Reports that students with soil science background performed better on a diagnostic examination; no relationship existed between exam performance and country of origin, degree sought, or undergraduate class quartile. Concludes that exam results, the grade received in a beginning graduate-level course and the cumulative graduate grade-point average…

Discusses the issue of who will do science in the future. Reports on several graduate student surveys that concluded that women were indistinguishable from men in objective measures of preparation, career aspirations, and performance in graduate school. They differed significantly in their perceptions of preparation, pressures and coping…

Compares women's status in highly ranked sociology departments with their status in sociology departments nationwide. Reports that women on top-ranked faculties are more often at advanced ranks with tenure than their national peers, but that their numbers are proportionally fewer. Concludes that slow departmental growth results in only small…

With the development of disciplinary knowledge, greater student diversity, advances in learning theory, and an increased emphasis on undergraduate education, the design of effective teaching assistant training must consider the interaction of many dimensions that affect teacher assistants' performance. (Author/MLW)

Graduate students (N=28) in counseling read client information that was nonemotive and factual, indicative of well-adjustment, or suggestive of need for psychological help, then rated mental health of clients. Results revealed anchoring errors for all cases regardless of severity; presence of anchoring errors was restricted to those made as result…

The effect of number and type of consulted relationships on ethical decision making was assessed. Using an instrument developed by the authors, the Decision-Making Questionnaire, change in decision from a neutral condition to reassessment of the decision was measured, under one of six conditions. Significant results were found. (LKS)

Addresses student counselor impairment related to the potential for harm to clients. Concrete suggestions are given for enhancing monitoring and dismissal processes in counselor training programs. Describes the program implemented at the University of Colorado at Denver. (JPS)

In a collaborative approach to supervision of student research, students engage in key themes: mirroring, personal process of inquiry, appropriate methods, internal to external engagement, action to reflection, intellectual competence, and communication. Research supervisors engage in noticing, reflecting, scanning for other themes, and leaving…

Examined limited practice of consultation in schools. Trained five doctoral students in school psychology in behavioral consultation procedures using written manuals, videotape models, behavioral rehearsal, performance feedback, self-monitoring, and generalization training. Consultants worked with elementary school teachers who presented actual…

Four interaction analysis systems served as the basis of a descriptive self-study in which 10 supervisory conferences between a graduate student clinician in speech-language pathology and her doctoral-level supervisor were transcribed and analyzed. Results are reviewed to profile a supervisor's and supervisee's objectives, critique the instruments…

Examines techniques for using photographic evidence and photo-interviewing in evaluation and research. Reasons for using photo-interviewing are discussed, including prompting recall and acting as stimuli and verifiers of perception; and two examples are given, one involving evaluation with faculty and graduate students and one involving research…

Reviews the role of textbooks for increased understanding of academic writing, arguing they are not appreciated. The dampening effects of introductory college textbooks, a reluctance to look beyond the student audience, and the commercial motive are reasons for rejection. Yet textbooks should not be excluded from research-process genres as they…

Discusses the use of state-of-the-art software tools in teaching a graduate, advanced, relational database design course. Results indicated a positive student response to the prototype of expert systems software and a willingness to utilize this new technology both in their studies and in future work applications. (JKP)

Reports a study that examined the current HIV and AIDS knowledge and attitudes of 63 preclinical medical students. Survey data indicated that a significant portion of the subjects had poor knowledge and had attitudes that might have an adverse impact on their care of AIDS patients. (SM)

Conducted interview with C. H. Patterson regarding the client-centered practice of supervision. Areas discussed include the importance of counseling theory to supervision, components, the question of developmental stages, the supervisory relationship, and roles. Patterson emphasizes need for supervisor to work from explicit theoretical base, both…