Revista de Investigacion Educativa, 2001 (Journal of Educational Research, 2001).

Articles in this volume focus on the following: student counseling and other factors determining course choices of university students; a focus on unspecific diagnoses of students with learning disabilities; self-evaluations aimed at improving the quality of schools; relationship of academic goals and the use of different learning and study strategies; transitions during the first year of university studies (survey of the reasons to change or withdraw); age and cultural values as determinants for an intercultural curriculum; self-esteem evaluations in a sample of students in public and private elementary schools; professional development of counselors in secondary schools: an analysis of the professional requirements and an outlook; university education and the building of social networks as a professional outreach strategy; a model of casual relationships between goal orientation and cognitive and self-regulatory learning strategies. Education and the information society; and education and research in a cognitive society; assessment and counseling perspectives. Round table discussions and symposia topics include the following: quality and evaluation of higher education; current controversies in educational assessments; quality of teaching and learning in universities; gifted programs in the 21st century; research in the framework of a work-welfare program for young adults with low qualifications; the counseling situation at three Galician universities; emerging models in gender systems and relations and new social realities and implementation policies; quality of assessment at different educational levels; research on university education; and evaluation and innovation at universities; student counseling and other factors determining course choices of university students; a focus on unspecific diagnoses of students with learning disabilities; self-evaluations aimed at improving the quality of schools; relationship of academic goals and the use of different learning and study strategies; transitions during the first year of university studies (survey of the reasons to change or withdraw); age and cultural values as determinants for an intercultural curriculum; self-esteem evaluations in a sample of students in public and private elementary schools; professional development of counselors in secondary schools: an analysis of the professional requirements and an outlook; university education and the building of social networks as a professional outreach strategy; a model of casual relationships between goal orientation and cognitive and self-regulatory learning strategies. Education and the information society; and education and research in a cognitive society; assessment and counseling perspectives. Round table discussions and symposia topics include the following: quality and evaluation of higher education; current controversies in educational assessments; quality of teaching and learning in universities; gifted programs in the 21st century; research in the framework of a work-welfare program for young adults with low qualifications; the counseling situation at three Galician universities; emerging models in gender systems and relations and new social realities and implementation policies; quality of assessment at different educational levels; research on university education; and evaluation and innovation at universities. (AS)