The researcher focused on the elementary principal's influence on academic achievement of minority students in mathematics in grade four. The sample population was from a parish where three schools were identified to have improved academic achievement in mathematics with the minority population. The study was a mixed method. The study was…

PRESIDENTS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND STUDENT LEADERS FROM 20 PUBLIC 2-YEAR COLLEGES FILLED OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH INDICATED THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR OF THEIR DEANS. THE DEANS THEMSELVES DESCRIBED WHAT THEY THOUGHT TO BE THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR. THE LEADER BEHAVIOR DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPED BY THE…

The role expectation, role performance, and leader behavior of principals in 31 Birmingham, Alabama, elementary schools were studied. Comparisons were made between teachers' and principals' perceptions and between perceptions of teachers in self-contained, team teaching, and departmentalized schools. (Author/SJL)

THIS STUDY PROPOSED TO DETERMINE, IN A SCHOOL SETTING, IF PERCEPTION ACCURACY WAS RELATED TO PERSONALITY STRUCTURE. TWO SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WERE SELECTED FROM EACH OF 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE LEADER BEHAVIOR DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE (LBDQ) AND THE ROKEACH DOGMATISM SCALE (RDS) WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS,…

The relationship between perceived leader behavior and student performance in higher education physical education was studied for 180 Nigerian college students, 30 lecturers, and 6 department heads. No relationship was found between perceived leader behavior and student performance or between leaders' and lecturers' perceptions of leader behavior.…