The dynamics of the teacher labor market were examined, focusing upon the problems of which teachers leave the profession, why they leave, where they go, and what it would take to retain them as public school teachers. In-depth case studies were made of six universities and six school districts. Data were collected by interviews (n=180) with…

Using official records and interviews; the paper outlines why age-related features are an important vehicle for analyzing the contingencies facilitating or impending interorganizational mobility. Career Patterns in hockey and orchestras exemplify mechanisms for sustaining commitment and motivation of second-level participants in hierarchical work…

The purposes of this study were to investigate the validity of a self-estimated persistence measure as a predictor of academic achievement and to study whether persistence interacted with instructional method. It was hypothesized that a moderate amount of persistence--neither too much nor too little--would lead to the highest achievement, forming…

The paper describes some of the sociopsychological and structural influences which induced and later enabled a group of social workers to expose themselves to physical harm in dangerous ghetto areas; it considers the question of how organizations ensure that undersireable positions are filled, concluding that prestige is an important inducement.…

The learning lab at Hawaii Community College (HCC) has, for the past year and a half, utilized the PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) computer-assisted instructional program. PLATO, which is used by students whose preferred learning mode falls into the listening, visual, or reading categories, serves to broaden the learning…

This report describes a follow-up study of the persistence of the effects of the FREESTYLE experiment, which had indicated that this television series was capable of bringing about large changes in the sex role orientation of 9-to-12-year-olds. Designed to determine whether the effects associated with a 4 month media intervention could be found to…

VIA QUESTIONNAIRE TO 200 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN KENTUCKY, 2,004 TEACHERS WHO HAD RESIGNED THEIR POSITIONS DURING THE 1964-66 PERIOD WERE IDENTIFIED (7 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S FULL-TIME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF). ON THE BASIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 780 (39 PERCENT) OF THESE TEACHERS, IT WAS FOUND THAT ECONOMIC FACTORS WERE THE…

In an effort to identify characteristics that relate to student dropout, 259 entering freshmen at a large community college were studied with personality, ability, and demographic measures, and it was hypothesized that a group of highly efficient predictor variables would become evident. Instruments used were the Omnibus Personality Inventory…

Although many economic barriers to higher education in the US have been removed, many potential college students lack the will to seek a college degree. The 4-year Trent-Medsker study of some 10,000 high school graduates found that nearly 40% of the students able to enter college didn't and over 50% who did later withdraw and did not return during…

This dissertation was conducted to investigate the persistence and performance of children from two school settings: a public school and an independent black school. The sample consisted of 64 black children, ages 7-11. Thirty-two participants, 16 boys and 16 girls were attending the public school and an equal number of participants were from the…

It appears that although women are not achieving the numbers in the doctoral fields that many think appropriate, their attrition rate in the educational system is generally going down, whereas that for men is generally going up. However, the employment picture for doctoral women does not appear to be generally improving. (Author)

This study investigated both the effects of expectancy and TV commercials using an expectancy-value model. In a 3 x 5 factorial design, eight- to ten-year-old boys (N=133) were presented with low, moderate or high expectancies of winning a toy, followed by exposure to 0, 1 or 3 repetitions of a TV commercial for the toy. High expectancy led to…

This paper attempts to justify the need for research and development in the area of systematic design of genuinely instructional play activities. A discussion of why free play should not be included in curriculum plans is presented as well as a brief discussion of the political problems of including fully educational play as an instructional tool.…

Factor analysis was used to derive four relatively independent factors or general dimensions of the work experience of economically disadvantaged, urban youth. The factors were named and interpreted as follows: (1) supportive context of job: characteristics referring to supportive aspects of the job, such as friendliness of boss, friendliness of…

Earlier research has demonstrated that verbal teaching behaviors can be modified through the Teaching Laboratory (TL), which consists of peer group microteaching experiences. This study investigated whether or not these behaviors would persist into later student teaching. Each of 50 secondary student teachers, who were divided into control and…