Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

Studied whether frequency of referral for special education services was dependent upon the sex of the teacher. Results indicated that male teachers referred proportionately significantly fewer students than did female teachers. (Author)

Tests the hypothesis that student reading achievement will be a function of the congruence of student's perception of actual and ideal teacher pupil-control behavior. Subjects were 231 students in nine sixth-grade classrooms. (MP)

Examines the positive and negative consequences of journalism faculty criticism of local news media, as evidenced from a survey of journalism school deans, faculty members, and newspaper editors. Suggests five things for journalism faculty to consider before initiating media criticism. (RL)

Results from a survey of students in a beginning communications media course show the value of using humor in course lectures to make the presentation of material more effective. (RL)

Discusses the Equal Opportunity in the Classroom Project of the Los Angeles County Schools in which recognized low achievers are given equal attention in the classroom. (IRT)

Describes six common weaknesses of student publications advisers and suggests ways of overcoming them. (GT)

The use of longer mathematics assignments with fourth- and sixth-grade students resulted in improved student behavior and a greater number of correct answers. (Editor)

Opportunity to learn specific content as measured by amount of emphasis and exposure to that content relates positively to the amount students learn. (JD)

Gathers baseline data on the relationship between personal values of educators and their professed teaching style, using a sample of 162 undergraduate education majors. Based upon the results of the Teaching Style Q-Sort, a statistical analysis was performed upon each of the 36 human values ranked by the subjects. (Author)

The study investigates two variables that are likely to affect teacher efforts to control students: student motivation and the principal's commitment to the control of students. Results support the argument that the values of colleagues can affect a teacher's efforts to control students and his commitment to the unilateral control of students. (RC)

In maintaining command of a classroom situation the teacher who establishes rapport with the group and uses humor effectively is most often successful in controlling or preventing disciplinary problems. (JD)

There is evidence that both preferences and beliefs of student teachers can be altered by the influence of a student teaching program. (MM)

Provides some suggestions for teachers in managing their students and a list of fundamentals that teachers should always keep in mind. (RK)

Few teachers return to the classroom once they have escaped into administration, research, or the academic life. Here a former professor of education recounts his experience in taking this unfashionable route. (Editor/RK)