The study demonstrates that the teacher aspirant who is introverted perceives her phenomenal world less positively than the prospective teacher who is extraverted, however, extravert and introvert groups do not differ in the positiveness of their attitudes toward children. Implications of Extraversion/introversion on teaching roles are discussed.…

Subjective discussion of specific ways in which school psychologists should take initiative in policy change, facility improvement--whatever is necessary to create more relevant learning climates. (CJ)

To determine if parents misunderstand their offspring, study analyzed 84 children and their mothers using What I Like To Do interest inventory (Bonsall, Meyers, and Thorpe, 1954). Results support previous findings except for maternal overestimation of music interests, underestimation manual interests. Suggests future study where conflict exists to…

In the first experiment, 16 kindergarten children were tested on vertical/horizontal and oblique discriminations in symmetrical and asymmetrical alignments. When stimuli were asymmetrically aligned, the former discrimination was learned as rapidly as the latter. The second experiment demonstrated that the influence of configurational cues in…

Two models of the healer's role are compared: physicians and Mexican American folk healers (curanderos). Effects of culture on the delivery of health care are manifested in the protection of patient modesty, locus of control over diagnosis and treatment, and the healer's role as a cultural interpreter of therapeutic regimens. (Author/NQA)

School boards have numerous opportunities to show support for and make teachers allies on many fronts. Teachers need assurance that their welfare is a school board concern. Overcoming negative attitudes requires that boards stop viewing teachers as menial servants or hired hands. (Author/CM)

Role playing and traditional instruction were used to examine whether young children can be taught the intent of television commercials. Both treatment groups of children, ages six to seven, experienced significant increases in understanding of commercials. (Author/MBR)

Surveyed teachers, school board members, superintendents, and elementary school principals to determine if there is congruence in their perceptions of the normative role of the principal. Results differed from Foskett's (1967) study in concluding that elementary school principals and the other groups perceive principals more as administrators than…

Concludes that J. Piaget's cognitive developmental theory may be used as a framework to understand reading in all children, while visual perception showed no relationship to any measure of reading. (FL)