Examines the dominant role space plays in human social experience. Touches on a number of issues, including territoriality, public v private space, and access to and control over space. (GT)

Examines the characteristics of incrementalism as it defines the present system in competitive debate. Outlines the strengths and weaknesses of this slow and deliberate pursuit of diverse goals and contends that it holds much argumentative promise. (JMF)

Focuses on the overall family treatment process. Sub-steps involved in the major stages of Assessment, Contracting, Treatment and Closure are operationally described, and objectives for each sub-step are indicated. The model offers a guide for the basic treatment approach and a foundation for the work of advanced therapists. (Author/RC)

Reviews some of the difficulties that result from the change of a college's president and suggests 11 activities which can be initiated by a college in support if its president in his/her early months. (AYC)

Transition into the college environment involves a range of issues not only for the entering student but also for the parent. The College Survival Test (CST) is a program designed to present a wide range of issues concerning college life that allows focused input by college officials and students. (Author)

Discusses a rationale for and a guide to organizing a written policy and procedure guide for operating a college newspaper. (AEA)

Five experiments were conducted in an attempt to establish whether elementary school children find it difficult to identify certain geometrical shapes when presented in the less usual orientations. (MP)

The results of this study provide educators and researchers with further information concerning selected elementary students' ability to catch balls as a result of specific ball color and background color combinations, therefore offering some additional insight into factors that influence catching behavior. (MB)

Each of 96 college females and 95 college males were randomly assigned to either a high or a low subjective probability of outstanding performance condition. The findings are contrary to predictions based on the fear of success hypothesis. Implications of the results for the fear of success hypothesis are discussed. (Author)

Investigated with 15 elementary or secondary grade nonretarded exceptional children was the correlation of spatial problems with difficulty in reading, writing, and spelling. (DB)

Multivariate analyses of data from 217 mentor-protege dyads found that proteges with high learning-goal orientation similar to their mentors perceived the most psychosocial support, career development, idealized influence, managerial aspirations, and career satisfaction than dyads with low learning-goal orientation or dissimilar levels within the…

Assessed the freshman orientation program at Stephen F. Austin State University in terms of academic success of participants. Data were obtained for freshman classes from 1986 to 1994, and results of data analyses indicated a significantly higher grade point average for those who attended orientation. (SLD)

Evaluated a freshman orientation program at a southeastern research university through questionnaires completed by 1,048 (80%) of the entering freshman class. Responses suggest that students themselves are not sure what orientation programs do or are supposed to do, although they were generally satisfied with the program. (SLD)

Studied the messages being conveyed to prospective students in campus visits and summer orientation sessions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Findings for 497 prospective students show that the visit and orientation program may be effective, but programs are trying to communicate too much. Findings also show the importance of the campus…

Tested the prediction that performance goals only entail poor achievement outcomes in individuals with a low self-concept of ability. In 3 experiments (n=55 university students; n=51 university students; n=33 university students) participants with performance goals showed impaired performance only when their self-perceived ability was low. (SLD)