The High Expectations Learning Process for Standards-Driven Units of Study (HELPS) enables teachers to connect classroom teaching to standards and assessment. Workshops take teachers through a seven-step process: identifying standards, developing ideas for a culminating event, aligning this event with standards, identifying unit blocks, creating…

Five categories of concerns among 12 experienced and inexperienced English-as-a-Second-Language teachers included teacher's self-concept, attitudes, teaching strategies, materials used, and expectations. Teachers' beliefs about teaching are guided by their previous experience as a learner and as a teacher. (Contains 38 references.) (Author)

Examines whether fear of therapy and psychological distress were predictive of help-seeking. A nonclinical student sample (n=263) completed measures of their treatment fears, expectations, anxiety, psychological distress and help-seeking likelihood. Concerns about image, stigma, coercion, and psychological distress were all related to help-seeking…

Carried out case study of a needs analysis in a childcare center established as a cooperative venture by a women's group in Ireland. Revealed how "professional" criteria, if applied too rigidly, can not only subvert the initial purposes of the development but also produce divisions within a group whose cohesiveness of purpose was…

German elementary students, their teachers, and their parents responded to questionnaires concerning perceptions of mathematics ability, gender stereotypes in mathematical talent, and future expectations. Gender stereotypes held by parents interacted with the gender of the child, predicted parents' beliefs about their child's abilities, and…

Interviews 36 practicing teachers, using phenomenological methods to examine what, when, where, and to whom teachers offer choice. Final results focus on the following main points: teachers believe that choice promotes learning and motivation; choice is used in a number of ways; and teachers impose limits on classroom choice based on student age,…

Teachers, principals, school systems, parents, and textbook publishers have been blamed for students' failure to meet tougher standards. Instead, expectations for achieving unreasonable state and Goals 2000 standards should be critically examined. Testing state legislators, school board members, administrators, and teachers might illuminate the…

Maintains that the lines of distinction between children and adults are blurring in American culture. Describes popular belief in response to brain research overemphasizing infant and toddler nurturing to the detriment of long-term parental and educational responsibilities. Criticizes how parents are encouraged to think of children as autonomous,…

Examines the relative emphasis placed on different student competencies by 248 faculty members in disparate theory-based clusters of academic departments. Findings suggest that faculty create distinctive academic environments inclined to require, reinforce, and reward their preferred patterns of student abilities and interests in a manner…

Applies an established model of organizational alignment to distance education in postsecondary institutions and recommends performance-oriented approaches to support growth by analyzing goals, structure, and management practices across the organization. Presents performance improvement strategies such as benchmarking and documenting workflows,…

This case study describes an action research project that explored the relationship between a supervisor and a dissertation student who was following an in-service Master's course for teachers. Focuses on initial expectations of both the supervisor and the student in relation to their one-to-one relationship. (Author/LRW)

Examined emotion regulation decisions and outcome expectations following emotionally expressive behavior in fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders as a function of goals, age, and gender. Found that participants distinguished between vignettes characterized by prosocial versus self-protective goals. Goal type influenced emotional regulation decisions…

Research reveals gaps between university instructors' and students' perspectives on academic writing, honesty, and classroom processes. Instructors should endeavor to understand student perspectives and be explicit about their expectations and intentions. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)

The superintendent of schools in Providence, Rhode Island reflects on her own personal odyssey, asserting that society must expect more from poor and minority children. She discusses areas for focused effort, such as literacy. (EV)

A study examined the expectancy beliefs and values of parents of 231 students (ages 6-18) attending programs at four music institutions, regarding their child's music training, regular academic work, and athletic activities. Parents saw greater potential in their children in both music and academic areas, but not necessarily in athletics.…