Investigates the experiences of instructors of Web-based networked learning in higher education in the United Kingdom, using interviews informed by a phenomenographic approach. Discusses tight versus loose structures of course design, including assessment criteria and course requirements; low student participation; instructor expectations; and…

Applies three factors of expectancy theory (estimations of the likelihood of success, likelihood that a behavior will result in certain outcomes, and positive or negative value placed on each outcome) to faculty academic advising. Identifies educational environments and activities conducive to use of the theory to enhance faculty motivation for…

Notes that students with a history of failure may be hampered by feelings of incompetence and diminished expectations. States that teachers using responsive instruction become attuned to these perceptions and encourage students to regain control of the problem-solving process. Notes that to succeed, teachers must propose certain goals and…

Examined 67 upper-level college women enrolled in traditional, nontraditional, and gender-neutral majors to study the relationship between academic gender bias and female students' agentic self-efficacy expectations. Results indicate that perceived academic gender bias predicted agentic self-efficacy expectations, beyond the contributions of sex…

Discusses attitudes of faculty toward students, using results from four studies. Reports that, on a variety of measures, teachers expressed dissatisfaction with the academic preparation and quality of their students. Adds that, in spite of these findings, the majority of faculty were satisfied with their relationships with students. (Contains 11…

This study was conducted to determine whether there are differences in perceptions and expectations between teachers (N=118) of hearing-impaired students from different education systems and philosophies. Results indicate that teachers from oral/aural systems perceive themselves as more competent than teachers from other systems. Suggestions for…

Teachers successful at reaching low-achieving students combine a high sense of their own efficacy with high, realistic expectations for student achievement. "Helpless" students may be assisted by "links" to success such as proximal goals, appropriate learning strategies, successful experience, and attribution of success to personal efforts.…

Studies relationships among sex difference, performance expectation, and actual performance in video game competition between female and male subjects. Finds that self-confidence of females is not lower than that of males after competing against a good opponent, indicating that performance expectancies may be more related to skill level than to…

Among 1,245 college graduates in business, career strategies and expectations did not differ between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites, among Hispanics of varying cultural identification, or between men and women. About 31 percent of Hispanics and 47 percent of women reported ethnic and sex discrimination, respectively. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Examines differences between teacher educators' and classroom teachers' expectations of student teachers' skills, practices, and procedures, and their impact on student teachers. Finds that teacher educators are more concerned with socio-political issues and are less student-centered than classroom teachers, causing student teacher confusion. (FMW)

The support of home and parents is a major factor in the school-to-work transition of special needs students. Survey research describes parent expectations of these students as minimal. Suggestions are offered for enhancing support for parents and their special needs students. (Author/MSE)

A study examined the extent to which expected grades, actual grades, and self-assessment of learning affected dental students' ratings of clinical courses. Expected and actual grades correlated slightly with course rating. Students' assessments of their learning correlated strongly with both overall course rating and ratings of specific teaching…

Using data from the Jyvaskyla (Finland) Longitudinal Study of Social Development, teachers' abilities to estimate 326 students' (155 females and 171 males) career resources were assessed. Peer estimation of social skills and teacher assessment of academic achievement were found to be correlated with teachers' predictions of career success. (TJH)

This study with 54 teachers of the moderately to profoundly handicapped examined whether different trends on graphs, frequencies of data collection, and interaction of trend and frequency influence teacher judgments of student performance. Results found that unless graphs indicated systematic improvement, judgments tended to differ by frequency.…

A study with 101 college freshmen indicates that freshman experience promotes increasing intellectual complexity for both sexes, but more for males than females. Analysis of student expectations and perceptions of environments shows subtle differences that may account for differential growth, suggesting some approaches to creating equitable…