This study sought to replicate one in Bardwick's 1971 "Psychology of Women" which found that women were strictly interpersonal and affiliative. The expectation was that the traditional stereotypes of affiliative females and achievement-oriented males would not be as strong today as most people believe. Subjects were 465 college students who…

An analytical framework is described through which voluntary attrition can be predicted. The approach incorporates Marshallian Utility Theory and a Maximum Likelihood Estimation procedure to evaluate a specific individual's propensity to attrit. The approach was tested twice at the United States Air Force Academy where it was able to correctly…

An experiment was performed in which 155 undergraduate student subjects were provided with information about a stimulus person whose behavioral consistency varied on several issues. The study assumed that if the individual's behavior on the relevant topic was consistent, then behavior on the other issues should have no impact on persuasiveness,…

In an attempt to identify generalizable features of professional development programs for faculty, the California State University and Colleges system set out in 1974 to develop and test on a local basis, several models of professional development. A systemwide Center for Professional Development was established to facilitate and monitor the…

Results of an experiment conducted to compare two teaching strategies showed somewhat higher test scores for college students taught by the lecture method, while students taught by the discussion method evinced higher interest and attendance. The experiment consisted of two sections of a night class in Social Psychology which were taught…

Personal characteristics of 58-inner city teachers (fourth through eighth grades) were analyzed for their relations to student achievement. The assumption supporting this analysis is that teachers' influence upon students is pervasive and powerful and, therefore, knowledge of teachers' motivational beliefs (personal causation) and orientation…

Two research traditions in the study of learning and motivation are integrated for the study of adolescent behavior. One is concerned primarily with the normal functioning of adolescent society, the other with the design of reward structures to foster academic achievement. The literature covering the use of material incentives for motivating…

This chapter deals with three difficulties that inhibit the author's addressing the assigned question--what new theories, practices, concepts, or research in the natural sciences provide new insight into the affective domain? The first difficulty is that no striking discoveries have been made and that what is known about the relationship of…

This article discusses the factors related to successful achievement on advanced placement tests in French, and reports evidence showing that students with a bilingual home environment or having lived abroad, do better than students simply exposed to language instruction in American schools. (CLK)

Discusses the difficulties of meeting the needs of nontraditional junior college students who are lacking in both basic skills and an understanding of educational responsibility or discipline. (MKM)

Faced with the eventuality of mandatory relicensure and concerned with the protection of public health, boards of pharmacy look to continuing pharmaceutical education as a method of facilitating the maintenance of professional competence and providing assurances regarding the quality of pharmaceutical services. (JMD)

Italian students of English are found to be more highly motivated when English is taught as an international language to be used in their own country or as a linga franca in others, rather than as a foreign language to be used primarily in an English-speaking country. (CFM)

Reports the findings of a comparative study of elementary students in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and mainland China. Contrasts student attitude and behavior, intelligence, and achievement levels, and teacher and parent attitudes. Focuses on the factors behind the relative slowness of American children to acquire mathematics skills. (KH)

Suggests that children's literature used skillfully in tandem with textbooks makes the content curriculum more palatable, comprehensible, and memorable. Offers several teaching ideas. (FL)

A serious decline in the optometry schools' applicant pool argues forcefully for increased and aggressive student recruitment, particularly of black, Hispanic, and native Americans, who are underrepresented in the profession. Financial aid and financial management assistance for these groups are also needed. (MSE)