This paper reports on methods of students' justifications of their solution to a problem in the area of combinatorics. From the analysis of the problem solving of 150 students in a variety of settings from high-school to graduate study, four major forms of reasoning evolved: (1) Justification by Cases, (2) Inductive Argument, (3) Elimination…

This research introduced resilience characteristics to study the adjustment of international graduate students at American universities. The purpose of the study was to explore relationships among resilience characteristics and background factors; among resilience characteristics and adjustment problem areas; and among adjustment problem areas and…

This narrative tells the story of a nontraditional student who completed her education to become a college teacher when returning to school was quite unusual. Twenty years after high school graduation, the teacher received a bachelors degree and began a 14-year career teaching mathematics and physical sciences in a public high school. In that…

Attrition, retention, and program completion of doctoral students were studied at a university. One objective was to be able to determine, at the time of admission, which students were most likely to achieve success, defined as degree completion. The subject pool was 168 graduate students admitted to the doctoral program in educational…

This study sought to examine the factors, both quantitative and qualitative, that may predict the doctoral students in the field of educational administration who will be most likely to persist to degree conferral. The study was conducted in two phases. First, a survey instrument was administered to 152 doctoral students who began a program of…

"Communicator" is the newsletter of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Each issue contains an article on a featured topic and information about the activities and programs of the CGS. Each issue also contains profiles and notes about CGS personnel and academic appointments at member institutions. Meetings and conferences are…

This book provides those new to the field with a blend of practical and theoretical information. The author addresses a spectrum of recent information about the process of qualitative educational research and brings together in one volume the essential elements of all aspects of the field. The text: (1) Introduces traditions and influences in the…

Anxiety about statistics can result in impaired performance, mental anguish, and avoidance of statistics courses needed for professional advancement. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the anxiety felt by students in graduate statistics courses to their characteristics and to the teaching strategies used by their…

This data brief contains statistics on graduate enrollment of women and minorities in science and engineering. The data is presented in three charts that provide information on the number of graduate students in science and engineering by sex from 1980-96, minority graduate enrollment in science and engineering by race and ethnicity of U.S.…

This paper explores the professional development experiences of nine graduate students working on their doctoral degrees in foundations of education. The experiences of these students illustrate the need for enhanced professional development of future teachers and leaders in foundations of education. These students came to foundations of education…

This study investigated factors that might be related to successful academic progress and students' satisfaction with a competency-based graduate program in an online environment. It offers an in-depth look into the structure and operations of a Master of Arts Program in Learning and Technology at Western Governor's University, Utah. At the time…

This study examined the views of students completing an educational administration preparation program at Southwest Texas State University (SWT) and students completing a similar program (program acronym MADE) at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional in Mexico City. Graduates of both programs received master's degrees. A focus group methodology was…

The purpose of this study was to direct graduate students enrolled in an Educational Leadership program during 1999 and 2000 to achieve three standards with performance outcomes and attributes of evidence and to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses found in the implementation of each standard. The study involved 40 graduates enrolled in a…

To study the factors that cause some university departments to produce excellent research and provide excellent research training, this book considered the factors underlying research efforts in four innovative and three stagnant Swedish university departments in the social sciences. Data were gathered through interviews with 152 doctoral…

This study investigated the relationship between academic procrastination and library anxiety at the graduate level. Participants were 135 graduate students enrolled in 3 sections of a required introductory-level educational research course at a Southeastern university. Participants were administered the Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) and the…