It is predicted that institutions for the retarded will be phased out and that the need for most types of group residences will decline due to the development of residential alternatives to institutions and nonresidential community services. (KW)

The data suggest that student expectations about freshman camps have little appreciable relation to satisfaction with camps. Students' experiences with people at camp, however, were moderately related to satisfaction with camp. (Author)

In regard to encounter groups, it is time to reassess goals, conceptions, rationales, and results to date. It is time to distinguish between good and bad theory, good and marginal practice, and to demand better standards of trainer development and preparation. Consumer welfare requires it. Presented at APA, Miami Beach, 1970. (Author/CJ)

Describes the formation, activities, and outcomes of a therapeutic group for 7- to 14-year-old siblings of handicapped children attending the Bronx Center of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City. The group met for eight weekly sessions during summer vacation from school. Limitations and positive aspects of the intervention are pointed out.…

Analyzes "Taxi,""Barney Miller,""Lou Grant," and "M*A*S*H" in terms of three fantasy themes: the realization of significant others, the alliance in action, and membership into personhood. From these themes emerges a rhetorical vision of the new humane collectivity. (PD)

Examined whether self-selected roommates showed higher rapport and fewer midyear roommate changes than did randomly assigned roommates. Results from 147 residential college students seemed to indicate that self-selected incoming freshmen roommate pairs were more likely to stay together than were their randomly assigned counterparts. Such…

Describes phases in the life of a Tavistock group composed of college students using concepts from Von Bertalanffy's general systems theory, MacKenzie's role theory, and Kantor's family theory. Discusses early, middle, and late phases of typical 16-session group as it moves from a closed to an open system. (Author/NB)

After a group project, first-year undergraduates were surveyed using a questionnaire developed from earlier work by Garvin et al. Findings included: the opportunity to work in-depth in a real organization was the best-liked aspect of the project; difficulties negotiating in the group was the least-liked aspect; and unlike the Garvin study, only 43…

This article explores the phenomenon of mathematical understanding, and offers a response to the question raised by Martin (2001) at the Annual Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education Group (North American Chapter) about the possibility for and nature of collective mathematical understanding. In referring to collective mathematical…

Rehabilitation counselor education is experiencing an explosion of knowledge, which is becoming increasingly difficult to organize and disseminate to students. Communities of practice, a form of social learning, provide a way to organize and disseminate information. Distance-based education programs are increasing within the field of…

The interface between education research and education policy in the UK has been discussed, explored and redefined over nearly two decades since the "Education Reform Act" of 1988. This contribution analyses how one group of researchers, in the field of assessment, has attempted to exploit the potential for evidence from research to…

The first course in group work was taught in 1923 and was followed by a growing recognition in social work education of the importance of preparing students to work with groups. Unfortunately by the end of the 1970s group work located within a generalist curriculum had all but disappeared. This article presents a single course elective that…

Described is a teaching model which has been found to be effective with doctoral candidates who are interested in doing research which emphasizes groups and/or group processes. Integration of research theory and practice was the primary objective. (Author)