Two developments are described with particular significance for the instruction of exceptional students in regular education settings: (1) the articulation of a collaborative consultation model of educational service delivery, and (2) research advances in instructional effectiveness. The article merges these two developments in a discussion of…

This article describes some of the potential inhibitors of the transformation of libraries by digital technologies and some steps that universities can take to overcome them. Included is information about the formation of a national coalition by the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM--the Coalition for Networked Information.…

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Comments on needs for integration of the models, more emphasis on training as treatment, the importance of multicultural considerations, and ideas for action in the future. (TE)

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Contends that the review fails to adequately address the issues of the content of training and whether different counselor techniques have different effects on the client. (TE)

This paper describes comprehensive cooperative learning approaches for elementary-school reading, writing, and mathematics. Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) and Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) are used to implement principles of cooperative learning throughout schools, among teachers and administrators as well as…

An approach to the treatment of child abuse used in a British clinic involves interventions that block or change destructive family interaction patterns. Real life stress situations are recreated in a multifamily group so that families can find new, nonviolent solutions to everyday problems. (MSE)

Proposes a conceptual framework for integrating second language and content instruction, in which language and content teachers work collaboratively to determine language-teaching objectives. This framework is applied in English as a Second Language, language immersion, elementary school foreign language, and mainstream classes. (Author/CB)

Follow-up testing of 110 children with cognitive and/or language delays who had participated (when ages 3-7) in early intervention programs based on either direct instruction or mediated learning principles found few differential effects by the second year post-intervention, though the overall benefits of early intervention appeared to continue.…

A graduate seminar on writing for publication at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education is described. The assumptions guiding the course are followed by an elaboration of its key structuring components. Five lessons essential to the replication of a similar workshop are described. (Author/MLW)

A broad description and critique of assessment activities in colleges and universities is presented. The ideals of assessment are discussed along with organizational realities that temper and restrain them. Suggested strategies for practicing assessment that reduces perils and enhances contributions are provided. (MLW)

This article describes the involvement of school personnel in the development of Individual Education Plans (IEPs), explains a proposed IEP-based inservice education model, and addresses potential pitfalls and benefits of this approach to inservice teacher education. (IAH)

Mental health, behavioral, and process consultation models are described as three theoretical approaches to the practice of school-based consultation. Drawing from each of these models, an ecological model of consultation is offered as a conceptual umbrella for planning entry, assessment, intervention, and evaluation activities with handicapped…

Presents comprehensive consultation model for promoting family and community involvement in the education process of minority youth, highlighted by cooperative effort between school counselor and school psychologist. Examines three areas of community awareness, family consultation, and paraprofessional development. (NB)

This discussion article addresses the nature of models used in hydrology. It proposes a minimalist classification of models into two categories: models built on data from observations of the processes involved, and those for which there are no observation data on any of these processes, at the scale of interest. (LZ)

Following 2 years of planning with community members, local university staff, district administrators, teachers, and parents, the Wichita (Kansas) Public Schools Board of Education drafted, approved, and funded a state-of-the-art middle-school conceptual model that was implemented in fall 1989. The pilot project process promoted teacher and…