An evaluation was made on the effects of an improved staff ratio in New Zealand kindergartens. Aspects of four typical kindergartens staffed by two teachers were compared with aspects of four kindergartens that were provided with a third teacher. Data were collected from teachers, kindergarten children and parents. Findings indicated that the…

This document provides an overview of Alaska's Legislative Teleconference Network (LTN), which was created to broaden two-way contact between constituents and state legislators through the use of telephone, teleconferencing, and data communications. An executive summary precedes the main report, which focuses on the two entities of the Legislative…

A participant observation study was conducted to address socialization, cultural, and values questions related to high school students' interactions with microcomputers. Specific issues addressed included: (1) student social patterns in microcomputer interactions; (2) cultural and sex differences in microcomputer interactions; and (3) student…

This study investigated the relationship of the effects of library staff attitudes toward computer technology on their level of participation in a library computer literacy program. A series of in-service computer workshops at the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries provided the opportunity to investigate computer anxiety among library…

Made up of four separate reports, this document presents comparisons and student comments for five Annenberg/CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) telecourses offered in the fall of 1984: The Brain, Mind and Behavior; The Constitution: That Delicate Balance; The Write Course; The New Literacy; and Congress: We the People. Based on evaluations…

This study examined the influence of a variety of student- and teacher-level variables on third through fifth grade children's socialization into the elementary school student role. Both content knowledge (i.e., knowledge of classroom rules and norms) and process knowledge (i.e., social problem-solving ability) aspects of the socialization process…

A project studied 30 displaced homemakers who had participated successfully in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools Displaced Homemakers/Non-Traditional Job Exploration Program. Personal interviews were accompanied by a statistical sheet, gathering the individual history of the interviewee. All persons interviewed felt their situations…

During the summer of 1983, a team from Mankato State University, Minnesota, surveyed 65 community residents, 85 school staff and board members, and 337 grade 6-12 students to measure attitudes toward the effectiveness of the pairing of the Russell and Tyler (Minnesota) school districts which occurred at the beginning of the 1981-82 school year.…

Phase I of the Test Use Project, begun in 1979, was directed at gaining a representative picture of achievement testing in the nation's public schools. The project was designed to examine testing practices, uses, impacts and costs encompassing a wide range of formal and informal assessment measures. Phase II of the Test Use Project explored the…

An analysis of questionnaire responses from school personnel administrators in 311 Texas districts sought to determine if a correlation existed between personnel selection procedures, school district size, and the identification of successful teachers (defined as those granted a continuing contract or tenure). The study also investigated…

Issues are discussed that graduate students may want to consider before seeking positions at small colleges. The discussion is based on perspectives gained from about 50 interviews as well as 50-60 resumes received from graduate students in psychology. Attention is directed to: enculturation of graduate school norms and their relation to job…

Designed to aid students in career planning, this booklet outlines some basic principles and techniques needed to organize a job search. It is divided into five sections. Each section focuses on one major step in the process of job seeking: Self-Appraisal, Job Search, Job Application, Job Interview, and Job Maintenance. A brief outline of topics…

This student handbook accompanies a curriculum guide for a course on preemployment skills related to job searching. (The materials may also be incorporated into another course.) Following an introduction, its next 12 chapters cover topics corresponding to those in the curriculum guide. These chapters provide information on sources of employment,…

This staff development module is one of four in a series designed for use with the Georgia Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance units. The aim of this module is to teach school personnel how to use the Life Career Assessment (LCA), a structured interview technique, in order to facilitate the teacher/advisor, student/advisee relationship. The…

To meet the need of school decision-makers for an improved teacher and administrator selection process, this paper describes the "state of the art" in selections processes and recommends modifications that could be instituted in most school systems. Over 200 references are cited, with an emphasis on research findings from the last 10 to 15 years.…