Based on data from qualitative interviews with 50 high-achieving low-socioeconomic students of color, two "clusters" of important and symbiotic protective factors are identified and explored. Each cluster consists of a series of interrelated protective factors identified by the participants as crucial to their statistically exceptional academic…

This exploratory study took place in the context of middle school information science in Greece, to examine possible relations between boys' and girls': value and efficacy beliefs about computers and information science; perceived parental support; perceived teacher expectations; and perceptions of the nature of information science instruction.…

The letter is intended to help parents of young blind children understand the effects of their expectations on their child's development. The importance of believing in the essential normality and ability of the blind child is underlined, and parents are told basic information about developmental patterns, educational programs (including…

The experiences of a home counselor for a blind infant intervention program are summarized. Discussed is the role of four areas in successful programming: (1) exposure, or the need for hands-on experience with the world to understand cause/effect and promote imagination; (2) experience of things in such a way as to provide realistic associations…

This study investigated the social role understanding of 72 children aged 5, 8, and 11 years. An illustrated story, written especially for the project, was used as the basis for conducting a semistructured interview with each child. The main aspects examined included role definition and children's understanding of the role's characteristics; and…

These two papers discuss the hypothesis that exposing a person to interviewer behavior that is incongruent with that person's expectations creates "strain" and disruption in the interview, which is manifest in several ways including decreases in verbal productivity. (RWP)

Based on their classroom experiences with learning disabled (LD) nonhandicapped students during the school year, 16 third grade teachers were asked to complete rating scales predicting expected performance of siblings of these students who might be assigned to them in the future. Results revealed that teachers hold significantly lower expectations…

This study was designed to test the effect of a director's expectation of a good or bad performance by his actors on the judged effectiveness of their performances. Thirty-two actors were randomly chosen from volunteers in an introductory course in communication theory at the University of Wyoming. The eight directors were students in an upper…

To counter student misbehavior and restore dignity to commencement exercises, this article details some basic guidelines concerning scheduling, student dress, and student behavior development at Hoffman Estates (Illinois) High School. Graduating students were assigned to teacher chaperones and were given specific behavior expectations. (MLH)

Infants who cried in response to a reward shift evidenced no retention of the contingency 1 week later but did have excellent retention at one day. Reactivation treatment alleviated forgetting at three weeks. Results indicate that crying in response to violation of a reward-expectation habit functions as an amnesic agent to produce accelerated…

A study of three math teachers revealed some differences in classroom management skills. Students had a clear preference for an orderly, efficient classroom. Five techniques that can improve classroom management are described briefly. (MT)

Results of this study support the hypotheses that men have higher perceived ability than women because men think of themselves as more instrumental than women do and that instrumentality determines expectancy indirectly through its relationship to perceived ability. (Author/GC)

The attitudes of 101 parents of disabled and 344 parents of nondisabled children toward daily family interaction were assessed. Step-wise discriminant analysis identified the subset items in Creativity, Frustration, Control, Play, and Teaching-Learning which discriminated between groups. Comparative profiles of item mean responses indicated…