Surveyed teachers, counselors, and building admistrators in seven public and three parochial Midwestern high schools regarding their views about appropriate role of employment for high school students. Educators generally support limits on student employment during high school, dependent on age or grade level. Imposing such limits is up to…

Argues that, when instructors consider only the socially constructed in their classrooms, the intricacies of individuals are lost. Points out that, when teachers think students are completing assignments, the students are actually completing their own understanding of the assignment. Suggests that instructors explain repeatedly what they expect of…

A survey of 168 preschool children's parents found that less than half of the children with single or multiple disabilities were read to daily or engaged in writing or drawing activities weekly. Relative priorities given to learning to read and write and expectations for reading and writing abilities were lower for children with multiple…

Reports the results of a survey of scholars in major U.S. research universities that was conducted to explore the normative bases of acknowledgment behavior and its role in the scholarly communication process. Questions regarding expectations, etiquette, ethics, equity, and evaluation are addressed, and a copy of the survey is appended. (Contains…

Two studies investigated children's understanding that biases may influence the interpretation of behavior. In the first experiment, most second graders inferred that a negatively biased, uninformed observer would construe an act as intentional. In the second, kindergartners and second graders appropriately used bias and knowledge information to…

Discusses the ways in which families and children with developmental disabilities can attain "full citizenship" with a creed of positive contribution, great expectations, friendships, choices, and strengths. (BB)

Chapter 1 aims will not be achieved until disadvantaged youngsters are succeeding in the regular program and exhibiting grade-level proficiency. To succeed, Chapter 1 programs must be coordinated with regular instruction, emphasize more than basic skills, and abandon low learning expectations and stereotyped notions of poor and minority students.…

Outlines the particular stresses experienced by gifted children arising from the unrealistic expectations of parents and teachers, social handicaps, poor peer relationships, and boring and unrewarding school work. Explains five main "gripes" collected from interviews with gifted and talented children. Lists recommendations for teachers.…

Subjects (n=180) equally divided by grade (second, fifth, college freshmen) and sex participated in study investigating dimension of outcome expectancy (school achievement, peer relations, teacher relations, personal satisfaction, negative side effects) that clients use in evaluating potential school-based treatment intervention. Outcome…

Second-grade teacher explains the benefits of student portfolios in his classroom. Besides providing a complete picture of students' academic abilities, portfolios allow students to reflect on their work. The article explains how students help choose work samples for their portfolios and describes the quarterly teacher-student portfolio…

A teacher's outlook toward academically capable but difficult students is presented that emphasizes how to handle them in heterogeneous classes. (LB)

The study had mentally retarded and nonretarded perceiver children (n=40; 9- to 14-years old) converse with a child described as a special or regular education student. Results suggested that stereotypes about children with and without learning problems may become self-fulfilling prophecies by altering how children treat each other and how they…

Two specialists in child development and child psychology discuss intellect and gender difference and suggest ways teachers can give boys and girls the same opportunities and judge them by the same standards. (SM)

Descriptions of temperament were more predictive of maternal adaptation than were mothers' expectations of infant behavior. Infant temperament was more important for multiparous mothers than for first-time mothers. Predicted interactive effects were not found. (RH)

Examined 3 aspects of construct validity of Expectations about Counseling-Brief form (EAC-B): whether it measures expectations about counseling rather than other constructs, whether test items are clearly understood, whether test maintains respondents' attention. Analyzed cognitions of 30 undergraduates to determine which thought processes were…