Wellness of Counseling Students: Practicing What We Preach

A study of wellness among 263 graduate students in counseling revealed that counseling students experienced greater wellness than the general population; however, significant within‐group variability existed. Doctoral students reported significantly greater wellness in most areas measured by the Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle (J. E. Myers, T. J. Sweeney, & J. M. Witmer, 1996) as compared with entry‐level students. Moderate effect resulted for Sense of Control, Intellectual Stimulation, Work, and Total Wellness. Students who were not Caucasian reported greater wellness in Cultural Identity than did Caucasian counseling students.     

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Sandven, J. Students in General and School‐rejecting Students Compared. Results from an investigation concerning relations to school and personality characteristics among 9th graders in the compulsory school. Scand. J. Educ. Res., 1968, 12,91‐‐140. The purpose of the investigation was to bring to light some main characteristics in the students' relations to school, and to compare the findings for students in general with school‐rejecting students, i.e. students who express a desire to leave school immediately if permitted. Furthermore the purpose was to compare the school‐rejecting students with the other students with regard to some major personality characteristics: school achievement motivation, feeling of security, problem‐solving ability. The background for the investigation was the growing problem presented by students wanting to leave the compulsory school as it is extended to higher age groups. The findings show that the bulk of students feel attached to school, like their work, and make efforts. The school‐rejecting students present a complex picture. But as a group they differ clearly from the others in their relations to school as well as in personality characteristics.     

Trends in the payoff to academic and occupation-specific skills: the short and medium run returns to academic and vocational high school courses for non-college-bound students

Using data from three longitudinal surveys of American high school students, I show that vocational courses helped non-college-bound students to start their work life more successfully. A comparison of the returns to academic and vocational course work for non-college-bound students who graduated in 1972, 1980 and 1992 finds that the short and medium term payoffs to vocational courses rose substantially between 1972 and 1980 and remained high in 1992. Holding a host of variables constant, academic course work had much smaller labour market payoffs than vocational course work. These findings contradict the often repeated claim that employers now seek workers with a good general education and are happy to teach the occupation specific skills necessary to do the job. High school students who do not plan to attend college full-time would be well advised to start studying a well paying occupation before they complete high school. [JEL: I20, J23, J24]     

法学硕士研究生的“三教”

专业阅读、专业思考和专业写作构成了法学硕士研究生的基本学习内容,但如何阅读、如何思考和如何写作事关法学硕士研究生的培养质量,而导师对此负有相当重要的责任。     

Using visual phonics to supplement beginning reading instruction for students who are deaf or hard of hearing

The purpose of the current study is to expand upon the effectiveness of using Visual Phonics in conjunction with Direct Instruction reading programs (B. J. Trezek & K. W. Malmgren, 2005; B. J. Trezek & Y. Wang, 2006) and to explore the results of utilizing Visual Phonics to supplement another phonics-based reading curriculum for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Twenty students with various degrees of hearing loss in kindergarten and first grade as well as 4 teachers participated in the study. Results of the investigation reveal that, given 1 year of instruction from a phonics-based reading curriculum supplemented by Visual Phonics, kindergarten and first-grade students who are deaf or hard of hearing can demonstrate statistically significant improvements in beginning reading skills as measured by standardized assessments.     

Credibility and Credulity: Monitoring Teachers for Trustworthiness

Despite reservations expressed in the literature, there is a strong case in the context of schooling for favouring the view that students should engage in an assessment of their teachers for intellectual trustworthiness if credulity on the part of students is to be avoided. J. S. Mill's suggestion that the judgment of open-minded individuals can be trusted is explored and defended; and it is further argued that students are in a position to determine whether or not their teachers are open-minded by asking certain questions about their approach and manner.     

