Researchers agree that academic self-efficacy beliefs are strongly predictive of academic performance. This study investigates four students' perceptions of the evolution of their efficacy beliefs about writing and of the relationship between these beliefs and their writing competence. (JPS)

Undergraduate students (n=178) from a variety of academic disciplines completed the Inviting-Disinviting Index (IDI) to measure the degree of inviting and disinviting behavior addressed to oneself and others. The hypothesis that people tend to be more disinviting to themselves than they are to others was supported. (JPS)

Reviews several approaches that have proven to be useful heuristics in college teaching, introduces a model for describing faculty development in teaching that incorporates many of the tenets of invitational education, and shows connections between this model and the earlier approaches described. Central message is that the act of teaching itself…

Explores the importance of self-invitations in teaching. Suggests that teachers might benefit from examining the self-invitations that urge them to teach. Notes that these self-invitations need to be compared and contrasted with other-invitations that often detract from the personal reasons that originally encouraged teachers to enter the…

Contends that peer mediation offers a way for students to settle disagreements without violence and without involving the traditional system of school discipline. Discusses brief background about peer mediation, then presents one high school mediation program that has been implemented and evaluated. Outlines step-by-step approach to implement a…

Examined effects of the Grow with Guidance System, a systematic affective education program, on students and teachers in elementary school. Findings from 224 students and 11 teachers revealed that teachers who used the program were perceived by students as more inviting, and that students who participated in the program demonstrated more…

Considers dilemma faced by people who retire and are excluded from society. Discusses ways that society can be more inviting toward its senior citizens. Looks at senior citizenship and the costs of disinvitation. Discusses causes of the disinvitation to senior citizens, argues that seniors should not be disinvited, and offers specific…