One of a series of refugee orientation materials, this guide to employment is intended to assist Hmong refugees in their understanding of the employment situation in the United States and to give them necessary information for obtaining work. The text is in Hmong followed by an English-language version, which is not an exact translation but which…

Asserting that America's senior citizens make up the largest untapped source of talent that can be utilized to assist the schools, this booklet proceeds to provide practical guidelines for recruiting and using older volunteers. The document opens with an exploration of the range of roles older volunteers can fill, then considers the process of…

Although sex differences in achievement-related behaviors have been well documented, recent attempts to account for these differences have focused on either goal orientation or standards. To compare varying explanations for sex differences in achievement and to examine the standards men and women use to define success, two studies were conducted.…

Although it has been suggested that women are less likely than men to use cardinality in dealing with environmental space, there has been no direct empirical assessment of this claim. If women are less likely than men to use cardinality, it is not clear whether women lack the competence to use a coordinate system of reference or simply prefer…

The major purposes of this literature review were to locate and describe existing programs that assist beginning teachers, and to describe the evaluation of these programs. Of particular interest was literature in which the problems of beginning teachers were described. Literature covering the following topics is reviewed: (1) why extended teacher…

The lists presented in this volume include individuals and institutions that may serve as resources to educators developing or modifying programs to assist beginning teachers. These lists were generated by contracts made in the course of the study of induction programs for beginning teachers. The first list is of locations and directors of the…

A white administrator of an expanding social welfare agency shares some of the problems and successes in overcoming racial prejudice within himself and among his staff members. (CS)

Through this article, the significance of motivation, whether extrinsic or intrinsic in the teaching and learning process is focused. Various simple methods to enhance motivation among students are highlighted in an effort towards quality teaching and inculcating a love for learning.

This paper addresses the construct of motivation as it relates to learning. Questions that will be discussed are (a) What is motivation, (b), how can motivation be incorporated in the instructional design process, and finally, (c) what motivational techniques have been used successfully in e-learning settings? Some general background information…

A Sales By Objectives (SBO) program offers the sales manager results by using the resources around him--his sales personnel--to set their own personal, routine, problem solving, and innovative goals. (MW)

At the University of Minnesota role playing and simulation exercises were used in a new orientation program for foreign students. The goal was to help the foreign student define the roles he feels are important and to learn whether his solutions to problems are appropriate to his new culture. (Author)

The article includes excerpts from the keynote address at the 15th annual Indian Education Conference (April 5, Tempe, Arizona). (KM)

This paper presents a discussion of three problem areas that were delineated during the course of a field test designed to assess the effects of the "Heartsmart Adventures," an interpersonal skills curriculum developed from the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO) Theory as described by William C. Schutz. Students and…