Offers a "slide rule" model of learning behaviors and interrelationships among the four domains of learning (affective, cognitive, psychomotor, and perceptual) to help vocational-technical educators structure learning outcomes. (SK)

Describes an experiment confirming the prediction that readers exposed to an explanation of the dramatistic approach to oral interpretation form more detailed and complex initial impressions of the literature than do persons not exposed. Whether this exposure produces better oral performances, however, is a question that should be further…

Four role-related problems that seem to undermine the performance of many individuals associated with the school control structure are identified and discussed. These four are role conflicts, role ambiguities, multiple roles, and role rejection. (JMF)

When statistics are the focus, consumer/consultant relationships are often strained. Therefore, decision points in the research and consulting processes are examined for ways to clarify and improve the consulting relationship. A model for analyzing statistical techniques to provide a graphic basis for negotiation is presented. (Author/GDC)

Nearly twice the amount of variance in complexity scores accounted for by 17 antecedent variables was associated with Black rather than White subjects. The findings were truer of Black males. Independent variables were most strongly correlated with complexity scores for Black females. (Author)

Reports on four tests of Charles R. Berger's role enactment model of persuasion, which is addressed to generalizing counterattitudinal communication to social situations when persons find themselves encoding belief-discrepant messages. (JMF)

Examines the relationship between socioeconomic status and ethnic characteristics of the family and the female Kenyan student's perception of her career opportunities. Presents 1975 data collected from students in six secondary and higher educational institutions in Kenya. (Author/GC)

A national probability sample revealed similar patterns of relationships between perceived job characteristics and job satisfaction for men and women, indicating that they require similar job characteristics to be satisfied with their jobs. Self expression has the highest correlation with job satisfaction for both men and women. (Author)

Investigated scoring agreement among three different training levels of Visual Motor Integration Test (VMI) diagnosticians. Correlational data demonstrated high interexaminer reliabilities; however, there were gross errors in precision after raw scores had been converted into VMI age equivalent scores. (Author/RC)

Presents a rationale for studying the visual language of film. Reports on three studies that suggest some tentative answers concerning the manipulation of film and some promising approaches to the study of the medium. (RL)

Outdoor education is an important supplement to a general scientific education because natural things can best be understood out-of-doors through direct experience. An event seen in nature enriches our frames of reference and increases our perception of its relationship to other natural objects and events. (CM)

Compared to mental health professionals, curanderos were more reluctant to label psychiatric or folk-medical disorders in hypothetical case histories as "mental illness." They perceived people as less seriously ill and less dangerous to others or to themselves. Curanderos perceived the disorders, their causes, and appropriate treatments…

A diagnostic prescriptive approach using the overhead projector in visual perception and perceptual motor activities is described for 11 deaf multiply handicapped behavior disordered students (9 to 12 years old). (CL)

Measured perceptions of delinquents, high school students, and freshmen college students toward their families, level of rebelliousness toward their parents, parental marital relations, and parental discipline. (Author/DB)

Investigates community college students' perceptions of help-givers' characteristics and services. Student perceptions of professional helpers' characteristics and of professionals whom students were likely to consult concerning educational-vocational choices, intrapersonal concerns, and interpersonal problems varied in several ways. (Author)