This study attempted to relate the development of attitudes toward educational research with two variables in training: institutional setting and courses usually related to research training. The study compared the attitudes toward research between a) university and college faculty members, b) full-time and part-time graduate students, c)…

Utilizes a factor analyst technique on the scores of college freshmen responding to a form of Osgood's semantic differential instrument. A three-dimensional vectorial model is constructed to explain involvement in science. (CP)

Lack of awareness of the concept-scale interaction problem frequently causes misuse of the semantic differential technique by educational researchers. Evidence is presented to demonstrate the interaction, and a simple method of mitigating the problem is suggested. (Author/AV)

Three approaches used in the analysis of semantic differential data to determine similarity in meaning between profile ratings on concept pairs are discussed. These approaches are: (1) to compute mean scores on each scale for each concept and to compare concepts on a scale-by-scale basis; (2) to form mean scores on each dimension for each concept…

Bipolar adjective scales and bipolar graphic scales for visual ratings were validated. The study suggests a stable structure of graphic ratings of art unaffected by race or artist or viewer and art style that should prove useful in cross-cultural studies and in studies among children and the verbally impaired. (Author/RM)

Fifty-eight undergraduates took part in an experiment evaluating a full-spectrum light closely approximating natural sunlight and a cool-white fluorescent light commonly used in institutional settings. Four classes of a single teaching assistant were used and each class was compared against itself under different lighting conditions. Data were…

An examination of the professional self-concept of student teachers was made during the practicum in a program whose structure seemed likely to minimize its negative effects by providing for gradual transition into teaching, a high level of support from supervisors, and an extended continuous period of teaching. (Author/RK)

Article investigated student self-perception and in an self evaluation process, interesting differences emerged between groups as to how they believed others saw them. (Author/RK)

The document describes a sub-proposal which became a part of the Fox Valley Technical Institute's attempt to identify learning styles and their relationship to learning experiences in vocational-technical education. The sub-proposal consisted of the identification of a sub-set of learning styles and a determination of their relationship with the…

This study considered the structure of adolescents' interactions with artists and art teachers. (Author/RK)