Compared 60 Italian-Australian and 48 Anglo-Australian adolescent girls on self-esteem and measures associated with sex roles. Found self-esteem and sex role satisfaction did not differ in two groups, and no significant differences in attitudes toward sex role differentiation. Groups differed in pattern of variables associated with self-esteem and…

Uses extant musical examples as stimuli in order to assess the effect of melodic rhythm as a determinant of relative tempo as perceived by college undergraduates and elementary students. Results indicate that subjects responded to the melodic rhythm as well as the beat when making tempo judgments. (LS)

Discussion of screen layout design for computer assisted instruction focuses on the perceptions of the viewers. Combinations of text format design variables that facilitate specific learning processes are investigated; evaluative criteria for text displays are discussed; individual and group perceptions are analyzed; and future research topics are…

Three methods by which hearing adults process speechread information are discussed: selective adaptation, immediate memory, and repetition priming. Also discussed are mental representations of speech by hearing-impaired and hearing children, infants' responses to speechread stimuli compared to other stimuli, infants' speechreading of a foreign…

Hearing-impaired speechreaders use linguistic context to compensate for the poor visibility of some speech movements. Constraints on spoken language enhance speechreading performance and help compensate for the paucity of sensory data. The largest effects come from linguistic constraints imposed by sentence context--syntactic, semantic, and…

An instrument assessing perception of nonverbal facial affect was developed and administered to 101 adults with and without mental retardation. Rasch analysis uncovered an intergroup difference in the structure of the latent trait of understanding facial affect. This qualitative difference may account for the limited generalization and maintenance…

Changes in higher education, particularly fragmentation of the academic workplace and shifts in faculty status and autonomy, have had a profound effect on faculty roles and professional identity. However, in the debate on change, faculty have important insights to offer concerning the nature of learning and institutional conditions supporting…

Reviews research on uses of computer sound and suggests how sound might be used effectively by instructional and interface designers. Topics include principles of interface design; the perception of sound; earcons, both symbolic and iconic; sound in data analysis; sound in virtual environments; and guidelines for using sound. (70 references) (LRW)

Examines whether African American and white students vary in their perceptions of academic dishonesty, and when cheating is justified. Also examines these perceptions according to students' level of participation in religious activities. Found general agreement that 15 behaviors were considered dishonest. Religiosity influenced perceptions of…

Examines language teachers' definitions of cultural awareness as part of an international investigation of their understanding of their social role as a profession in the context of political and cultural change in Europe. The investigation included a postal questionnaire with two questions regarding cultural awareness and, for some, an interview…

A survey of 167 college and university presidents found that while the administrators have strong views on controversial political issues or partisan politics, they often do not express them publicly because of their identification with an institution. The dissonance between personal feelings and public role creates serious inner conflict, a topic…

A total of 24 parents, 35 therapists/social workers, and 44 teachers responded to a survey assessing their perceptions of parent involvement in a team approach to educating youths with severe emotional disturbances. Differences were found between teachers and therapists/social workers in perceptions of parents' involvement. Improved communication…

Examines techniques for using photographic evidence and photo-interviewing in evaluation and research. Reasons for using photo-interviewing are discussed, including prompting recall and acting as stimuli and verifiers of perception; and two examples are given, one involving evaluation with faculty and graduate students and one involving research…

Reviews current research on children's concepts and categories that reflects a growing consensus that nonperceptual knowledge is central to concepts and determines category membership, whereas perceptual knowledge is peripheral in concepts and only a rough guide to category membership. Argues that there is no compelling basis in theory or in data…

Comments on the article by Jones and Smith in this issue. Responds to the theses that perceptual information is as much at the core of concepts as is nonperceptual information and that concepts are not represented as such but are computed on-line when needed. Presents a view of the relationship between perception and conceptual knowledge…