The review develops a definition of self-concept from existing definitions, reviews some steps in validating a construct interpretation of a test score, and applies these steps in examining five popularly used self-concept instruments. (RC)

Continuing motivation (CM) is the tendency to return to and continue working on tasks away from the instructional context. CM is identified, defined, and approaches to measurement are suggested. Various antecedent conditions are considered emphasizing a "freedom in learning" hypothesis. Implications for practice and suggestions for further…

Using teachers' ratings of more than 8,000 fourth grade pupils on 21 related behavior changes, it was found that teachers' ratings of high socioeconomic status (SES) pupils exhibited less composite halo than teachers' ratings of low SES pupils, and the SES of pupils had a greater effect on composite halo in ratings than the race of pupil or…

A 27-item Quality of School Life scale is presented, which shows reliability and validity across educational levels (elementary, middle and high school) based on 4,266 student survey responses. Concurrent and discriminative validity is demonstrated using measures of academic achievement, participation, personality, family background, and…

Constructing a problem for dynamic programming requires the listing of units, e.g., chapters, which might be included, together with possible levels of effort or cost and judged values for all usage levels. Given such a table and total permissable cost, a computer program will generate a prescription for optimal curriculum. (MV)

A rationale for, and a relatively simple method of estimating the reliability of an observational method are described. A separate "reliability study," while not required, may be employed when examining data. Empirical findings show that high frequencies of occurrence are not necessary prerequisites for the reliable measurement of behavior.…

An alternative is proposed to the usual Interaction and Nested Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) models by which a researcher will be able to investigate both interaction and nested questions in the same experiment without committing Type IV errors. (RC)

Microteaching has been suggested as a useful method for teacher training since it is "real teaching" and because it focuses on the training of specific tasks. (DMT)

This investigation presents information concerning the relationship of stability of teacher behavior to teacher effectiveness and teacher responsiveness to inservice training. (DMT)

Current emphasis on the changing sex role expectations of women in the direction of increased assertiveness and independence has prompted investigation of the impact this emphasis has on teacher perceptions of student behavior. (DMT)

Since similarity inhibits learning, children will have greater difficulty learning responses that are more similar to each other; the instructional procedure of separating similar sounds was evaluated in two experiments. (DMT)

Evidence suggests that teacher self-concept has an effect upon the development of student self-concept in two of the four dimensions tested. (DMT)

This study compares the effects of two teacher training programs designed to emphasize one of two forms of behavior modification in teaching economics to fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade pupils. (DMT)

After a methodological critique of attrition-related research, factors associated with attrition in higher education are outlined. They include demographic, academic, motivational, personality, college environmental, financial, and health factors. Student reports of reasons for dropping out, the withdrawal procedure, and programs for dropout…

Organization theory emphasizes groupings of items on the basis of a variety of characteristics, and the role of the learner as an active processor or encoder of information. Research on organization theory as it is applied to memory and recall of prose is reviewed here. (BW)