This paper presents the results of a study undertaken in Portugal to determine the influence of different factors on students' (n=499) decisions to study or refuse to study in one of the physical sciences or engineering. Some influencing factors are related to what goes on in school and during science lessons, and other factors are related to the…

This action research study examines the stressors that impact the lives of working mothers (N=11). Ethnographic field notes, personal interviews, and a series of eight weekly group meetings were used to collect data. The prevailing stress discourse does not adequately describe working single mothers' experiences of stress, but instead separates…

Few school principals or teachers of extended experience fail to realize the need among their pupils for some sort of instruction and guidance in matters pertaining to sex. Undoubtedly this realization has led to the many spontaneous attempts to introduce sex instruction into high schools. Experiments have sprung up all over the country, a few…

Three studies tested the proposition that membership in a fixed-status class would be unrelated to life satisfaction. In two studies questionnaire responses of handicapped persons were compared with those of normals. In the third study the observed moods of 40 mentally retarded children were compared with those of 40 normals. Results seemed to…

Reports results of a neuropsychiatric study focusing on psychiatric disorders in minimal brain disorder (MBD) syndromes. Prevalence figures for marked psychiatric abnormality in MBD were shown to be greater than those for psychiatric abnormality in children with neuroepileptic disorders in the Isle of Wight study. Psychotic behavior was found to…

A student self-report instrument was used with fourth- and sixth-grade students to collect data on eight classroom process variables and relate these factors to contextual variables--students' ages, sex, and socioeconomic status. Results indicate that students' perceptions of different teaching behaviors have distinctly different impacts on…

Among school district personnel who became coordinators for implementation of Title IX (of the Education Amendments of 1972), some acted as administrators who complied with most formal provisions of the legislation, while others became sex equity advocates who demonstrated highly committed efforts to implement the spirit of the law. (Author/MJL)

A survey of Doctor of Philosophy graduates of the University of California (Santa Barbara) between 1972 and 1978, suggested (1) that in graduate school, males had greater access to scholarships, assistantships, and faculty sponsorship than females; and (2) that females received more equal treatment in the social sciences than in other areas.…

Developed a motivational distortion scale for the High School Personality Questionnaire. Data from high school students (N=607) showed males and females differed in how they distorted their responses, resulting in the need for two motivational distortion scales. They also differed in characteristics considered to create a favorable impression.…

The case of a music faculty member's dismissal after 10 years of continuous full-time employment is chronicled, and these issues are discussed: probation, evaluation, and tenure; failure to reach a timely decision on tenure; action tantamount to dismissal for cause; other similar cases; and sex discrimination. (MSE)

The financial returns of an investment in higher education to become a teacher are computed and compared for male and female elementary, secondary, and higher education faculty with and without graduate education for the years 1962, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976, and 1979. The general decline in return on the educational investment is discussed. (MSE)

Studied high school students' (N=31) perceptions of significant adults as well as possible relationships between facets of alienation. Results showed parents were the adults most frequently named as significant. Teachers were not often chosen. There were no differences in adult relationship patterns between alienated and nonalienated students.…

Models of aggregate production are estimated and used to investigate the effects of changes in labor force composition on the recently observed decline in the earnings of college graduates relative to other workers and on the fall in the earnings of younger workers relative to older workers. (Author/SSH)

The financial returns of an investment in higher education to become a teacher are computed and compared for male and female elementary, secondary, and higher education faculty with and without graduate education for the years 1962, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976, and 1979. The general decline in return on the educational investment is discussed. (MSE)

Data presented on recent changes in student characteristics include matriculation and retention rates, full- and part-time participation, student residence and employment, course changes and perceptions, and attitudes toward personal development, vocational relevance of the curriculum, importance of higher education, and career choice. (MSE)