The University of Massachusetts/Boston's program of short- and long-term orientation, organizational communication, career development, and professional recognition for administrative support staff is described. (MSE)

This paper focuses on the social effect and individual meanings new staff and student members assimilate in formal orientations. (Author/EB)

Presents ideas developed by library school students at Emporia State University for planning and implementing a library orientation to meet the information needs of academic support personnel. Library services, information materials, and library personnel are considered; and two methods for evaluating the success of the orientation program are…

Subjects in kindergarten through 5th grade were classified as task oriented, information seeking or cue dependent. Then an experiment was performed to investigate relationships between these predispositions and the children's performance and self-perceptions as they worked on an external-cue-relevant or cue-irrelevant concept identification task.…

This paper discusses the importance and dangers of causal theories of sexual orientation, noting that, in recent years, the illness model of homosexuality has been thoroughly discredited and replaced with a variety of gay and lesbian affirmative constructs which explore the effects of a disparaging and hostile society on the development and…

This study examined the ability of 59 2- and 3-year-old children to monitor goal-directed activities with respect to an anticipated outcome. The study focused on two skills: error monitoring and error avoidance through anticipatory monitoring. To elicit monitoring, a variety of simple tasks were presented to the children. In each, a successful…

A review of current literature related to assistance for beginning teachers focused upon the following questions: (1) In what areas do beginning teachers need assistance? (2) What types of assistance do beginning teachers need? (3) Who should provide the assistance? (4) How should this assistance be timed? and (5) What other important…

Research supported by a Public Health Fellowship and by grant MR-11803-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

The program consisted of a series of talks by invited speakers, informal meetings and addresses by fellows, meetings with U. S. Office of Education personnel, and a trip to Washington to meet with two members of the House Education Committee. Short evaluations written by each participant indicate that most of the fellows thought that the isolated…

This employee orientation manual for supervisors of state civil servants provides information on conditions of employment and Michigan Civil Service Commission rules which, if violated, can lead to employee discipline. The following areas are covered: standards of conduct governing conflict of interest, supplemental employment, confidential…

Some college freshman goals are realistic and some not but they are important both developmentally and socially. The adolescent need of a purpose to guide his behavior serves to continue the interests and values that were rewarding in the past and will help him organize his learning in college. Chances for attainment of his goals are enhanced when…

This study tested the hypothesis that newborns selectively orient toward angular elements in their visual field. Subjects were 36 awake and alert infants under 6 days of age. For each newborn, the study compared visual attention to three separately presented stimulus patterns: a complete outline triangle, only the sides of this triangle, and only…

This search of the ERIC system, Dissertation Abstracts, and the journal literature yielded 27 documents which review suggested techniques for use in school and at home to increase levels of motivation. (CJ)