The exploratory data analysis method of median polishing was used to examine patterns of differences in male and female performance on the Graduate Record Examination quantitative and analytical tests. Males were found overall to outperform females on the quantitative measure but not on the analytical measure. (Author/MLW)

The difference between accepted and enrolling students was modeled over a 30-week period using total number of students accepted, mean composite SAT scores, and mean high school quarter rank. The enrollment yield and academic ability difference functions were collectively modeled for the university and separately for each academic college.…

Departmental and graduate studies committee chairpersons were surveyed regarding their opinions on the need for and potential use of a database system to provide (1) departments with easier access to data and (2) the graduate school with an easier means of monitoring departmental activities pertaining to graduate education. (Author/MLW)

A significant amount of introspective evaluation of the dissertation process and product has taken place over the last five years. Technological advances, quality concerns, and increased student involvement in the preparation have been recognized and incorporated into new dissertation requirements. (Author/MLW)

This article presents the results of a study designed to determine and promote a precise professional vocabulary on affective response in the field of music. Includes 26 terms and a four-page listing of references, books, and periodicals used. (JDH)

This study investigated achievement in convergent and divergent musical tasks as a function of the cognitive style dimension of reflection/impulsivity among 47 second graders. Significant relationships were found for cognitive style, and gender on measures of tone, rhythm, and creative music thinking. (Author/JDH)

Small-group listening lessons and subsequent individual posttests were used to judge 94 three- through five-year-old subjects' attention, paired-comparison piece preference, time spent listening, and piece recognition. Research procedures included a modified multiple baseline design and split-screen video taping of instructional sessions.…

Investigated music majors' ability to harmonize notated melodies and recorded melodies with chord symbols, and to perform harmonic accompaniments to recorded melodies. Results showed, among other findings, that subjects (n = 45) improved ability to harmonize simple melodic patterns and that melodic echo-playing ability was highly correlated with…

Investigated the effects of different accompaniment and register conditions on string instrumentalists' intonation performance of scalar passages. Both upper and lower register performances were significantly sharper than the computer-generated model. Violinist evidenced the least deviation, followed in order by violists, cellists, and bassists.…

Trained observers assessed the frequency of 95 classroom teaching behaviors shown by 124 teachers in arts and humanities, the social science, and the natural science faculties. Teaching effectiveness was measured by formal end-of-term student ratings averaged over a three-year period. (Author/MLW)

The managerial behavior of academic department chairpersons and nonacademic unit managers across 140 colleges and universities were compared. Faculty and administrators completed questionnaires that profiled their formal leader's behavior, their work group characteristics, and their personal satisfaction. (Author/MLW)

College teachers' personality traits were grouped into 14 clusters of traits. Only 4 of 14 trait clusters showed statistically significant average correlations between the teacher's personality traits and students' overall evaluations. Studies measuring traits by the perception of the teacher's students or colleagues found statistically…

Describes similarities and differences in teaching of elementary mathematics in 135 elementary schools in districts of varying size in Washington state. Finds more similarities than differences and that differences relate to selection of student learning objectives and instructional materials, measurement of student progress, student achievement,…

Surveys effect of enrollment size on 117 teachers and 892 middle and junior high school students in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Finds middle school teachers prefer small schools, junior high teachers prefer larger schools, and middle school students' self concept may increase with enrollment size. Analyzes school organizational structures. (LFL)

Examines how well structural and social psychological variables explain occupational aspirations of 447 rural, low-income southern youth during preadolescence, adolescence, and young adulthood (contacts were made in 1969, 1975, and 1979). Finds results vary from Ginsburg's theory of three stages with occupational expectations declining rapidly…