A developmental study of elementary school children's use of rule v computation in solving spacial perspective-taking problems. (CM)

Indicates that dyadic relationships are seen as less positive with increasing distances between members and with less direct physical orientation, though contributing factors show that such effects are not simply additive. Shows that sex differences distinguish the judgments that observers make about dyadic relationships. (RL)

This article describes the practice of asking students in a foreign language class to write statements of their personal assessment and educational goals at the beginning of the semester. It has been found that a discussion of these statements can be of value to both teachers and students. (CFM)

Education for successful adaptation to a rapidly changing society must begin early in a child's life. (JD)

Student teachers were asked to list the types of assistance they felt they needed to resolve problems they faced in student teaching. Their expressed needs were primarily those related to the need for information about their adequacy as teachers and the need for improved orientation to the student teaching situation. (Author/BEF)

The effects on production rates of three variations of a goal setting procedure were compared using 14 severely retarded young adults. Variations included long-range goal, long-range goal plus session goals and contingent praise for session goals, and long-range goal and contingent bonus for session goals. (Author/CL)

Using Jean Piaget's theory of spatial development, a study was undertaken to identify the development of spatial concepts in 48 blind, partially sighted, and sighted 4-to-7-year-old children through the use of tactual recognition of shapes. (Author/PHR)

Provides instructions for constructing an Ames window tunnel, a device that illustrates illusion and perception. (CS)

This paper, presented at the American Public Health Association meeting; Chicago, November 1975, discusses a staff training program at a drug addiction treatment facility established for Spanish-speaking (and other) drug addicts. Staff improved counseling skills and knowledge of drug addiction, but changed little in attitudes toward drug use and…

Although education cannot be reduced to profit-and-loss statements, schools need clearly defined objectives, processes, and procedures. Schools can learn from corporations' benchmarking practices (standard setting, measurement, and consequences) and their past mistakes, such as the complacency that seriously weakened Xerox and AT&T. Schools…

In a study of 10th graders (15 experimentals, 15 controls) and college freshmen (12 and 13), experimentals received the Time Perspective Modification Intervention, which helps link present behavior with future outcomes. Experimentals showed significant increases in future orientation, sense of continuity, and optimism and had more highly developed…

School/university collaboratives place great demands on participating organizations and individuals. This article presents two scenes from a collaborative effort involving a college of education and its local public high school. These scenes illustrate the need for collaborators to identify and integrate their specific aims and demonstrate mutual…

Presents information regarding how North American teachers of Spanish can use authentic texts in Spanish to introduce some measure of cultural authenticity to their students. The article suggests that instructors need to use strategic orientation to reading tasks in order to overcome any possible cultural mismatches. (seven references) (Author/CK)

A survey of 551 library managers and analysis of statements made by library managers in 12 discussion groups identified problematic areas in the induction (staff orientation) of flexible workers: (1) extensive induction for temporary and casual staff is not considered cost effective; and (2) part-time workers often have to wait if induction…