Although many private Christian liberal arts programs exist today that seek to foster servant-leader (SL) development within their students, there is a void of both literature and data that details how servant-leadership development occurs and what contexts may be appropriate or necessary for this development. The purpose of this study was to…

Numerous misuses of statistics are described and illustrated, and ways of recognizing and avoiding such misuse are discussed. The following five categories of statistical misuse are identified: a lack of knowledge of the subject matter, the quality of the basic data, the preparation of the study and the report, the statistical methodology, and a…

It was found that students who have completed a mathematics content and methods course have a greater appreciation of the creative side of the subject and the importance of employing discovery learning. (KR)

Reports the results of a study which compared oral history and traditional history methods in the areas of cognitive achievement, affective motivation, and instructional preference. Concludes that oral history was effective in fostering greater cognitive achievement, and more positive attitudes. Recommends that oral history be added to traditional…

The author administered the Student Orientation Questionnaire to 205 tertiary students to measure students' orientation towards pedagogy or andragogy. Results indicate that the second factor is independent of the first factor. Thus, he argues that the relationship between pedagogy and andragogy is orthogonal. (CH)

The processes by which Roe (1956) and Holland (1966) developed their structural representations of occupations are compared. Roe, using almost exclusively nonempirical means, formulated an eight-group circumplex, virtually identical to Holland's six-group hexagonal configuration that resulted from empirical research spanning 11 years. The…

Providing students with complete and succinct evaluative data is an important part of any educational paradigm. Research shows that students learn more from feedback on cassettes than from a live, verbal critique. (BD)

The supposition that teaching style has a direct or measurable effect on the learning of general music students in basic musical literacy as defined in the study appears to be at least partially unfounded. (Author)

Reviews the research on the lecture method of teaching. Found that little effort has been directed to the effectiveness of the lecture in adult education. Limitations in the extant research highlight the need for renewed efforts to examine the appropriate use of the lecture in adult learning situations. (JOW)

Sixteen adult stutterers were randomly assigned to one of two groups: awareness training plus regulated-breathing or Azrin and Nunn's regulated-breathing method only. Awareness training significantly reduced stuttering compared to the control procedure. But the most significant improvement appeared after introduction of the regulated-breathing…

Discusses action research using nonparametric statistics which are distribution free. Describes the nonparametric statistical technique called the Mann-Whitney U which is analogous to the t-test. Presents hypothetical research problem and illustrates procedures used to analyze data. Includes a computer program for calculating the Mann-Whitney U.…

Identifies the noncontact rate and refusals rate for a survey conducted by an electronic telephone survey device. Finds the noncontact rate for the electronic survey similar to other telephone surveys. Finds that rejection of a computer-administered telephone survey has an effect on the refusal rate. (RS)