Path analysis of data from 101 students before college and after declaring majors demonstrated the importance of math self-efficacy beliefs and vocational interests in predicting math/science majors. The more extroverted and those with artistic interests were less likely to major in math/science. Aspirations had solidified before college,…

Perceptions of parents and their adolescent children about a number of developmental tasks were compared for 508 Dutch families. Parents consistently indicated later ages for the achievement of developmental tasks than did adolescents, but they had similar views of the sequence in which achievement of developmental tasks should occur. (SLD)

Interviews with human resource specialists at 20 companies that are major recruiters found most attempting to change the nature of the traditional employer-employee relationship. Subtle shifts are evident in the definition of a career culture, promotion and career development practices, and organizational expectations. (SK)

Examines self-expectations, expectations for future partners, and comparative expectations (self versus partner) held by college students. African Americans had higher self-expectations regarding future income, professional success, and educational achievement than European Americans. No differences emerged in expectations for future partners'…

Anchored in Bandura's social cognition theory, this framework focuses on the interplay among self-efficacy, expectations, and goals in enabling individuals to act on their career development. The interaction of sociocognitive variables with personal/environmental characteristics and school-to-work transition is described. (SK)

Examines the relationship between gender equity and instructional design. Topics include stereotypes of men's and women's roles, perpetuating old assumptions and practices, inequities from instructional design, differing expectations, gender bias, and how instructional designers can help by being sensitive to these issues. (LRW)

Investigation (1) examined interrelations among normative beliefs, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol-related problems, and (2) investigated whether alcohol-related expectancies mediate associations between normative beliefs and alcohol-related problems. Analyses revealed that alcohol expectancies mediate the relationship between normative beliefs…

Discusses the balanced model of accountability proposed by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education and its implications for the evaluation of student progress. Emphasizes the elaboration of a model to assist special educators in the assessment of instruction practices and curricula. Highlights specific guidelines for the…

Four themes emerged from analysis of interviews with an Australian college graduate: uncertainty, inflated expectations, the work experience paradox, and difficult adjustment. Insights included beliefs and expectations about the opportunities from a college education and the likelihood of procrastination about life-altering decisions. (Contains 76…

This study compared attitudes toward social limits among adolescents detained for criminal offenses and nondetained adolescents. Findings indicated significant differences between groups in knowledge of behavioral alternatives and behavioral intentions. Nondetained youth reporting high rates of undersocialized behavior were more inclined to…

Examined ways in which the educational position of parents organizes the association between their assessments of the competence of their children and their educational expectations for their children using groups of 126 academically educated and 375 vocationally educated parents. Findings suggest that the interpretations parents make of their…

Applying transaction cost and agency theories to the classroom suggests that some students may engage in opportunism. Preventive practices may create a "Golem" effect of negative self-fulfilling prophecies. By creating an atmosphere of trust, teachers may engender the Pygmalion effect of positive self-fulfilling prophecies. (Contains 20…

Administered Expectations about Counseling-Brief form and Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans to 213 Mexican-American and 137 Anglo-American college students. Found no significant group effects when evaluating levels of acculturation, gender, and previous experience with counseling for their influence on expressed expectations in each…

Explored issue of confirmatory bias in counselors' clinical hypothesis testing by examining the way counselors (n=84) remembered information about a client. Results indicated counselors remembered more confirmatory than discomfirmatory information. Suggests counselors need to be aware of these biases and should be trained to avoid them.…

Examined power of expectancies measured in early adolescents to predict self-reported drinking onset and drinking behavior measured one year later. Results showed that five of seven expectancy scores readily discriminated between nonproblem drinkers and those subsequently beginning problem drinkers and accounted for large portion of variance in…