The various employment opportunities for the chemistry college graduate are given. Trends show that industry is seeking out rather highly trained graduates. Desirable types of training are suggested. (SA)

British Career Guidance depends heavily on the careers officer, a community-based counselor. Because of changing needs, recent efforts have sought to standardize the professional training of careers officers and to establish support agencies which will enable careers officers to provide career guidance, information and placement on a broader…

The major career guidance service offered by Belgium schools is orientation to general career fields. This aspect is augmented on a more specialized basis by community guidance agencies which utilize psychological, medical, educational and social data about the client in developmental career counseling. (KP)

Investigates age, sex, and cultural differences in achievement motivation. Subjects were 764 male and female British high school and Chinese students aged 13-55. Results revealed that Chinese students tested highest for achievement motivation. Discusses the entire range of results in terms of sociocultural and situational factors. (MJP)

Identifies hindsight bias as the tendency to exaggerate one's ability to have foreseen the outcome of an event after learning the outcome. Describes a class project where students predicted the verdict of the O. J. Simpson trial one week before the verdict and hypothesized a jury response a month later. (MJP)

Ten years after initial participation by 729 American, Chinese, and Japanese first graders and their mothers, interviews and achievement tests completed by 475 students from this sample found high stability of achievement relationships among all three societies. Associations between early predictors and achievement were similar for all groups.…

Results from a self-report study of 1,139 Hong Kong secondary school students show that an equation containing peers' deviant behavior, peers' disapproval of deviant behavior, frequency of media exposure, preference for violent and obscene content, imitation of media characters, parents' deviant behavior, and teachers' negative evaluation…

Predicts the nature of college fund-raising campaigns in 2007, based on recent trends. Notes that campaigns will be shaped by student enrollment growth, competition for diminishing public dollars, and polarization of American incomes. Argues that campaigns should only be long enough to meet objectives, fit within a long-range advancement plan, and…

This study, involving 1544 Navy recruit trainees, analyzed the relationships between conflict resolution tactics experienced during childhood, intimate partner conflict resolution tactics, alcohol problems, and adult child physical abuse risk. Findings provide partial support for the social learning perspective that the childhood experience of…

The reliability of a method of adjusting grade point averages for differences in college-departmental grading standards was examined, using 409 female and 518 male Dartmouth graduates. Such adjustments' effects on predictive validity of high-school grades, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, and achievement test scores were assessed, including gender…

Cites studies linking teachers' expectations of students to students' performance. Expectations especially affect American Indian students as smallest and poorest of minorities. Defines good teachers as having positive belief systems and practices and offering students cheer and encouragement. Includes suggestions, anecdotal material. (TES)

To increase the reliability of forecasting school district income and expenditures, school business managers should clarify the purpose and time frame of the forecast; be sure the basic data are accurate; specify the assumptions; be consistent in calculation; examine data critically; and recognize that forecasting requires insight and intuition.…

Uses a graphing calculator to predict the record for running a mile, throwing a shot put, and high jumping for any year in the future and the probable record for any year before statistics were kept, based on the statistical analysis of prior records. Data tables and a computer program are provided. (MDH)

Four main approaches to customized testing are described, and their resulting scores' valid uses and interpretations are discussed. Customized testing can yield valid normative and curriculum-specific information, although cautious application is needed to avoid misleading inferences about student achievement. (SLD)

During college and after one year of teaching, elementary educators completed surveys regarding their expected computer use in teaching, noting personal variables that might predict computer use. Though 97% predicted computer use, only 61% actually used computers. Self-competence and perceived relevance predicted computer use initially, though not…