In a comparison of the values of college open admissions students and of college police students to their teachers' values, it was found that for both groups new students differ from the faculty more than do advanced students. This suggests value changes in the direction of the faculty. (Author/LBH)

A study examined the relationship between social and material values and attitudes toward television advertising. Using the Rokeach Value Survey Form E, 157 Canadian college students ranked the 18 terminal and 18 instrumental values in order of their importance as guiding principles for life. The values were classified as either material, social,…

Noting that one way to break boundaries that separate one person from another is to use the writing experience to identify and analyze values, this paper presents guidelines for defining values, discussing values, and teaching about values. Teaching and discussion aids are provided to enhance the examination of narratives and biographies, which…

Values were elicited spontaneously from a sample of undergraduates and adults attending college, and were compared to Rokeach's terminal and instrumental values. Multidimensional scaling revealed a simpler structure among spontaneously mentioned values than Rokeach's values. (JKS)

This final report describes the development of personal, social, and moral values, as well as the development of moral judgments of West Point cadets. The values of cadets at entrance and throughout their four years at the United States Military Academy were assessed. The basic research evaluated how cadets become socialized into the military…

Attempts to examine the values of graduate administration majors since these students eventually will be the individuals controlling our institutions. Rokeach's value surveys were used for testing. (Author/HMV)

After the Yom Kippur War, 14 of the 18 values in the Rokeach Terminal Value Survey increased in importance for female Israeli students. Attitudes toward the war itself did not change. It is concluded that a distinction should be made between relative and absolute importance of values. (Author/CP)

This study examined the moral values embedded in the instruction and practice of higher education, focusing on instruction within three disciplines at a mid-sized residential university in the Pacific Northwest over the course of three semesters. Through classroom observations and transcriptions of tapes of classroom interaction in 46…

The relationship of scores on a measure of moral reasoning to the perceived relative importance of statements of value that M. Rokeach (1973) conceptualized as being instrumental (states of being) or terminal (end states of existence) was studied with 66 undergraduate students. The pattern of relationships between the scores and the relative…

The construct validity of the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) was evaluated. It was concluded that the RVS may be situation specific; and that ipsative measurement is useful when information about value choice is desired, but that normative measurement is more appropriate when the research is investigating the nature of value perception. (Author/PN)

This study analyzed responses to members of different outgroups or persons of another nationality, race, religion, culture, and social class in formerly West and East Germany and in the United States. These analyses support the position that a person's general values, specifically materialism or postmaterialsim, and general beliefs concerning…

Comparison of 1976 and 1986 education majors' values and teacher educators' values revealed that, although the student groups remained remarkably consistent across the ten-year span, they differed significantly from teacher educators in various key areas important to the teaching profession. (CB)

An interval scaling procedure was used to interpret the Rokeach Value Survey. Success based on student's perceived success was significantly correlated with grade point average. The modified Rokeach discriminated more successful from less successful students at levels significantly beyond chance. (Author/CP)

The Rokeach Value Survey was administered to a randomly selected group of first year students, the faculty and the administration of a private, four-year college located in a semi-rural area in Puerto Rico. The purpose of the test was to determine how congruent were the values held by the members of the college community with those implied by the…

The results of an Australian study in which medical students at Flinders University were tested and retested to trace changes in their attitudes and values since their freshman year are reported. Specific attitude items concerned with federal government intervention in health insurance were measured. (Author/MLW)