Describes a study which sought to determine whether writing apprehension, and behaviors associated with it, served as determinants of teacher judgments and which identified some expectations, perceptions and evaluations held by teachers of students who vary in apprehension. (DD)

Reinterpretation of much of the teacher expectancy research indicates the existence of competing linkages (current student achievement influences teacher behavior and teacher expectancy) rather than expectancy linkages (teacher expectancy influences student achievement). (Author/RC)

The effects of demand characteristics on assertive behavior of unassertive undergraduates was investigated and found to increase the amount of assertiveness. It was proposed that high and low role-playing situations be used to diagnose inadequate learning of assertion skills, as opposed to factors inhibiting assertive performance. (NG)

Explores empirically the effect of expected salary level at the time of entry into an enterprise, and the extent to which these expectations are met over the course of employment, upon women's turnover behavior. Also determines the utility of biodemographic data derived at the time of entry into an enterprise for possibly predicting women's…

Compares the behavior of psychiatric patients in hospital and nonhospital settings. (Author/RK)

When a person acts bizarre, out of role, or in other extreme ways, the perceiver often attributes to that person an extreme disposition, and the attribution is made with confidence. Two experiments were conducted to investigate a modification of this analysis of attribution (Jones & Davis, 1965). (Author/RK)

Data from a national survey with 3,963 respondents indicate that genuine research assistantship experience is positively related to subsequent research involvement and productivity. Variables identifying productive and nonproductive respondents are reported, and recommendations are offered for training educational researchers. (Author/LBH)

Explores the synergistic relationship between the construction of identities and teaching practices of those using feminist teaching in higher education classrooms, proposing that teachers constructing their identities are strongly influenced by the expectations of other participants in the educational process. Examines how attention to student…

Studied whether African American male college student athletes unrealistically focus their career goals on professional athletics, using a sample of 702 male students from 42 colleges. Only 5% had goal discrepant expectations, and most were underclassmen. Institutional characteristics were stronger predictors of goal discrepancy than were personal…

Teachers must learn to navigate an increasingly polluted ocean of educational hype. During his second year of teaching English, the author was handed a compass. Discussing her underachieving daughter, a black mother advised this teacher to drop the "relevant" units on gangs and give her daughter everything he knew (about Shakespeare and…

Case studies of four Australian apprentices and four trainees illustrate the following: their growing appreciation for the value of off-the-job training; preference for face-to-face training; centrality of relationships with off-the-job trainers; the implicit contract of expectations of the parties to the training contract; and dissatisfaction…

Underachievers generally lack internal locus of control, compete poorly, and undervalue effort. Many underachieving children who have adopted dependent or dominant defense mechanisms can be reached using the Family Achievement Clinic's Trifocal method. This multi-step process features assessment, parent-child communication, identification of the…

Observations of and interviews with a class of adult learners using an organizational behavior simulation explored how they applied difficult concepts within an ill-structured environment. Group competition inhibited communication and application of knowledge; in an atmosphere of trust, learners empower themselves, enabling articulation of…

Building, maintaining, and strengthening the board/superintendent relationship requires clear mutual expectations, consistent communication, and trust. Improvement-minded superintendents should develop six good habits: removing surprises from meetings, following up on routine assignments, developing and following guidelines for contacting board…