This scrapbook resulted from a search for possible consensus on the outcomes of undergraduate education. The scrapbook contains quotations from various sources related to undergraduate education and serves as a resource that reviews some of the literature. It begins with later 20th century expectations of corporate and governmental bodies in…

School districts and credentialing agencies use information gathered in standard setting studies to establish minimum passing scores (MPS) for a variety of purposes. These scores may be used to make decisions ranging from subject remediation to licensure. Multiple standard setting methods may be used to provide a range of scores to the…

The idea that parental involvement has a positive influence on students' academic achievement is so intuitively appealing that society in general, and educators in particular, have considered parental involvement as the remedy for many problems in education. The vast proportion of the literature in this area, however, is qualitative without…

Expectancy, relaxation, and hierarchy content were manipulated. Findings did not support the hypothesis that expectancy was the only factor in desensitization, but did clarify the role of expectancy vis-a-vis the counterconditioning elements typically discussed in the literature. (Author)

Lists four areas of reading activity that encourage interaction and mutual contributions between students and teacher. (TO)

Article describes a predicament in which many a newly-minted doctoral graduate finds himself. (Editor)

Purpose of the study was to provide an adequate test of the original Rosenthal and Jacobson teacher expectancy hypothesis by using: (a) equivalent control and experimental groups based on pretest data, and (b) a more suitable test of intelligence. (Authors/CB)

The well-known biologist C. H. Waddington has established a future-oriented center at the University of Edinburgh. A degree course may be available starting next year. (Author)

The educational implications discussed emphasized the efficacy of adapting feedback to the individual student. (Author)

Compared were the positive or negative perceptions of 10 exceptionalities in children by 20 regular teachers and 20 special education teachers. (DB)

Discussion of teacher and pupil attitudes in the classroom; classroom interactions and the resulting sifting and sorting of pupils may have dysfunctional consequences for the development of social conditions conducive to learning.'' (Author/SP)

Research supported, in part, by grants from the Canada Council and Defense Research Board to W.E. Lambert and G.R. Tucker. (VM)