Contends that skills teachers need to be effective partners in development of better assessment practice are related to teachers' levels of classroom assessment training. Examines need for teacher competence in assessment, changing kindergarten through grade 12 assessment scene, teachers' roles in new assessments, teachers' training in assessment,…

Notes that, although consultation researchers and practitioners have called attention to need for more psychometrically sound instruments, little advancement has occurred in this area. Outlines key quantitative and qualitative psychometric standards for organizational consultation assessment and evaluation instruments. Presents framework and…

Describes Berufsbildertest, or Vocational Pictures Technique (VPT), technique constructed on theory that behaviors of choice are evoked by eight different factors of human needs or inclinations: softness, power, social conscience, show, reason, mind or spirit, matter, and orality. Explains usefulness of test in career counseling and presents…

Interview with neuropsychologist Brain Butterworth about what research has revealed about how the brain learns abstract concepts such as mathematics and the implications of these findings for teaching mathematics. (PKP)

This paper unfolds through the eating, speaking mouths of online learners and teachers and theorists as a way of exploring the educative potential of holding in tension the ambiguous virtues of the body and the (no)body in formal and informal electronic learning environments. Online learning research commonly devalues the body and takes the body…

Locating pairwise differences among treatment groups is a common practice of applied researchers. Articles published in this journal have addressed the issue of statistical inference within the context of an analysis of variance (ANOVA) framework, describing procedures for comparing means, among other issues. In particular, 1 article (Jaccard &…

This study explored pre-service teachers' perceptions of "multicultural education" and types of activities considered to be "multicultural" in the context of teaching young children. The data were collected over a period of three semesters from three groups of students participating in a clinical seminar in a mid-western US university. The…

Notwithstanding its iconic status within geography, the debate continues about how fieldwork should be taught to undergraduate students. The authors engage with this debate and argue that field studies should follow the teaching of research methodology. In this paper they review relevant literature on the place of fieldwork in geography training,…

Speaking at a conference is a vital way of summarizing your work for others; of positioning yourself as a person working in a particular field; and of receiving feedback on your work from colleagues. In this "Directions", we suggest: reasons for speaking at a conference; characteristics of an effective presentation; strategies for preparation…

This document contains a proposal for a district-wide multicultural high school curriculum for the Belleville Public Schools, Edison (New Jersey). The curriculum is designed to promote student bonding for peace and harmony by focusing on the total school environment and raising student, parent and staff consciousness about the many different…

Discusses whether the proficiency approach to teaching Arabic, which is now advocated, is really functional enough to suit true needs of students, and whether the debate concerning proficiency is becoming so polarized as to make impossible real discussion of the issues. Trends and changes that have occurred in the Arabic language over the decades…

Describes the findings of a study on the unemployment of newly trained teachers who had graduated in 1979/1980 and had not found teaching jobs by 1982. Concentrates on their job search methods and investigates the relevance of their teaching subject, region of residence, commitment to teaching, and type of school sought. (Author/AEM)

The author suggests methods that teachers can use to motivate students. These include (1) knowing the students, (2) identify need for learning the topic, (3) using a problem-solving approach, and (4) using competition. (CH)

The author states that the most accurate, realistic, and credible method of assessing individual abilities is expensive and difficult. This method, which he describes, uses assessment centers to measure individuals' competence by having them attempt job tasks under controlled conditions. Implications for trainers are included. (Author/CH)

Describes demonstration by an interdisciplinary geriatric evaluation team that a newly described syndrome of hysterical pseudodementia in elderly patients often originates in developmental phenomena rather than in basic personality disturbances. Discusses team members' observations of clinical behavior which frequently differed from results of…