The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate college students' beliefs of their parents' role in influencing their character development, and of their own character in influencing their college academic achievement. Two research questions guided the study: (1) What are college students' beliefs about how parental role modeling…

The transition from school to vocational education and training is becoming more difficult for an increasing number of adolescents. Despite the growing significance of "interim solutions" (IS) shaping the pathway after compulsory education, there is hardly any research. This study aims at contributing to this research gap by…

Urban high-school students' low average level of academic achievement is a national problem. A lack of academic progress is a factor that contributes to students failing to graduate. In response to these urban high school student problems, a growing number of urban charter high schools have opened as an alternative to the traditional public high…

This article outlines the use of Gagne's (2008) Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT) as applied to Tongan secondary school students in New Zealand. Two case studies of Tongan young women are shared with a particular emphasis on the influence of catalysts, the chance factor, and developmental processes upon the development of their…

Tracing problems observed among the Mountain-Plains student population, a trend of apparently improper or arrested personality development emerges. Observations indicate that a majority of the student population does not possess normally developed trust, autonomy, initiative, industry, sense of identity, or ability to develop intimate…

TO DETERMINE IF A SUPERVISOR WITH PRE-KNOWLEDGE OF HIS STUDENTS' PERSONALITIES WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO HELP THEM, 76 FEMALE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHERS COMPLETED THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCALE (EPPS), THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY (CPI), AND 10 THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT) CARDS. AFTER AN INTERVIEW, A PSYCHOLOGIST…

The Project on Student Development in Small Colleges is a 5-year research and action program which has studied institutional characteristics, student characteristics, attrition, and student development in 13 small colleges across the country. The results of this study on personality development indicated that personality development during college…

Discusses several aspects of personality and the student teacher. Suggests that the personalities of student teachers can be affected by their experience in student teaching and by contact with the supervising teacher. Research indicates that the majority of personality changes were in a positive direction. (Author)

This paper discusses briefly the history of personal assessment, presents a comparatively new way to look at college students, and suggests ways in which this approach might be implemented in practice. The Functional Potential Model, the way one demonstrates what he is about, provides a conceptual foundation for understanding his behavior. (Author)

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation of programs aimed at improving students' behavior. For this evaluation, such programs were termed Social…

It has been predicted that, if an androgynous identity represents a higher level of psychosocial functioning, there should be a significant relationship between androgynous sex role identity and high self-esteem. To test this hypothesis, 139 male and female high school seniors completed the Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development, the Bem Sex…

The purpose of this study, sponsored by an ESEA title 3 grant, was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Living Arts Program in developing creative behavior in adolescents. The subjects consisted of an experimental group of 188 students in grades 7-10 who took part in the Living Arts Program for one semester and a similar group of students who did…

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…

This study investigated the interactive effects of student personality, values, and changing college environment at Felician College, a church-related two-year Women's college in Illinois. Students enrolled in 1968 were compared with students enrolled in 1974, during which time the enrollment of the college changed from a majority of highly…

Argues that the middle school years are the most critical period for the individual to synthesize a rational, positive, personal value system and offers psychological insights that have implications for school organization, curriculum design, and staff preparation. (Author/JG)