Presented are results of a survey of attitudes of 807 teachers of the visually handicapped toward competencies in seven areas of teaching activity: assessment and evaluation, educational instructional strategies, guidance and counseling, administration and supervision, media and technology, school and community relations, and research. (CL)

The authors present a survey of state requirements concerning the certification of athletic coaches and urge that a lobbying effort by national professional associations concerned with coaching and physical education be undertaken to develop state coaching certification standards. (MJB)

Reports the findings of a survey of the prevalence of negative beliefs about the usefulness of phonics among directors of university reading clinics. (JM)

Reports on a national survey of why board of education members quit. The most cited reason is demand on the member's time. (IRT)

Multivariate Nominal Scale Analysis (MNA) was used to assess the independent ability of each variable to predict respondents who indicated a fear of crime (42 percent) and those who did not (58 percent). (Author/AM)

A national survey of 806 children, aged 8-13, revealed children's attitudes regarding television viewing, college plans, career choices, spending habits and wishes, favorite books, people they admire, things that make them angry or happy, things they are afraid of, disliked foods, and interesting things about school. (CB)

Presents the results of a survey of program directors of the 210 school media preparation programs in the United States and a sampling of school system personnel directors. This study was conducted to assess the national employment situation for school media specialists in 1986 and project employment trends into the near future. (MES)

Of 50 state special education directors, nearly 75 percent listed specific competency areas or courses considered unique to preparation of teachers of secondary learning disabled students. Fewer than 33 percent of the states felt that the needs of the adolescent and secondary programs were being addressed within the present required courses. (CL)

Surveyed school counselors (N=600) about their attitudes toward working with small groups, their areas of focus in such groups, the types of interference in implementing small groups, and their needs in improving their work with small groups. Found that counselors experienced a lack of time for small groups, resistance from teachers, and a need…

A survey of childhood disabilities was conducted in Yemen covering the three main cities and 37 towns and villages. Results indicated a disability prevalence rate of approximately 13% of which over 30% were oral or auditory based and over 20% were visual. (Author/DB)

The effects of using volunteer interviewers on respondent cooperation in telephone surveys were studied, using data on 241 interviews, 99 refusals, and 251 non-contacts. A random, national survey on public knowledge of and attitudes toward a county 4-H youth services program indicated respondent cooperation for professional program staff and…

The results of a study on women physicians' timing of pregnancy are reported, with 70 percent of the respondents considered "after completion of residency" to be the best time to become pregnant. Only a third reported that their training or work sites had maternity leave policies. (Author/MLW)

A study of the demographic characteristics and management styles of the deans, associate deans, and assistant deans of U.S schools of pharmacy found that about 23 percent preferred a high people- high task-management orientation and 26 percent preferred a low people- low task-management orientation. Five management styles were distinguished. (MSE)

Conducted survey of 47 existing counseling supervision courses to provide guidelines for counselor educators interested in designing supervision instruction for their programs. Found typical supervision course to be both theoretical and experiential, and to include discussion of a variety of supervision approaches. (Author/NB)