchies, teaching methods and assembling of learning materials, and designing teacher training and evaluation. Obstacles to be overcome and directions for future research are…

A study of 35 learning disabled adolescents (LDA) is presented. The effects of continuing school failure on self-esteem, success and failure attribution, and the rationalization process for these failures by the learning disabled adolescent are discussed. (Author/TLJ)

Reviews literature on relationship between syntactic complexity (especially as measured by T-unit and clause length) and quality of written composition. Concludes that neither T-unit length nor clause length is a good predictor of writing quality. Lists implications for teachers in the field. (BRR)

The period of adulthood has, with few exceptions, been ignored in terms of its vocational aspect, although it is precisely a knowledge of this aspect that may prove essential in the planning of continuing education curricula or the conception and application of strategies permitting adult personal and vocational development. (BRR)

Teachers and student teachers (N=208) were given a fictitious report card for a grade six pupil, with attached photograph. Report cards varied only by the gender and attractiveness of the student portrayed. Expectation effects due to attractiveness or gender were rather meager. Amount of teacher's education contributed more. (BRR)

Item banks for use in developing tests keyed to the provincial mathematics curriculum were developed at the grade 3/4, 7/8, 10/11 levels. The Rasch model calibrated all items. The banks have been used to produce 11 Ministry of Education tests and as a source for the 1981 B.C. Mathematics Assessment. (BRR)