Item response changing as a function of test anxiety was investigated. Seventy graduate students enrolled in a basic statistics course completed 73 multiple-choice items on the course content and the Test Anxiety Scale (TAS). The TAS consisted of 25 items that students indicated were descriptive (true) or not descriptive (false) of themselves.…

An informal survey of graduate student teaching assistants who were about to teach their first undergraduate composition course was undertaken by asking them what they planned to do with regard to teaching a number of concepts. Those questions were followed one week later by similar questions rephrased to ask what the novice teachers do themsleves…

Numerous investigations have been conducted to discover the personality correlates of effectiveness in counseling, especially variables concerned with the counselor's ability to function flexibly and openly in both cognitive and affective dimensions. The relationship between dogmatism and facilitative interpersonal functioning was examined by…

TWO GENERAL ASPECTS OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT MIGRATION AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ARE DISCUSSED. THE FIRST ASPECT INCLUDES ANALYSIS OF MIGRATION PATTERNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENROLLMENT CATEGORIES AND TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS, DIFFERENTIAL VOLUMES AND PATTERNS OF MIGRATION FOR SPECIFIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE, AND…

A pretest-posttest control group study revealed changes in teachers' attitudes regarding energy subsequent to their participation in energy workshops. Five experimental groups representing a total of 91 teachers who were enrolled in graduate programs took part in energy workshops conducted at various Texas universities. The control group of 19…

In this paper the impact and utilization of minority faculty within predominantly white universities is discussed. The relationship between minority students and faculty is identified. Specific mention is made of data assembled by the National Board on Graduate Education which demonstrates the underrepresentation of minority students and faculty…

An education program designed to provide experiences for graduate students that would prepare them to teach at the college level is described. The practicum courses offered were developed to bring theoretical and practical aspects of undergraduate teacher education into a clear and interacting relationship and to help students in applying what…

Among many problems of graduate education in the US, one of the most pressing is the question of whether there should be composite or separate faculties for the graduate and undergraduate programs. Widespread use of graduate assistants has caused equal concern although there is little doubt that their participation in all aspects of research and…

For this review, approximately 85 studies were identified. The majority were merely descriptions of training programs. There were few studies of teaching assistants' cognitive or affective gains. A number of studies reported significant effects on observed teaching behavior. Whereas quasi-experimental studies generally found significant effects on…

The New England Regional student program enrollment statistics are presented in tabular form in this document. Tables include: undergraduate/graduate students attending New England two-year institutes, state college, and state universities, in-and-out migration 1970-1975; undergraduate/graduate students attending New England two-year institutes,…

This study investigated the effect of training in general semantics on social adjustment. Acting on the Whorfian Hypothesis that the language structures we use influence our feeling, thinking, and behaving and therefore our social adjustment, the Is of Identity Test and Uncritical Inference Test were used as measures of social adjustment. The…

This "occasional journal" contains a collection of articles regarding the supervision of student counselors, written from the viewpoint of both students and supervisors. The articles, written by graduate students, focus on such topics as the student's emotional reaction to supervision, the use of videotapes in counselor education and supervision,…

An experience involving graduate students enrolled in a student development preparation program in the direct assessment of undergraduate students' psychological development is described. Two views of student development found in the literature are presented and results of assessment procedures are presented along these lines. Generally, data…

This study compared the effectiveness of three design strategies using nine architecture graduate students to solve three typical room design problems. Open-ended (5 step), traditional (10 step), and systematic (15 step) strategies were developed based on a national survey of design methodologists. Each strategy was applied by three subjects…

The determination of whether or not the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a valid screening device to use with a culturally diverse populace was examined. The study was conducted at New Mexico State University (NMSU) using 2 sample groups. Sample A consisted of 560 Anglos and 101 Mexican Americans tested by the NMSU Counseling Center during a 2-year…