中小学教师的知识结构与高师课程体系的构建

高师课程体系的建构直接影响到未来中小学教师的知识结构。目前我国师范教育在课程体系设置方面存在许多问题,需要从多方面合理建构高师课程体系。     

The Developmental Process of Clinical Supervisors in Training: An Investigation of the Supervisor Complexity Model

The authors investigated C. E. Watkins's (1994) supervisor complexity model (SCM). The Psychotherapy Supervisor Development Scale (PSDS; C. E. Watkins, L. J. Schneider, J. Haynes, & R. Nieberding, 1995) was used to ascertain development over a 15‐week supervision practicum for 12 doctoral students and to compare their development with 7 doctoral students who had not yet begun their practicums. A set of retrospective interview questions produced responses that were used to investigate the viability of the 4 proposed discrete developmental stages in the SCM. The PSDS findings are congruent with theory. The retrospective interview findings, although interesting, are less definitive. Recommendations for research and training are presented.     

Personality: A Predictor of Theoretical Orientation of Students Enrolled in a Counseling Theories Course

Selecting a single psychotherapeutic orientation can be a challenge for counselor education students. The authors examined the relationship between counseling theory selection and personality variables of students enrolled in a counseling theories course. A discriminant function analysis was used to identify the personality traits that would determine theoretical orientation choice. No statistically significant results were found. Results indicated that students showed no personality‐based preference of theory. Additionally, no significant differences were found on selected subscales of the Myers—Briggs Type Indicator (I. B. Myers, M. H. McCaulley, N. L. Quenk, & A. L. Hammer, 1998) and the Self‐Directed Search (J. L. Holland, B. A. Fritzsche, & A. B. Powell, 1996; J. L. Holland, A. B. Powell, & B. A. Fritzsche, 1994).     

Roma Undergraduates’ Personal Network in the Process of College Transition. A Social Capital Approach

Roma university students’ personal networks become unstable in the process of college transition. We describe the personal networks of these students using the model set up by Brandes et al. (in: Proceedings of the IEEE pacific visualization symposium (Pacific Vis’08), IEEE Computer Society Press, 2008) and analyse the identified groups utilizing the social capital approach. We mapped seventy-six students’ networks applying contact diary. Origin, host and fellow groups significantly differ in their composition; they provide different (‘bonding’ or ‘bridging’) type of resources, and their availability to the Roma students is also different. We found significant differences between the students in their tendency to rely on certain groups in the process of academic adjustment.

     

Sense of Belonging and Persistence in White and African American First-Year Students

The authors argue for the inclusion of students’ subjective sense of belonging in an integrated model of student persistence (Cabrera et al., J Higher Educ 64:123–139, 1993). The effects of sense of belonging and a simple intervention designed to increase sense of belonging are tested in the context of this model. The intervention increased sense of belonging for white students, but not for African American students. However, sense of belonging had direct effects on institutional commitment and indirect effects on intentions to persist and actual persistence behavior for both white and African American students.     

On sustenance: Teaching and learning the great works

This essay is for J. Walter Sterling and my students during the Fall 1988 Semester.     

Test‐based accountability: Potential benefits and pitfalls of science assessment with student diversity

Recent test‐based accountability policy in the U.S. has involved annually assessing all students in core subjects and holding schools accountable for adequate progress of all students by implementing sanctions when adequate progress is not met. Despite its potential benefits, basing educational policy on assessments developed for a student population of White, middle‐ and upper‐class, and native speakers of English opens the door for numerous pitfalls when the assessments are applied to minority populations including students of color, low SES, and learning English as a new language. There exists a paradox; while minority students are a primary intended beneficiary of the test‐based accountability policy, the assessments used in the policy have been shown to have many shortcomings when applied to these students. This article weighs the benefits and pitfalls that test‐based accountability brings for minority students. Resolutions to the pitfalls are discussed, and areas for future research are recommended. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 47: 6–24, 2010     

College Student Wellness: A Comparison Between Traditional‐ and Nontraditional‐Age Students

This study examined differences in wellness reported by traditional‐ and nontraditional‐age students as measured by the Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle (J. E. Myers, T. J. Sweeney, & J. M. Witmer, 1998). Differences were found between the 2 age groups on 4 self‐regulation dimensions: realistic beliefs, sense of control, exercise, and self‐care. Implications for counseling practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.     

