Perceptions and perceptual changes on study habits and attitudes for students who received study-skills instructions individually from student counselors were compared with those of students who received instructions and participated in class discussions and those of students who did not receive any study-skills instructions or counseling. (Author)

Assesses the need for counselors in B.C.'s elementary schools. Principals primary and intermediate teachers wanted bi-weekly counseling services; a school-based, direct service counselor to serve as consultant to parents; and counselor training in developmental, preventative, and remedial approaches. (Author)

Examined the structure of job satisfaction for unionized, hourly rated assembly plant employees. Findings indicate the more positive the employee's perception of upper management, the greater the employee's job satisfaction. The employee's perception of upper management had a greater influence on employee job satisfaction than perception of…

Examined whether life changes are associated with concurrent life and death attitude types among older adults. Individuals were identified as positivists, negativists, activists, and passivists. Some patterns varied by sex. Those who experienced discontinuity were frequently negativists or passivists, while continuity tended to characterize…

The article presents the traditional roles of school psychologist and classroom teacher as a manifestation of the "theory v practice" dilemma, with reciprocal influence between the two roles being rare. (Author)

Discusses the theory and research behind this approach, which deals with attitudinal qualities that are effective in releasing constructive and growthful changes in individual personality and behavior. Relates approach to the formative tendency of the universe, suggesting it as a possible means to transcend consciousness in new, spiritual…

The assumptions underlying the classfication rule-learning description of concept acquisition are critically examined. An alternative characterization of what it means to have a primacy hypothesis and Gibson's position that knowledge of the world is a product of direct perception are discusssed. (Author/RD)

Results of a survey completed by 102 prospective elementary school teachers reveal that, although support is strong for the inclusion of sex education in the school curriculum, most teachers are unwilling to assume an instructional role. (LH)

Questionnaires were designed to elicit teachers' attitudes and perceptions as to the effectiveness and appropriateness of mainstreaming and regular classroom teachers' level of skill competency. Results indicated that resource and regular teachers evidenced differential perceptions. (Author)

Results indicated that clients who were touched evaluated the counseling experience more positively than no-touch subjects. Stronger effects occurred when clients were touched by an opposite-sex counselor. (Author)

A study involving 120 second-grade students with deficiencies in visual perceptual skills was designed to determine the effects of a vision training program on reading test performance. Students receiving vision training did significantly better in tests measuring reading comprehension and word recognition skills than did students who did not…

The study was designed to determine the effects of the Neurological Impress Method (NIM) as an approach to remediation of reading disabilities in 44 children (7 to 14 years old) classified as learning disabled. (SBH)

The results of three experiments provide evidence that the observed detrimental effects of acoustic similarity on serial recall may be a consequence of poorer memory for the order of consonant sounds as opposed to vowel sounds. (PMJ)

Minimal sex differences were found between male and female college students' perceptions of the following roles and role combinations: worker; spouse; parent; worker-spouse; and worker-parent. (Author/BEF)

The Halstead Neuropsychological Test Battery for Children profiles revealed that neuropsychological behavior deficits of impaired asthmatic children exist predominantly in visualizing and remembering spatial configurations, in incidental memory, and in planning and executing visual and tactile motor tasks. (Author)