Assessed relationship between behavioral intention to use drugs and self-reported drug use in 9,403 seventh- through twelfth-grade students in five types of schools in Pennsylvania. Subjects completed a questionnaire assessing a variety of behaviors. Across all drugs, and within all samples, intention to use drugs was consistently related to…

The study investigated the classroom standards and expectations of 220 regular educators and 24 special high school educators. Both groups of educators gave highest priority to behaviors reflecting good academic performance, study habits, and classroom deportment, while deemphasizing students' interpersonal skills and problems. (Author/DB)

Carving up the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum to accommodate the expectations of all its constituencies will serve no one well. It is the faculties' responsibility to decide the aims, contents, and direction of the liberal arts. (MSE)

Compared Expectations about Counseling questionnaire scores of clients who continued in counseling to a mutually agreed upon termination point, with those of clients who terminated therapy after one session without counselor agreement. Found no differences in precounseling expectations for premature versus appropriate termination groups regardless…

In response to public outcry for higher academic standards, schools have considered imposing no-pass/no-play rules governing access to extracurricular activities, particularly athletics. This article examines justification for imposing the C-average rule from an educational psychology viewpoint. (MLH)

Using simulated student data, this study investigated the grading decisions and future performance expectations of faculty members from allied health programs in Texas. Results indicated that student grade-performance patterns were differentially related to assigned grades and future expectations. (Author/CH)

Discusses terminology of first and second phase learners, focusing on the disadvantages experienced by the latter. Examines teacher expectations, possible areas of difficulty for students, parental involvement, teacher sensitization, pedagogical aims of a course for these students, and bilingual factors as assets. (JK)

A study testing hypotheses concerning relationships between teacher expectancy motivation and open-to-closed climate and pupil control ideology used a new measure, the Rutgers Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for Secondary Schools, to assess climate. Climate openness and humanism in pupil control ideology were both related to force…

Examined differences between distress ratings of anticipated and experienced life events in 168 college students. Found gender differences and significant differences between perceived and experienced aversion across events predicting symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety, and somatic discomfort in occupational, social and familial situations.…

Examined relationships between therapists' preferences and expectations with regard to their own and their clients' role behaviors. Results revealed that therapists' preferences differed from their expectations, especially with regard to clients' behaviors. Although preferences and expectations changed over time in therapy, the…

A survey of 222 accounting faculty measured the expectations of new and more experienced faculty members concerning workload. Results show that new faculty members have an unrealistic idea of the amount of time they will have to spend on work. Implications for both employers and faculty are presented. (CH)

Assesses the information used by 5- to 13-year-olds to make dispositional attributions. Children were shown a boy interacting with others harmfully. Results of trait adjective ratings and predictions of causal responsibility for subsequent property damage revealed that the use of frequency and covariation information differed with age. (Author/CB)

Counselors and helpees evaluated sessions and then reviewed videotapes identifying counselor intentions and rating helpfulness for each counselor turn. Results indicate counselors and helpees perceived different things to have occurred. Helpees felt that counselors were using more support, focus, and clarity and less self-control and resistance…

Examined the relation of self-efficacy beliefs to persistence and success in pursuing science and engineering college majors (N=42). Findings indicated that subjects reporting high self-efficacy for educational requirements generally achieved higher grades and persisted longer. Self-efficacy was also moderately correlated with objective predictors…

This article highlights several factors that contribute to the complexity of tasks facing teachers and students as they interact to construct everyday classroom teaching-learning events. Also explored are ways in which expectations are signaled verbally or nonverbally and consequences that follow students' attempts to read teachers' cues. (CB)