It was found that students who have completed a mathematics content and methods course have a greater appreciation of the creative side of the subject and the importance of employing discovery learning. (KR)

The administrative component was found to receive a smaller proportion of salaries in large districts, while clerical and maintenance service proportions increased, producing a net effect of larger overhead costs in this study of high school districts in the midwestern U.S. (KR)

As age and grade increased, recall on all tasks increased; subjects in grades three to six were also seen to have a fully developed Iconic Memory, while only sixth graders had a functionally developed Immediate Memory. (KR)

Components of community schools were isolated from the literature, and the extent to which these existed in the community schools of Alberta was measured. None were developed to the extent suggested in the literature; however, scores were higher than comparable noncommunity schools. (KR)

This research attempts to develop methods which teachers can use now in dealing with disturbances in the classroom, and to investigate the efficiency of these methods in decreasing the disturbances in working conditions. Develops the idea that teachers should be able to use positive means in dealing with disruptive behavior by students. (Author/RK)

Three different methods for selecting students for admission to higher education institutions are discussed and compared. The predictive system of selection, based on qualitative judgments, makes use of conventional data and also subjective judgments. The other two methods, the proportional system of selection and the predictive system of…

Ten items consisting of five DSC items and five LSC items were translated into Norwegian in order (a) to control the verbal anxiety responses from defensive tendencies, (b) to handle the problem of response set (the tendency to answer a questionnaire in a stereotyped way), and (c) to permit research concerning the nature of defensiveness itself.…

Employing the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, this study investigates the relationship between the job satisfaction of Georgia school superintendents and perceived leader behavior of Georgia school board presidents. (JC)

Presenting an overview of the forces responsible for the current impetus to evaluate social competency as one component of mental retardation, this article reviews the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale, the Vineland Social Maturity Scale, and the newly published system of Multi-Cultural and Pluralistic Assessment.…

In an effort to determine the nature, content, and geographic distribution of environmental studies programs for majors and non-majors, colleges and universities of the Southeastern States were surveyed. (JC)

Designed to measure self-actualization as defined by Abraham Maslow, the Jones Self Actualizing Scale, as assessed in this study, possesses content validity, reliability, and a number of other positive characteristics. (JC)

Comparing space allocations in measurable areas such as living areas, phone booths, fallout shelters, and jails, this study asserts that space for individuals usually is determined by cost and anticipated time of occupation and that the personal space allocated for each child in school is meager. (JC)

Asserting that the majority of child abuse research has excluded the victim, other than as an incident, this article recommends that the problem of child abuse could be better understood if the variables related to the abused child could be adequately and empirically derived. (JC)

An epistemological interpretation of the Campbell and Fiske model is offered to show its usefulness in validating classroom observation instruments. This interpretation is used to critique a recent validation study and is then applied to the problem of validating the construct "View of Science", using a classroom observation instrument. (Author/JC)

Utilizing data from 81 adult learners attending 6 different professional education courses in the Faculty of Education at Brandon University, this study attempts to identify: major sources of stimuli in the instructional setting that elicit anxiety; changes of anxiety level through the entire course period; and potent factors that either bring…