In a study of beliefs and construction of knowledge, undergraduate and graduate education students responded to open- ended statements and a list of similes describing what teachers, students, and classrooms were like. Results suggests that the simile list responses were valid reflections of the subjects' personal metaphors. (32 references)…

Rates at which men and women published during and after Ph.D. training in psychology were compared for samples experiencing same-sex and cross-sex supervision. Results provide no evidence that publication is more frequent for either. However, other possible advantages or disadvantages of same-sex supervision should be studied. (Author/MSE)

Describes a study of graduate students that observed the interaction between users of a graphical statistical package and a human playing the role of a simulated intelligent advisory system to guide the design of advice-offering user-assistance software. The use of video to examine the users' role in the interaction is discussed. (Contains 37…

Surveyed 120 counselor education programs to examine inclusion of women's and gender issues in counseling curricula. Although majority of programs surveyed recognized importance of including women's or gender issues in their curriculum, fewer than one-half of them reported including these issues, either in separate course or as part of other…

Discusses a teaching experiment with (n=19) senior and graduate mathematics students. Analysis suggests that students' difficulties with the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus stem from impoverished concepts of rate of change and from poorly developed and coordinated images of functional covariation and multiplicatively constructed quantities.…

This database lists scholarships specifically available to African American students and some available to minority students in general. Scholarships for undergraduates in general and specific fields and awards for graduate and professional students are listed. (SLD)

Discussion of the solicitation and measurement of relevance judgments focuses on a study of faculty and doctoral students at the University of Michigan that examined how users' judgments of document representations changed as more information about the documents was revealed to them. The use of magnitude estimation techniques is also discussed.…

The value of being able to self-critique manuscripts and to have confidence in the critique is discussed. A checklist that focuses on the structure and organization of research articles, and its interrelationship with content for critiquing articles at an early draft stage that both the author and in-house reviewers can use is provided. (KR)

Surveyed 50 student representatives from American Psychological Association-accredited doctoral programs in professional psychology on exposure to and type of ethics education, and perception of preparedness to deal with ethical dilemmas. Found that 94% of programs required training in ethics and that most students felt prepared for legal and…

Graduates (n=53) of a nontraditional doctoral program in pharmacy at the University of Kentucky and graduates (n=25) of a traditional program were surveyed concerning how they financed their education. Employer tuition reimbursement was an important factor for both groups, suggesting its value in attracting and maintaining motivated and qualified…

Sixty-nine graduate students in a statistics class participated in this study of the effects of self-monitoring on learning and attitudes toward learning. Self-monitoring subjects recorded learning activities and rated their problem-solving efficacy. As predicted, the self-monitoring group performed better than did the instructor-monitoring and…

Considers the circumstances, the lack of preparation, and the plight experienced by English department teaching assistants. Examines one way of reforming the training regimen of teaching assistants that draws upon the ideas of reflection and reflective practice. Examines two ways of understanding reflection in terms of TA preparation. (HB)

Presents three models for implementing marriage and family counseling training: community counseling, interdisciplinary, and Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Identifies and discusses related conceptual and pragmatic issues. Concludes by presenting implications for counselor educators. (Author/NB)

Identifies the main federal assistance programs available to graduate students that are native-born, naturalized citizens, and some foreign students studying in the United States. Explores through actual cases how these programs affect the lives of graduate students on a daily basis. (CCM)

The role of counselor trainees' self-efficacy is related to the career counseling process and outcomes with actual clients in a natural setting. Twenty-four counselor trainees saw 55 clients in three to 12 sessions. Positive results, obtained on several measures of process and outcome, show a complex relationship to self-efficacy. (EMK)