Relationships between the personal and academic attributes of and affective differences between current and past teacher candidates

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if relationships exist between selected personal and academic attributes of and differences between affective characteristics of a 1980s sample and a 1990s sample of teacher candidates. MANOVA and follow‐up univariate ANOVA procedures identified statistically significant differences between current and past candidates' concerns about the task of teaching, anxieties about teaching, and confidence about becoming teachers. Relationships were found between the affective characteristics and the gender, planned level of teaching, father's educational level, locus of control orientation, prior teaching‐like experiences, scholastic aptitude, and personality types of the candidates.     

Communication effectiveness of organizational mission statements

An empirical investigation of mission statement communication effectiveness (readability and tone) was conducted using content analysis. All Fortune 500 companies and American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the United States were contacted by letter asking for a copy of their mission statement. Responses were received from 218 companies and 107 universities. Of these, 135 usable mission statements were evaluated. The results indicate that mission statement developers in both corporate as well as university settings need to improve their readability and the tone of their written statements in order to maximize their organizational image.     

GIL Express in Georgia: An Interlibrary Loan/Circulation Hybrid for Circulating Books

This article recounts the history of the GIL Express initiative in Georgia, from its conception in 1994 to present. It describes the method of delivery and record keeping and discusses the strong points and challenges of the service. It concludes with some possible future plans for the service.     

学术评价的多变量指标探讨

结合集成影响指标(I3)和h指数构成I3型多变量指标框架,获得发文矢量X=(X1,X2,X3)和引文矢量Y=(Y1,Y2,Y3)、集成发文指数I3X=X1+X2+X3和集成引文指数I3Y=Y1+Y2+Y3等多变量指标。实证研究显示:整体h核分布适用于评价学者,h核指数X1和Y1适用于评价大学的核心影响力,集成指数I3X和I3Y适合替代期刊影响因子JIF。多变量指标为学术评价提供了结合I3和h指数优势的多维视角,可丰富学术评价测度。图5。表4。参考文献18。附表3。