The study aims to investigate the effect of homogenous and heterogeneous grouping on students' achievement and experiences of learning in a collaborative environment. A collaborative learning environment has been used as a pedagogical tool for a long time now. However, there is no clarity on which grouping strategy to use. In this paper, we study…

The intent of this research was to describe school-based physical therapists in North Carolina (NC) and examine relationships between personality traits of this group, their job satisfaction and their perception of factors that influence decisions to remain at or leave their jobs. School-based physical therapists across NC (n=97) anonymously…

This article reviews Holland's theory and describes how it can be used to recruit prospective students. Two fictitious case studies illustrate how postsecondary admissions departments can use this theory to improve their recruitment results. It will also explain how the theory can help admissions counselors sell benefits of the institution;…

Goal of this research project was to discover those personality characteristics of college students which predispose them towards learning more effectively from one, rather than some other, particular instructional format. (Author)

The Ohio State Department of Education has identified 10 basic values for which students are to strive. These individual character traits are compassion, courtesy, tolerance, honesty, self-discipline, diligence, responsibility, self-respect, courage, and integrity. This guide provides sample strategies for educators to help them to develop these…

Academic departments exert a powerful influence on students by recruitment of distinctive personality types into academic disciplines, and by a socialization process in which departments reward students for the display of attitudes in accordance with the norms of their disciplines. This study examined the differential patterns of student growth…

This study was conducted to determine: the demographic characteristics of beginning teachers in West Virginia; the personality needs of beginning teachers; and the school climate these teachers perceived in their schools. The sample consisted of 250 of the 738 teachers in West Virginia who were completing their first year of teaching in 1987. The…

The effects of individual personality differences upon performance in the internal and external environment were investigated through the use of the Internal-External concept. Subjects were 40 grade 9 males of average intelligence (Lorge-Thorndike) whose reading achievement was within three grade levels of grade 9. Scores on the James I. E. Scale…

Ratings of the research training environment (RTE) and Holland personality type from 325 counseling psychology students who participated in G. M. Royalty, C. J. Gelso, B. Mallinckrodt, and K. Garrett's (1986) study were examined as predictors of the students' research productivity 15 years later. Graduates' research productivity was determined by…

STUDENT ORIENTATION TOWARD COLLEGE WAS STUDIED BY ADMINISTERING A UNIFORM BATTERY OF TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, INCLUDING THE CLARK AND TROW ROLE ORIENTATION INSTRUMENT (RO), TO 1,988 ENTERING FRESHMEN AT 13 SMALL COLLEGES. IN THE SPRING, 25 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN MOST OF THE SAME BATTERY. STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR TYPES ON…

A sample of 1,877 high school seniors completed the Activities Index and High School Characteristics Index. The student responses were used to identify personality needs and environmental press differences across program and degree of program separation variables. (Author)

This present study takes up the theme of activism in student-tutor relationships and explores a number of personality correlates of students' preferences for active or passive classroom relationships with college staff. (Author)

The purpose of the present study was to examine the cultural and personality resources of fourteen-year-olds, and their school related skills as components of achievement in mother tongue literature. (Author/RK)

THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL CULTURES (CONVENTIONAL, WORK, AND IMPULSE EXPRESSION) ON SELECTED PUPIL AND TEACHER BEHAVIOR VARIABLES WAS STUDIED. THE VARIABLES INCLUDED PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER AND PUPIL ABSENTEEISM, AND TEACHER TURNOVER. ALSO STUDIED WAS THE SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL OF SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOODS AS RELATED TO SCHOOL CULTURE. TEACHERS AND PUPILS…

Author evaluates Martin Duberman's account of Black Mountain College, an experiment in education. (Author/RK)