This article describes a study done to compare, quantitatively and qualitatively, the problem-solving and decision-making performance of four populations: business administration students, middle managers, elementary school teachers and elementary and secondary school principals. Results show business administration students and middle managers…

This article summarizes the major results of a five-year nationwide field study concerning the rehabilitation process as it relates to client outcome. Meaningful results were arrived at with respect to rehabilitation counselors' work role, rehabilitation counselors' interpersonal skill levels, and general change features of clients. (Author)

The nonverbal touching behavior of strangers in a dyadic interaction was studied to assess the current controversy between encounter group trainers and their critics concerning the use of nonverbal touching exercises to foster interpersonal openness. (Author)

A gender-integrated homosexual community is described. Male and female members are compared as to participation in the community's formal organizational structure as well as in relation to several functions of that community. The integrated community differed in a number of dimensions from exclusively male and exclusively female homosexual…

Describes the operation of Educational Expeditions International (EEI), a private organization which links interested amateurs with professional researchers on exploratory adventures. EEI funds scientists and their studies for which amateurs pay for the privilege of joining. (CP)

Fourth grade gifted students participated in group counseling in which they received relaxation training (RT) and transactional analysis (TA) while fifth grade gifted students received TA alone. Results showed that RT and TA together were more successful in reducing anxiety and improving interpersonal relations among students than TA alone. (SE)

The present study, looking at seven t-groups, examines relationships between members' interpersonal needs for control and affection, on the one hand, and their evaluative attitudes toward the trainer and the group as a whole, on the other, at early and later time points in the course of group formation. (Author)

Because little is known about counselling services in Canadian community colleges, the authors sent questionnaires to 179 post-secondary, non-university, educational institutions and received replies from 83. Data on numbers of counseling personnel, their educational level, salaries, counsellor-student ratios, support staff, and other relevant…

Investigated differences between daughters' and their mothers' perceptions of the role of the school counsellor. Significant differences in perceptions of counsellor role between daughters and their mothers were indicated. Educational and vocational problem areas were viewed by both as the most suitable areas in which to seek counsellor help.…

The use of primes (verbal suggestions), contingent attention, and training sessions to assess a 4-year-old child's engagement and skill in six large motor activities was examined using a combination reversal and multiple-baseline design. (Author/CL)

Cites evidence to support the theory that the world food shortage will become a chronic condition. Describes the depletion of surplus food supplies and the increasing dependence on North America for food supplies. (MLH)

This research compares the cue-weighting system which assessors claimed they used with the cue-weighting system one would infer they used based on multiple observations of their assessing behavior. The claimed cue-weighting systems agreed poorly with the empirically calculated cue-weighting systems for all assessors except one who utilized only…

Job-based coracialism (the presence of black co-workers and superiors) and voluntary association joining are found to be inversely related among black female workers in Texas. Possible interpretations are offered, including the view that joining may be compensatory for black workers who lack coracialism. (Author)

This study surveyed 363 undergraduate students to determine the extent that introductory courses affected their selection of majors, minors, and career goals. The results indicated a significant relationship between an instructor perceived by students as better than average in teaching an introductory course and the selection of a major. (Author)

Many of the objectives in environmental continuing education are established using Bloom's and Krathwohl's taxonomies (values). This case study was undertaken to examine quantitatively the relationships among the conceptual categories within each domain. There were major concentrations of responses within each of the domains which helped establish…