Substantial similarities were found in Filipino college students' healthy personality concepts as elicited by Tagalog and English free-response questionnaires. Some consistent language differences were found across the two methods: greater diversity and refinement of healthy personality concepts were found in Tagalog. (Author/BJV)

Presents articles on test anxiety, personality tests, history of tests and benefits to be derived from their use, tests as tools in career decision-making, temperament needs for certain jobs (as determined by personality tests), interest inventories, testing exceptional students, and testing to evaluate vocational needs of special needs groups.…

Assesses 180 college students at three ages (17-23, 37-43, and 61-80) to examine the relative availability of Piagetian formal reasoning concepts; the relationship of these formal reasoning performances to Horn and Cattell's psychometric theory of general fluid and crystallized intelligence; and developmental patterns among standardized…

Young people need guidance from caring adults to build strong, positive character traits--but they can also build their own. This book by the best-selling author of "The Kid's Guide to Social Action" invites children and teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more. Quotations and…

When educators, parents, and diverse groups in your community have different views of what makes a quality school, here's a book that will help you overcome these differences and form partnerships for ensuring all students succeed. Based on a proven process used by school districts for more than 25 years, this leadership guide introduces you to:…

The purpose of this study was to examine rural and non-rural students in order to understand similarities and differences between their learning styles and the ease with which they learned Algebra with a graphic calculator. Two samples of students, one from a rural high school and one from a non-rural one, answered a survey asking about their…

This study utilized teaching cases as an assessment tool in measuring student teachers' dispositions, collecting data from online courses. It examined student behaviors during online analyses of a case study that revealed culturally sensitive dispositions, noting whether there were factors in those analyses that could be identified and used to…

The purpose of this descriptive survey study was to evaluate the mentoring that occurred in a preservice teacher education program. The mentoring literature was reviewed to select important characteristics of mentor teachers and mentoring practices during field experiences to be included in the instrument. Based on this review, the following…

The purpose of this research brief is to summarize the literature on research conducted with at-risk students. Emerging from the research are three central groups of factors that are characteristic of at-risk students: (1) social and family background; (2) personal problems; and (3) school factors. In spite of the presence of several risk factors,…

This study explored the role of leadership, especially that of the college president, in the application of continuous quality improvement (CQI) principles in higher education. The life history method study focused on William Troutt, president of Belmont University (Tennessee), who has been successfully guiding CQI initiatives at the institution…

This document consists of 11 monthly newsletter issues, in English and Spanish language versions, exploring topics related to early childhood behavior and parenting. Regularly appearing features are "Library Resources,""Preschoolers in the Kitchen,""Websites for Parents," and "The Doctor's Corner." Major…

This report on drug abuse in schools is based on 6 years of analysis, focus groups, and field investigations. Prior research has determined that if young people do not engage in smoking or substance abuse by age 21, their chances of engaging later are next to nothing. It has also been determined that next to parents, schools have the greatest…

This paper describes the Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS) project, an early intervention program that has been developed in the context of the national, multi-site program and evaluation. The emphasis in SESS is on the integration of behavioral health services into easily accessible, non-threatening settings where caregivers naturally and…

The initial intent for this study was to tease out the sources of the most critical contributor to individuals' engagement in dangerous behaviors and to add to the literature addressing these at-risk behaviors by attending to the limitations of the current body of literature. White university students (N=60) completed three measures for the study:…

This paper reports research into the effectiveness of cooperative social support groups as a means of empowering students to solve their own personal and social problems. A descriptive study using ethnographic techniques was used in the natural setting of one fifth-grade elementary school classroom. Theoretical framework involves the…