Teachers' psychological well-being is linked to their classroom teaching and student development outcomes. Kindergarten teachers are generally subject to psychological stress and burnout, but mindfulness training programs may be a promising way to alleviate these issues. This pilot study used a mixed-methods design to evaluate the feasibility and…

The study investigated the efficacy of a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program with a general college counseling center population, not limited to students diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. A review of records of 64 students found that obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, paranoia,…

The paper describes and evaluates Disability Awareness Day (DAD), an activity at Indiana University designed to raise the awareness of the participants to the disabled community and strengthen the University's commitment to the disabled community. During the day four films were shown and disability simulations of the following handicapping…

This objection to M. Scriven's claim that the basic logic of evaluation is criterial and standards-based notes that valuing is an integral part of perception. Disciplining the synthesis process through critiques of interpretations and values and by using competing conceptual organizers is discussed. (SLD)

The major hypothesis of this study was that homemakers who have been enrolled in a home economics program designed to prepare for the vocation of homemaking perceive themselves as more effective homemakers and/or as full time employees than those who have not been enrolled in such a program. To conduct the study, the Duncan's New Multiple Range…

"Qualitative evaluation" is the theme of this issue of the California Journal of Teacher Education. Ralph Tyler states that evaluation is essentially descriptive, and using numbers does not solve basic problems. Martha Elin Vernazza examines the issue of objectivity in history and its implications for evaluation. She posits that the…

Article evaluated the weaknesses in the WISC because it is used to make far reaching decisions about the educational programs of children. (Author/RK)

Reports the impact of a two-theme, multimedia responsible alcohol use campaign for a college campus. Measures of awareness of campaign themes included interviews, unobtrusive observation, and a mailed survey. Results showed that the campaign affected student awareness of responsible alcohol use themes. (Author/BH)

The semiotic interpretative context is extended to program evaluation. Assumptions about the semiotic process of constructing, describing, and judging reality are examined in terms of the viability of the process in explicating a perception-based evaluation model. Models from which inspiration was drawn include R. W. Tyler's instructional…

THIS RESEARCH INVESTIGATED THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF AURAL OR VISUAL PRESENTATION OF BASIC MUSIC MATERIALS AND WRITTEN OR VOICE RESPONSES. NEW METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY WERE EMPLOYED IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SITUATION WITH BOTH GRATIFYING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING RESULTS. WHERE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS WERE DUE TO THE EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT, THE…

Perceptions of the university community regarding the counseling center were judged to be of interest and the Counseling Appropriateness Checklist was used to ascertain these opinions from four basic groups, students, prior clients, instructional staff, and the Student Affairs staff. Results are discussed. (Author)

The primary purpose of the investigation discussed in this paper is to determine the perceived effectiveness of a life skills education program for youth. During an eight-week summer day camp program, youth in grades kindergarten through fifth participated in 28 hours of life skills education focusing on relating and caring. Fifteen skills were…

The authors conducted a study to determine the major area of difficulties as perceived by student teachers in student teaching programs. (Author/RK)

Uses a Web-based assessment environment to measure students' environmental awareness and data analyses skills as part of an evaluation of the Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program. Analysis of student responses who were identified as either high or low GLOBE implementers to the tasks revealed that the students…

The development in women's athletics was discussed, the role of the athletic male versus the athletic female evaluated, and several concerns about the expansion of athletic programs for girls and women were examined. (Author/RK)