Examined influence of same-sex and cross-sex parent-child relationships on male (winning/achievement) and female (fair play/participation) orientation toward sports. Both mother-son and father-daughter relationships were found to be associated with more traditional female sport orientation in boys and girls, respectively. Explains why parents…

Discusses pretherapy preparation in relation to the research of the past two decades, including a review and critical analysis of the research. Implications for group therapists are discussed. (Author/JAC)

Presents a brief account of two of the seventeen NAIS member schools founded before 1776. (Editor/RK)

Relationships among goal setting, monetary incentives, two indexes of motivation, and performance were examined in an experimental simulation. Results suggested that goal-setting and monetary incentives were related independently to measures of motivation and performance. Incentives, however, had no impact on whether or not subjects set…

The "Rainbow Visibility Project" was funded by an Irvine Foundation (California) grant with the primary goal of raising awareness of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual culture at a Roman Catholic university. The "Rainbow Educator Project" was one of five components of the grant the Rainbow Educators (REs), who collaborate as a team…

There is minimal research on the schools-within-a-school model, however, the research on small schools is abundant. According to the research, when determining how a school should be structured, some guiding questions should be asked and answered before a program is established. Those questions are listed in this paper. The size of the school…

These remarks relate present Communist goals to the teaching of physics and point out the important effect that sciences have on the prosperity of the nation. Physics instructors are urged to pursue those goals by keenly challenging their students. (JH)

Gestalt psychologists have given many examples to demonstrate that laws of visual organization cause one view of scene to dominate others. This is also true for simple shapes. A figure can be articulated into many fragments but only a few will be perceptually dominant. (Author)

Interpersonal physical space was measured in two groups of male high school students, 30 deviants and 30 normals. Analysis of variance showed that (a) deviants demanded a greater proxemic area, (b) there was a significant increase in proxemic distance from front to rear with no difference between the groups, and (c) both groups demonstrated the…

The Department of Continuing Education and Training at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center takes on the responsibility for orienting all nursing service personnel, conducting specialty area nursing courses, training nurses aides and generally providing nursing education that allows nurses to keep up with growing responsibilities. (Author/RK)

The director of the Canadian National Institute for Mental Retardation discusses the success of that organization in functioning as a central information clearinghouse and in coordinating theory and research with service delivery systems for the greater utilization of all existing resources. (GW)

Attempts to resolve the issue of whether or not educational objectives should be framed exclusively, or even in behavioral terms. As well, the question, whether or not education itself should be goal oriented, is treated. (Author/RK)

A more positive model and one more consonant with our way of life than that of the South American caudillo'' is needed for the principal. As long as this country is founded on a political and social democracy, the democratic model would appear to be best for us. (Author/JN)

Article attempts to set out a way of measuring determination, the element capable of making students' occupational choice' a reality not just an ideal, by exploration of the part played by the value system in relation to occupational choice. (Author)

The extent to which resources for goal attainment in Papago communities are consistent with certain abstract goals of community development is evaluated. (NQ)