Reports a study undertaken to analyze the ways in which the primary school experience is portrayed in stories for American children between the ages of three and seven, focusing on the roles of minority group members in the stories. (Author/JM)

The author argues the position that, "...drawing is a learned behavior, one that can be affected through instruction. (Author)

A workshop program sponsored by the Pasadena Art Museum to help overcome cultural handicaps. Results justify the use of creative art in changing the personality and learning patterns of disadvantaged children. (Author/AP)

A sociological analysis of the concept of "role" is applied to adult students. The disparity between adult students and teachers' subjective expectations of them is examined. A framework for analyzing student role from social, personal, occupational, and institutional perspectives is presented. (Availability: Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe,…

The learning-style preferences of 95 public school teachers were assessed through the Barbe and Swassing Checklist of Observable Modality Strength Characteristics. For their own learning and teaching, teachers preferred the visual modality and least preferred the kinesthetic, suggesting that children may be aided or handicapped by teacher's…

The use of a manual vibrator to supplement the traditional speech therapy program for four moderately mentally retarded six- and seven-year-old children attending a special education class is discussed. (Author/SEW)

Undergraduate physical education teachers, asked to rate the importance of twelve characteristics for physical education teachers and coaches, felt both jobs called for similar abilities. Gender and past experience were closely related with the job preferences expressed by these students. (Author/PP)

Ideas and experiences to improve the art of influence with state agencies are provided. College presidents and institutional research officers were interviewed. The role of state agencies' future issues that may affect campus and state agency relationships are examined. (MLW)

An historical perspective on the role of the college president is presented, including a review of the literature that reveals familiar themes: presidential autocracy; the president as facilitator, caretaker, or leader; and the president as mediator and crisis manager. Increased responsibility is noted, and selected readings are listed. (MLW)

Investigated superiority of instructional strategies (factor-label method, proportionality, use of analogies, use of diagrams) in teaching problem-solving related to mole concept, gas laws, stoichiometry, and molarity. Also investigated effectiveness of strategies for students (N=609) with different verbal-visual preferences, proportional…

Explored the relationship of perceived environmental uncertainty (PEU) to environment and individual subjects' characteristics. Experimental manipulation of objective environmental uncertainty showed task-related PEU strongly related to this objective uncertainty manipulation, and secondarily to individual characteristics. Results suggest…

The Role Delineation Project for Health Education has established minimum competencies for health educators. Responsibilities are in the areas of: (1) communicating health education needs, concerns, and resources; (2) determining, planning, and implementing appropriate foci in health education; (3) evaluating health education; and (4) coordinating…

Recommendations are offered which barallel the three discussion sections of the article: professional practice issues, professional guild issues, and professional survival issues. Although presented in broad terms, these recommendations address either individuals, organizations or the field. (Author/GK)

Analyzed WISC-R profiles of 42 conduct problem children to generate hypotheses concerning the children's intellectual strengths and weaknesses. Used a variety of subtest groupings to interpret ability patterns. Findings revealed relative strengths in perceptual organization skills, and weaknesses in skills that involve sequencing, memory, and…