Teaching science as a language: A “content‐first” approach to science teaching

Our research project was guided by the assumption that students who learn to understand phenomena in everyday terms prior to being taught scientific language will develop improved understanding of new concepts. We used web‐based software to teach students using a “content‐first” approach that allowed students to transition from everyday understanding of phenomena to the use of scientific language. This study involved 49 minority students who were randomly assigned into two groups for analysis: a treatment group (taught with everyday language prior to using scientific language) and a control group (taught with scientific language). Using a pre–post‐test control group design, we assessed students' conceptual and linguistic understanding of photosynthesis. The results of this study indicated that students taught with the “content‐first” approach developed significantly improved understanding when compared to students taught in traditional ways. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 45: 529–553, 2008     

"微机原理与接口技术"开放性实验建设——"点阵LED显示器显示汉字"实验

在"TPC-H通用微机接口实验系统"的基础上,利用其J7端子的通用插座开发外接实验电路板,设计出"点阵LED显示器显示汉字"实验电路。该实验电路可在面包板上实现,实验者可根据实验原理和要求,从实验电路着手,进行面包板上的电路连接、安装,上机编程调试等操作,有助于实验者深刻理解实验原理与电路,提高动手能力。     

Developing Strategic Writers through Genre-Based Instructions in College

The College English Courses, required courses for non-English major undergraduates, have been implemented for almost three decades in China's tertiary education. Classroom teachers, however, are facing a host of daunting challenges in writing instructions as college students perform poorly in national English test, known as CET. The paper advocates an explicit and effective genre-based pedagogy designed and developed by J.R. Martin and his "Sydney School", an approach which supports teachers with tools for analyzing texts and scaffolding learning, and emphasizes visible teaching to enable students to succeed in English writing     

A Good Job Is Hard to Find … Until Students Know What They Do Best

Why don't more students use the career center? Shane J. Lopez argues that the traditional career center has not kept up with students’ needs. He suggests that they reimagine themselves as places where students identify and nurture their strengths in order to find fulfilling work and create fulfilling lives.     

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Sandven, J. (1970). Students with Lowered Mark for Conduct at the End of the Youth School. A study of their situation in school, their background and possibilities. Scand. J. educ. Res. 14, 74—104. The major aim of the study was to bring to light whether characteristic differences exist between students who get a lowered mark for conduct and other students, and what are the particular features of such differences. The main material was collected in the youth school partly by direct investigations among students in the 9th grade, partly by means of information and evaluations from the schools. Althogether about 3,500 students were involved in the study. At the end of the youth school about 11 % of the students, i.e. 15% of the boys and 7% of the girls, got a lowered mark for conduct. The percentage varied markedly from school to school, from 1% as the lowest to 31% as the highest. The majority of students with a lowered mark (92 %) had a course program not preparing for the gymnasium. Nearly half of them had no plans for further education. Most of them (85 %) were regarded by their teachers as not suited for the gymnasium. As a rule they had a negative attitude to school and a low sense of well‐being. Marked differences in home background between these students and the others were not observed. As a group the students with a lowered mark differ markedly from the others as to problem‐solving ability and school achievement motivation. The conclusion is that as the school is today with regard to content, methods, and demands, students who are weak intellectually and in achievement motivation, will much more frequently run into a situation where they develop behaviour conflicting with the norms of the school, thus leading to a lowered behaviour mark. Though it is not possible to know whether an alteration of the school would result in behaviour in harmony with educational aims, it is argued that serious effort in this direction should be made, considering the importance of the behaviour and character development of the student.     

Diversity of Students' Views about Evidence,Theory, and the Interface between Science and Religion in an Astronomy Course

Arguments for teaching about the nature of science have been made for several decades. The most recent science education policy documents continue to assert the need for students to understand the nature of science. However, little research actually explores how students develop these understandings in the context of a specific course. We examine the growth in students' understanding about the nature of astronomy in a one‐semester college course. In addition to student work collected for 340 students in the course, we also interviewed focus students three times during the course. In this article we briefly describe class data and discuss in detail how five students developed their ideas throughout the course. In particular, we show the ways in which students respond to instruction with respect to the extent to which they (a) demand and examine evidence used for justifying claims, (b) integrate scientific and religious views, and (c) distinguish between scientific and nonscientific theories. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 37: 340–362, 2000.