A political science professor suggests that few student leaders represent the student body, instead they are either administrative stooges or spokesmen for special interest groups on the campus. (Author)

The author, a member of the Israeli Ministry of Education andCulture, discusses educational relevance in relation to several youth projects and institutions. (JM)

The key conclusion is that institute supervisors and institute members have significantly higher positive agreement on who is a good counselor than that found among supervisors and students in a regular education program. (Author)

Discusses findings suggesting that three generations of Honolulu Japanese-Americans are less ethnically identified than their Seattle counterparts. (JM)

Draws upon ideas about "television effects" and the adolescent peer group to illustrate how interconnections between these two socializing agents contribute to the adolescent's "construction of social reality." Examines how gender, sexual, consumer, and occupational roles as enacted by teenagers are a product of media and peer group influences.…

A process to support peer group interpretations and the development of a scientific consensus is described. Specific investigations in the area of ecology are described as representative of the application of the process. (Author/MLW)

Female participants in educational personal growth groups often have needs and goals that are different from those of male participants. Theoretical and research evidence substantiating the necessity for differential approaches to change in men and women is presented. A model to facilitate the goal attainment of women is suggested. (Author)

Peer health education as a part of a health risk reduction program at Bowling Green State University is described. Peer health educators are students trained to facilitate the interpretation of other students' health risk Indexes and discuss health-related matters. (JMF)

Peer clinical supervision can dissipate negative attitudes toward observation by creating a supportive environment where those supervised take control of their own supervision and are observed by professional peers. (JMF)

Participants in a longitudinal study, selected according to Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test scores administered in the 1930s, and their occupations, took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Data suggest persons increase in mental abilities over time while maintaining IQ positions relative to peers. Changes in IQ are not related to occupational…

Environmental educators haven't been able to develop a common ground and definition, with those in other fields who also consider themselves environmental educators. The literature on environmental education is broad, but usually observational and descriptive--frequently not meeting the tests of rigor characterizing discrete disciplines. One can…

The purpose of this research was to develop an efficient peer rating system for small group work projects, designed to help overcome inhibitions to accurate evaluation due to the presence of social norms against harming a fellow student's grade, halo effects, leniency effects, and homogeneous rating tendencies. (Author)

Examined effects on target children's sociodramatic role play of sociodramatic script training in combination with an intervention package consisting of peer role prompting, a group-oriented reinforcement contingency, and visual feedback. Found support for use, with a minimum of teacher involvement, of the peer-mediated intervention package in…