This qualitative study of expectations for and outcomes of practicums in library and information science had four aims: (1) to discover whether faculty, host librarians, and students had the same objectives; (2) to ask students what they experienced in the practicum and compare this to their previously stated expectations; (3) to assess the…

A study was conducted which examined records from the Ontario Court of Appeal to investigate the factors contributing to child molestation by teachers in the classroom. Data were analyzed using Finkelhor's model of emotional congruence. For the offenders against prepubescent children, the chain of causation was found to lead outside the classroom.…

Considering that values and value systems are determinants of human behavior and that the school system is a primary agent of values inculcation, this study assesses whether the school setting has an impact on the value priorities of students. The Rokeach Value Survey was administered to 68 students of both sexes attending three local high schools…

A case study gathered information about the environment of Reading Recovery, a one-on-one tutorial approach to helping first-graders who have problems learning to read, in an elementary school in an upper middle class suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Interviews were conducted with the five Reading Recovery students, their Reading Recovery teacher,…

This study attempts to identify factors that may contribute to the learning process of the student pilot in order to lower flight costs while maintaining or increasing safety factors. Specifically, it tests the hypothesis that a significant relationship exists between the similarity of flight instructor and student pilot perceptive styles and the…