As part of an ongoing study of statistics anxiety, 70 doctoral students at 2 research universities completed a Likert-type instrument asking them to rate from "not at all" (1) to "a great deal" (5) the extent to which 17 elements increased the anxiety and 20 elements decreased the anxiety that they experienced in educational research courses.…

The Entering Student Questionnaire is an instrument used by the Association of Theological Schools, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to gather information about student characteristics. This study examined information provided by the questionnaire over its 5 years of use. In the fifth year, Association member schools returned 5,575 responses from their…

In this study, models were constructed for eight academic areas, including applied sciences, communication sciences, education, physical sciences, life sciences, humanities and arts, psychology, and social sciences, to predict whether or not an at-risk graduate student would be successful in obtaining a master's degree. Records were available for…

The Vicarious Learning project is aimed at understanding the role of dialogue in learning about complex conceptual domains. The fundamental assumption of "vicarious learning" is that students can receive benefits from exposure to discussions among their peers and between students and tutors. To elicit dialogues that can be captured, F.…

This study investigated the development of PCK (pedagogical content knowledge) within a group of 12 preservice chemistry teachers (all M.Sc.) during the first semester of their 1-year post-graduate teacher education program. The study focused on PCK with respect to a central issue in science teaching; i.e., relating macroscopic phenomena to…

It has been suggested in the existing literature that the use of constructivist approaches in the educational setting contributes to active learning and knowledge transfer for students. This paper provides an overview of constructivist approaches used in a graduate-level instructional media production course at a midwestern comprehensive…

This study was undertaken as a report on a relatively new kind of graduate program. It is intended to present the characteristics of existing general education programs in the humanities for comparison and appraisal. Since this study deals with a relatively new and still experimental field, it should be regarded as a status report, or perhaps even…

Today's physical educator must know about planning for the facilities demanded by changing concepts of physical education. A course to supply this understanding has been initiated at Ball State University. (Editors)

Describes the main features of the Physics Method component of the Post Graduate Certificate of Education course offered to preservice science teachers at Bath University, England. (JR)

Presents three reasons that graduate education in chemistry must change, such as social irrelevancy, propensity for specialization and isolation, and neglect of product quality. Suggests reestablishment of a better university-industry relationship and encouragement of greater student participation, more individual expression, and wide talent…

Summarizes major recommendations made by the Panel on Alternate Approaches to Graduate Education after more than eighteen months of study. Indicates that chemistry is the only discipline with its role frequently self-evaluated and reexamined. (CC)

Summarized are problems and procedures involved in the 3-year development of a competency based graduate level instructional program to prepare curriculum consultants for the education of exceptional children. (MC)