Interviews with students in a writing course reveal that student perceptions of their own and their teachers' role affect learning, and have implications for improving instructional practices in classes requiring student writing. (MSE)

Describes social support as a significant resource for individuals and family members encountering stress. Presents a definition of social support and an instrument, the Social Support Inventory, to measure two dimensions of social support: kind of support, such as emotional, esteem, network, appraisal and altruistic; and source of support, such…

Thirty language-impaired, reading-impaired, and normal children, aged 6:8-8:10, were administered eight tasks in word repetition, rapid naming, syllable segmentation, paper folding, and form completion. Controls performed better than the subjects on all but two tasks, and the language-impaired and reading-impaired children performed comparably on…

A model of child abuse/neglect is described, in which the perpetrator, victim, and observer all contribute to precipitating and sustaining the maltreatment. The three form a triangle which rotates with time and circumstance. There are also components of the perpetrator, victim, and observer within each individual, creating triangles within…

Two paradigms of law school instruction that have been influential in constructing the law school classroom experience are examined from a feminist perspective: the popular television series image of "Paper Chase" Professor Kingsfield as the ultimate first-year law teacher, and Duncan Kennedy's image of the law teacher as a social…

Hypothesizes that the human brain localizes mental operations which are integrated in the performance of cognitive tasks such as reading. Provides support of this hypothesis from studies in neural imaging, mental imagery, timing, and memory. (RT)

This paper presents the individual's life span trajectory as a unique construction within a unique context for that individual's interactional and adaptive self-regulatory strategies. Issues of adaptive coordination between caregiver and infant are discussed, and five propositions concerning individual development summarize the work. (Author/JDD)

Presents examples of visual representations helpful in understanding number relationships and the algebraic statements of these relationships. Suggests that these representations can be used by teachers to aid students in discovering number relationships and in acquiring meaning for given mathematical statements. (PK)

The study evaluated a positive behavior therapy approach to managing disruptive screaming and crying in a classroom setting by a ten-year-old female with severe retardation, visual impairment, and physical disabilities. Auditory stimulation decreased disruptive behavior to zero levels, and gains were maintained at five-month followup. (Author/DB)

Assessed client role anticipations and preferences prior to each session, and counselor ratings as to how clients behaved with respect to these role dimensions, at university counseling center. Found anticipations and preferences significantly different, but that they covaried greatly. Found changes in role anticipations, preferences, and behavior…

Tested a five-factor framework for understanding client-counselor agreement about their counseling, including the scope of counseling (process, impact or outcome), the dimension (index) rated (session Depth, Smoothness, Positivity, or Arousal), the measure used to assess agreement, the level at which the analysis is conducted, and the type of…

Media messages and stereotypes that all Asian-American students do well in U.S. schools and come from strong, intact families ignore the real needs of these children, including bilingual education. Bilingual staff are needed as is recognition of the real conditions behind the myths. (LHW)

Investigated how high school students perceived their education experience. Questionnaire responses from 38 Blacks, 120 Whites, and 24 students from other ethnic groups suggest that minority students' educational experiences and perceptions may differ from those of White students and that Black students' experiences and perceptions may differ from…

Discusses a study in Kuwait which focused on students' ability to pick out appropriate teaching behaviors and teacher personality characteristics. Responses from high school students (N=210) corresponded closely with findings from similar perception studies. (ML)

Describes the development of the Perceived Well-Being Scale (PWB), which allows for separate assessment of psychological and physical well-being. Several studies bearing on the psychometric properties and usefulness of the PWB are presented and the implications of the findings are discussed. (Author/CT)