Research demonstrates a disjuncture between the practices encouraged by teacher education programs and what teachers actually do in the classroom. It also informs us that the cognitive and social characteristics of individual teachers such as their attitudes, beliefs and knowledge contribute to their classroom practices. This qualitative study…

This report presents data from an annual survey of high school student leaders and high achievers. It is noted that of the nearly 700,000 high achievers featured in this edition, 5,000 students were sent the survey and 2,092 questionnaires were completed. Subjects were high school juniors and seniors selected for recognition by their principals or…

Conducted a study to determine the level of basic skills achievement among Ohio high school business education seniors. Found that these students lacked competency in general knowledge and in computational skills, basic English skills, and typewriting skills. (GC)

In the early 1980s Indiana had one of the nation's lowest percentages of persons between the ages of 18 and 24 enrolled in college. To increase college enrollment, the Indiana General Assembly established the Indiana College Placement and Assessment Center (ICPAC) to counsel high school students and help them to prepare for college. ICPAC…

This report summarizes information on dropouts in Delaware for the school year 1988-1989. It indicates that 2,034 students in grades 9 through 12 dropped out of school, representing an annual dropout rate of 7.3%. Statistics from past years are included to chart trends and it is shown that the annual dropout rate has remained relatively steady…

Conducted workshop for high school seniors, 50 of whom had taken Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and 50 of whom had taken Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). After completion of six-hour program on application of game-playing strategies to SAT, both retakers and first-time takers of SAT (who had previously taken PSAT) raised their scores…

Describes modification of "Alcohol and Drunkenness" program (originally designed to provide Israeli high school students with necessary skills to prevent excessive drinking) for use with students living in kibbutz. Explains changes in values and norms in kibbutzim in recent years and describes program's new structure and subjects.…

Describes 1 school-related shooting in which 18-year-old youth wounded 4 students at Wilson High School in Washington, DC, in 1989. Highlights complexity and confusion that occur during schoolwide emergency. Illustrates intensity of feelings and reactions of students, staff, parents, and community to shooting; doubled-edged sword of television…

Developed interpersonal skills training program and conducted study to investigate effect of training program on self-reported conflict resolution styles of eleventh grade students (49 participants, 50 controls). At posttest, trained females (n=22) reported using significantly more nonconfrontational strategies than nontrained females (n=21).…

Focuses on efforts in Connecticut to combat teenage pregnancy. Describes a model program that emphasizes a collaborative venture between a state-funded community-based pregnancy prevention program and a regional vocational-technical high school located in a rural setting. Describes Northeast Connecticut Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and the…

This document is the second of two volumes reporting the results of the 1990 surveys, and all previous surveys, from the Monitoring the Future study of American high school students and young adults. Volume II presents the results of the annual follow-up surveys of representative samples of previous participants from each high school senior class…

Notes that, although school counselors can play critical role in helping students with learning disabilities prepare for college, many such students are not being adequately served by their counselors. Defines learning disabilities, discusses gaining entry into college, explains school counselor's role in helping student access support services,…

The lack of base preparation for Mexican Americans that results in their underrepresentation in college is discussed, and some beginning remedies for the identified problems are suggested. Barriers at four-year colleges and universities are identified in areas of finances, unfair admissions criteria, academic preparedness, and the lack of Hispanic…

Offers suggestions to enable school counselors to meet the challenges presented by the special population of student athletes by identifying some of the developmental problems student athletes face and by exploring the implications of these problems for programmatic intervention. Considers identity formation, personal competence, career…

In light of the theory that student absenteeism and lack of motivation are intertwined, educators have begun to investigate the theories of motivation in order to apply them to creative attendance policies in an attempt to reduce the problem of student absenteeism. Motivational theories indicate common elements of the importance of the intrinsic…