Male and female subjects read descriptions of either a male or a female stimulus person performing well in an emergency situation which had been previously shown to be more masculine than feminine. Subjects then allocated rewards, and evaluated performance, effort, and ability of the stimulus person. On the basis of equity theory it was assumed…

The responses of the entering full-time freshmen at UTK are compared with those of the norm group for public universities with "low selectivity" on the descriptive, attitudinal, and expectancy items of the American Council on Education's annual freshman survey. Two additional comparisons were made. One was with the responses from the…

The "enrichment" and the "instruction" orientations are compared with respect to views on readiness, expectations for children, the "whole child" concept, and the concept of teacher role. (Author/MLF)

Findings indicate that societal changes in the opportunity structure have had some limited impact on black men, but have not yet materially affected women. The key component in understanding mobility orientations is level of aspiration, a variable closely related to sex-race characteristics. (Author/AM)

Notes that the art of human relations cannot be acquired unless children are allowed the opportunity to humanly relate, and that this cannot be accomplished when the school day is given over to assignments. Children should not be conscious of adult expectancy--a source of self-consciousness and waste. (Author/AM)

Because of its complex, multidimensional causes, unemployment is unlikely to be reduced significantly as a result of improved employability achieved through career education. (Author)

An exploration of current U.S. societal values and their antecedents, and the effect of these values on adult attitudes towards children. (BRT)

Two experiments are described in which reaction times for understanding target sentences or phrases in terms of a preceding context were measured. It is argued that both experiments can be accounted for in terms of contextually generated expectations. (Author/RM)

Variables affecting intelligence test performance were investigated for black and white female secondary school students. Test atmosphere (evaluative or gamelike), tester expectation, and socioeconomic status of subject interacted significantly with race of subject in determining mean IQ. Subjects generally performed better with female examiners.…

The reasons underlying the "failure" of a management information and planning system at a unit of a large urban university system are examined. The problems experienced include the level of expectations, methodology of implementation, and degree of commitment or perceived self-interest. The factors relate to human rather than technological aspects…

Discusses current trends in health and health care, assesses significance of current data, and investigates causes and implications of the data for future health and health care. For journal availability, see SO 506 144. (Author/DB)

The hypothesis that teachers criticize low-expectation students in order to control reinforcement schedules was tested. Teacher expectation, teacher perception of control, criticism of students, academic behavior, and student perception of teacher response to student effort were examined in six primary grade classes. Implications concerning…

An abridged version of the inaugural address delivered by Ms. Herzog on January 13, 1976. (SK)

A study with junior high students indicated that notetaking was an extremely difficult skill to master. However, content area teachers involved in the study reported changed expectation for their students and changed teaching techniques. (MKM)

Preservice special education teachers (N-62) rated their ability to work with a young child to be greater than with older students, despite older students being viewed as more academically and socially competent. Significant influences of labels (trainable/severely retarded) were clear only on academic subscales and not on social or self-appraisal…