Surveyed 237 counselor trainees from across the country regarding changes in supervisee perceptions of supervisor behavior as counselors gain experience. Results were congruent with previous research suggesting supervisors do change their behavior to match the needs of supervisees; however, supervision differed across settings. (JAC)

Investigated the use of computer assisted instruction in training rehabilitation students (N=30) in writing evaluation reports. Results showed students who learned the concepts of report writing with a computer based tutorial performed significantly better on a test than students who received a lecture on the material. (JAC)

Surveyed 216 counselor education programs to determine the proportion of required coursework devoted to instruction in scientific research and program evaluation. Responding programs were found to devote approximatley twice as much required instructional time to scientific research as to program evaluation. A rationale and suggestions for change…

Reports on the state of independent scholarship, suggests sources of information in the field, lists the benefits of independent scholarship, and recommends a variety of means through which independent scholars can apply their knowledge. (AEA)

Used 12 bipolar adjectives to assess perceptions of 41 counseling students who rated themselves as counselors. Pretest and posttest ratings showed trainees' self-perceptions changed positively on evaluative, potency and activity dimensions during their initial skills training. The semantic differential technique was sensitive to changes in…

Described are the content areas, construction, and analysis of the Graduate Record Examination Advanced Biology Examination. Also included are reliability coefficients, student profiles, content validity and predictive validity of the test. (SL)

Adopting the social theory of writing and new rhetorical genre studies (Bakhtin, 1986; Dias, Freedman, Medway, & Pare, 1999; Freedman & Medway, 1994; Miller, 1984/1994) as the theoretical framework in this study I made an attempt to explore graduate students' perceptions of academic writing as a mode of communication in academia. I interviewed…

The purpose of this study was to explore female students perceptions about research while enrolled in a graduate program. In the Husserlian phenomenological tradition (E. Husserl, 1859-1938), a theoretical framework was developed from extent literature a priori to inform the parameters of the study. The phenomenologist used a computer-mediated…

Poor reading ability has been identified as a predictor of underachievement among undergraduate students, but little is known about the reading ability of graduate students, especially those of minority background. This study examined the reading comprehension and reading vocabulary of 105 African American graduate students at a historically black…

The skills that are called on for dissertation and dissertation work are somewhat different from those that are used for regular course requirements. Whereas academic courses have clear beginnings and endings, the dissertation project is a somewhat open-ended task and the dissertation process is relatively unstructured. Success in completing the…

The impact of faith on individuals has been described in research for many years, yet counseling programs often do not address issues of spirituality. Little has been documented about how to integrate spirituality and religious issues into counseling programs and practices. In an attempt to address the need for more discussion on issues of…

This study used 8 vignettes to investigate 331 school psychology graduate students' beliefs concerning the desirability and ethicalness of origin of a dissertation idea and authorship credit of an article based on the dissertation. The vignettes varied according to who originated the dissertation idea (graduate student or advisor), who wrote an…

This document describes business plan competitions sponsored by universities. The idea began in the early 1980s at the University of Texas when Masters in Business Administration (MBA) students created a friendly competitive activity along the lines of the law schools Moot Court competition. Later the competition became national, and then…