Offers an approach to teaching the essence of John Knowles'"A Separate Peace" by juxtaposing the novel's events and statements with quotations from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. (RL)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

Presents selected position papers and research papers influenced by the work of Jean Piaget, intended to help science educators understand Piaget's work and how it applies to science education. Emphasis on formal reasoning stage of development. (SA)

The nature of institutional research in small, private colleges is examined. It is suggested that institutional researchers in small colleges are responsible for their own professional development and must generate their own plans and learning situations. (Author/SF)

This discussion focuses on the problem in neurobiology in which neurons are able to make correct connections as the brain develops in utero. (Author/SA)

Pre- and post-treatment measures of sex role orientation, assertiveness, and attainment of individual goals were obtained for 51 female participants. The one-year follow-up showed that the group subjected to principles of assertiveness training and consciousness raising were superior to the control group in androgyny, masculinity, and…

College health nurses are alerted to their responsibilities and the responsibilities of their employers to keep professional practice updated and to promote continued growth as a professional. (JD)

The Cross-Cultural Experiences program for immigrant adolescents assumes that these adolescents are not different from their American-born contemporaries in ego development, moral reasoning, and identity development. The experimental curriculum stimulates psychological development. (Author/BEF)

Factors for fathers in value development are discussed: the model of masculine behavior; the communicator (listening and problem solving); the moral model (striving to live between the absolutist and the complete relativist); and the fallible reinforcing agent. (Author)

A five-step model is presented for conducting groups that enhance students' knowledge, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills. Differences between educational growth group model and other forms of group work are outlined. Goals and potential benefits for counselors are listed, along with examples of counselors' applications of the model. (Author)

Confirms that leadership variables are the most potent determinants of group effectiveness. Anglo female leaders are most effective although sex is not the basic determinant. Language is an influential variable. Group effectiveness is not dependent on cultural matching of members and leaders. (Author/BEF)

The article discusses a study of the effects of adolescence on gifted students, in which 500 adolescents were surveyed on self-awareness of internal changes and behavior. (PHR)

The increasing emphasis on winning for winning's sake, even on the youngest level of competition, has serious ramifications for all sports personnel, as well as for players, spectators, and the American society in general. (LH)

The author describes her difficulties as an adult learner at age 37 in a dance class and relates her experience to the unrealized potential of adult education as an alternative to therapy and to her own work as a professor of adult education. (MF)

Questions are raised regarding the appropriateness of testing children for school readiness from both a conceptual standpoint and in terms of the negative reactions created in both children and parents. (JD)