NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
A Primer on Taming the Beast.
Ohler, Jason – TECHNOS, 1999
Discusses a book, "Taming the Beast: Choice and Control in the Electronic Jungle" that explores 27 key issues about technology in order to understand its impact on ourselves, social structures, and the environment. Highlights include the effective use of technology in schools; anxiety concerning technology; technological literacy; and…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Instructional Effectiveness
Reviews of the Book, "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life"; "An Annotated Bibliography of Reviews of 'The Bell Curve'" (Lyle J. White); "A Statistical Critique of Herrnstein & Murray's 'The Bell Curve'" (Thomas R. Knapp); "A Response to 'The Bell Curve': Conversation with John Goodlad" (Mary R. Sudzina); "Voices in Education" (Marlene Schommer); "What Is 'Heritability' and What Is It Not?" (Lisabeth F. DiLalla, David L. DiLalla); "My Swing...!" (Dennis W. Leitner).
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Leitner, Dennis W., Ed. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1996
Collection of reviews of the controversial book "The Bell Curve" includes an annotated bibliography of 36 reviews in professional journals, edited books, and the popular press; a critique of the book's statistical appendixes; comments from John Goodlad, Howard Gardner, and others; discussion of heritability estimates; and summaries of a…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Cognitive Ability, Heredity
Multiculturalism: An Analysis of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Cornel West.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lemaire, Laura – New England Journal of History, 1994
Contrasts the social views presented in Arthur M. Schlesinger's "The Disuniting of America" with those of Cornel West's "Race Matters." Discusses issues such as diversity, separatism, and unity within a multicultural democracy. Concludes that educators should be informed about the views of both authors. (CFR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Books, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values