Reports results of two studies that examined teachers' and students' efficacy and sex-typing attitudes toward computers in schools from contrasting settings. Questionnaires were used in elementary and secondary schools in a district that had an educational computing curriculum in place and in schools that were just beginning computer…

This paper reports on a study designed to identify the relationships among the context variables of sense of efficacy, teacher empowerment, and school climate as perceived by 1,802 Kansas City (Missouri) teachers. Factors related to teacher sense of efficacy (teaching efficacy and personal efficacy), to teacher empowerment, defined as the…

This study was designed to ascertain if a relationship exists between supervising teachers' personal attributes and professional backgrounds and the attitudes of their student teachers toward their field experiences. The subjects were 123 elementary and secondary student teachers completing their student teaching experience. Data collection…