This manual discusses cost effectiveness in evaluating training modalities in population education for Asian and Pacific nations. Chapter 1 defines training modalities and offers 10 models that are in use in this geographic region. Chapters 2 and 5 discuss evaluation, cost effectiveness versus cost benefit analyses, estimating and analyzing costs,…

Reports details of a study of teacher perceptions of children's adjustment to preschool. Indicates teacher perceptions that girls, morning class attenders, and children in multiethnic classes adjusted better to school than did boys, all-white British classes, and afternoon attenders. Identifies induction policies, group make-up, and teacher…

Describes a study which investigated pupil attitudes toward microcomputers to determine gender differences, differences between elementary and secondary school-age pupils, and differences in microcomputer owners and non-owners. Results reveal a difference in attitudes between owners and non-owners but very little attitude differences between the…

Presents results of a study comparing stereotypes of good, evil, weakness, power, and control across five national borders. Concludes that dimensions of power and control have considerable communality across cultures, as do definitions of good and evil. Reports that manifestations of these moral concepts in everyday behaviors can vary widely. (DK)

Reported is an assessment of secondary school pupils regarding their attitudes about and knowledge of environmental issues. It was found that gender was a significant variable and that poverty and deforestation were ranked as the most critical environmental problems. (CW)

The study evaluated the psychometric properties of reliability and construct validity of the Attitude Toward Mainstreaming Scale (ATMS) in an Australian context. It was concluded that the scale is both reliable and factorially valid in an Australian context. (Author/DB)

An international study was undertaken to determine the differences in attitude and approach to outdoor leadership preparation for experts from five nations. Characteristics derived from a canonical discriminant function analysis were used to explain the differences in North America and provide the foundation for a model program. (Author/CW)

This paper discusses cognitive and noncognitive variables, and their relationship with each other, in learning and in educational evaluation. The nature of noncognitive learning environment variables is examined. The following instruments that have been widely used in assessing classroom environment are described: (1) the Learning Environment…

This report presents some results from various empirical research projects within nursing education carried out during the late 1960's and the early 1970's at Malmo School of Education, University of Lund (Sweden). It is noted that a wide range of methods has been used in dealing with the following issues: curriculum analysis; construction of…

Reports research that examined the relationship between students' views of family and school and the students' academic ability and achievement. Explains that 516 Australian children were studied at ages 11 and 16. Identifies a correlation between student perceptions and their school-related outcomes. (SG)

The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of the relationship between leadership style and administrative stress in the rural principalship. Administrative stress was examined in terms of boundary-spanning, role-based, conflict-mediating, and task-based stressors, using measures of both frequency and intensity. The potential role of…

Presents findings of an analysis of job stress among secondary school teachers in Malta. Reports that one-third of 545 respondents rated teaching as stressful or very stressful. Identifies pupil misbehavior, poor working conditions, poor staff relations, and time pressures as leading contributors to stress. Examines the influence of demographic…

This survey examines the level of general knowledge and attitudes of 12th grade students toward Canada. A sample of 3,230 English- and French-speaking students drawn from a selection of Canadian public schools were administered a two-part survey. The first part, containing statements designed to elicit student opinions and feelings about issues…

The development, testing, and modification of an instrument to measure attitude change toward economic issues among economics students is described in this paper. It was initially hypothesized that a continuum of attitudes to economic issues existed, ranging from extreme interventionist ideas at one end to extreme laisez-faire at the other end,…

A study was conducted at Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria) to determine whether library science students were less assertive than their counterparts in the law and liberal arts schools. An attitude index administered to 100 undergraduate students showed no significant differences among the assertion levels of the three groups. The questionnaire is…