Twenty-one studies reporting on early admission of children to elementary school are reviewed and discussed in terms of methodological design and findings. An appendix summarizes studies with implied or explicit comparisons. (Author/MT)

This paper reports on a study examining the effects of in-class componential analogy training on 4th, 8th, and 10th graders' performance of verbal analogies. (MT)

This study compared the perceived teaching problems of 179 preservice elementary and secondary teachers with a review of 83 studies of the perceived teaching problems of beginning teachers. Findings and implications for teacher education are discussed. (Author/MT)

The effects of teacher comments, type of task, student performance, and gender on the continuing motivation of 424 fifth- and sixth-grade pupils was studied. Results are discussed in terms of the relationship between continuing motivation and student perceptions of their own competence. (Author/MT)

This paper reports on case studies of computer use in an elementary bilingual classroom, a secondary special education classroom, and an introductory adult literacy classroom. Findings, in terms of software, instructor, and student-related problems, are discussed. (Author/MT)

The five studies reported on in this article investigated the effects of testing schemes on end-of-course achievement. Variables were frequency of testing, repeated or non-repeated tests, and single-unit or cumulative tests. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Two studies investigated the effects of three instructional methods on lower and higher cognitive processes of sixth- and ninth-grade students. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Using hypothetical candidates and a stratified random sample of school board members, this study investigated whether school board members were inclined to favor male archetypes in the superintendent selection process. Findings are reported. (Author/MT)

This study tested for differences in the effects of computer and teacher assisted instruction on the numeral recognition and cardinal counting skills of 53 kindergarten children. Results are presented. (Author/MT)

This survey investigated the emphasis which accredited teacher education programs placed on three training areas: (1) attitudes toward education of students with disabilities; (2) knowledge of characteristics of exceptional children; and (3) knowledge of teaching and behavior management techniques. (JAZ)

The reading interest of adolescents was surveyed in relation to their personal and academic characteristics, both objective and based on teacher judgments. A table was prepared which demonstrates the effects of those characteristics and judgments on the percentages of students reading each topic voluntarily. (JAZ)

A model of sources and consequences of educator burnout was tested. Sources were found to include a combination of individual's unmet expections, job conditions, role conflict, lack of freedom, and absence of social support systems. The consequences included intention to leave teaching, absenteeism, lessened effort, and lower quality of personal…

Twelve schools with higher reading levels than expected, on the basis of family incomes, were examined on 67 variables. Results indicated that schools achieving higher than expected were smaller, had lower pupil mobility, had teachers with more structured methods, and had principals and students with more positive reading attitudes. (JAZ)

This paper critically reviews administrator work activity studies which follow the research of Henry Mintzberg. It discusses directions for future research using qualitative and quantitative methods and discourages research that relies solely on Mintzberg's structure. (Author/JAZ)

An instrument was developed for the assessment of nonverbal communicative behaviors of school administrators. Based on data from literature and a teacher survey, a 25-item instrument with rotational solutions clustering constructs in three factors was developed. The conceptual labels of Attentiveness, Openness, and Formality were assigned to these…