Background: This study made use of the "Model of Academic Choice" by Meece et al. (1982). It is a general model of academic choice, expectation and value of attitude leading to achievement. The model links achievement with constructs of expectation of success on a task and the subjective value of the task influencing the attitude of…

Data were gathered from 65 teachers of students with learning disabilities to assess their perceptions of one of two school-based special education evaluation reports: a primarily deficit-oriented report or the same report with embedded protective factor (resiliency) information added. Results suggested that the learning disability teachers who…

Increasing evidence supports the idea that client expectancies have a large impact on counseling relationships, processes, and outcomes. Research and theories regarding expectancies are examined in this paper. Albert Bandura's theory of self-efficacy is discussed first to provide a background for understanding the significance of efficacy…

In 1995, the Council for Basic Education initiated the Standards for Excellence in Education (SEE) project, a multiyear effort to provide parents, educators, and the general public with better means to use standards to improve public education. This issue of "Perspective" tries to provide a coherent way to think about issues and…

Primary and high school students (277 in grades 5-6; 615 in grades 7-12) in the United States (47 percent boys) responded to 26 items of the Facilitating Conditions Questionnaire (FCQ). Results indicate 7 distinct FCQ factors: perceived value of schooling; affect toward schooling; peer positive academic climate (Peer Positive); encouragement from…

This paper is part of a larger study on student disaffection with high school. It examines changes in student's attitudes towards school over the past 25 years and relates them to educational expectations. It considers how important high school students think their education is for getting a good job and for later life; how well they like school…

Results suggested that both able-bodied and disabled students preferred disabled counselors for discussing personal problems. The able-bodied students who appeared most maladjusted tended to reject the disabled counselor. Implications for counselor selection and job assignment were discussed. (Author)

This article provides a staunch defense for the traditional academic values and the role of the teacher in making them defensible. (Editor)

Study of degree of congruence of expectations between teacher and student'' in process oriented vs. content oriented social studies programs; congruity was greater in the latter type of program, but participant satisfaction greater in the former, thus leading to a rethinking of the congruence-satisfaction relationship. (Author/SP)

Citing strengths of public education, the California governor also recognizes and discusses many of its problems, among them, society's greater expectation of today's schools, and student attitudes. (RB)

It was concluded that pictures are encoded differently depending on task expectation. Parallel access of visual and semantic memory codes occurs; but when recognition is expected, a visual cue provides faster access, and when expecting recall, verbal access is more efficient. (Author)

Results indicate that Ss expectancy for a given test stimulus probability, has its effect on the encoding or decision stage of the memory-scanning process. (Authors)

The study examined the effect of experimentally induced teacher bias, or expectancy, on the subsequent behavior of 24 institutionalized severely retarded children when the bias effects were a result of optimistic psychological reports to cottage parents. (Author)

The generalized self-fulfilling prophecy phenomenon failed to be supported in this study, but the significant differences related to the teacher-opinion dimension underscore the complexity of teacher-pupil interaction. (Authors/MB)