An audiotaped program teaching interviewing skills was developed incorporating a microteaching component approach. The study investigated the effectiveness of a programmed approach in the development of interview skills. (Author)

The failure of common methods of research synthesis to arrive at conclusions about effectiveness of special education is discussed. Meta-analysis, the analysis of analyses, is proposed as an alternative. Results of meta-analyses in the areas of special versus regular class placement, process training, and medically-based intervention are…

Four main areas of concern in team teaching are organizing course material, managing time, remaining in contact with students, and establishing good relationships among team members. (LH)

Articulated reading programs are critical toward promoting reading attainment. What constitutes the program components to be articulated is an essential question for consideration in the attainment of that goal. Suggests the factors necessary to develop well-articulated reading programs. (Author/RK)

Describes the Community Arts and Education Partnership, a community-system arts and literacy program for students at all grade levels. Notes that in this program, professional community artists and generalist classroom teachers delivered a sequential, integrated curriculum to over 500 students of diverse ethnicities. Concludes that literacy gains…

This article reviews how tutoring systems have been applied across specialized subject areas (e.g., music, horticulture, health and safety, social interactions). It summarizes findings, provides an analysis of skills learned within each tutoring system, identifies the respective methodologies, and reports relevant findings, implications, and…

A two-year study conducted in two fourth grade classrooms investigated the effectiveness of two mathematics curricula. Results found that a direct instruction program, "Connecting Math Concepts," resulted in significantly higher student scores on mathematics tests than the use of a traditional math basal textbook. (Contains references.) (CR)

Describes a program at Southeast Missouri State University that uses process recordings, or written records of student-tutor conferences, in peer tutoring and editing sessions for composition courses. Suggests that process recording increases the benefits of peer-editing activities and teaches students to be better readers of their own writing as…

Examines the utility of brief teaching probes as an assessment for students referred due to poor academic performance. Reading-decoding skills as assessed by students' oral reading rate on probes containing letters, words, or prose were examined. Ten of the 12 assessments identified one or both interventions as promising, based on a 20% or greater…

Pedagogy is an important aspect of teacher education, and the teacher educator's pedagogy can help the preservice teacher understand the complexities inherent in teaching. This study examined one elementary literacy course in a master's level teacher education program. Data collection involved classroom observation and interviews with the…

We evaluated an enriched teaching program for reducing resistance and indices of unhappiness displayed by 3 individuals with profound multiple disabilities during teaching sessions. The program involved presentation of preferred activities before, during, and after each teaching session, discontinuation of identified nonpreferred activities, and a…

Creating the "comprehensive musician" has been discussed by music educators for many years. While its definition varies, essentially comprehensive musicianship is a means of engaging students in musical learning with a goal of creating greater independence. This can be accomplished by creating a rehearsal setting in which performance and…

Technology teacher educators across the nation are considering what changes will be made to their pre-service teacher education programs to implement the standards in Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) (ITEA, 2000/2002) and to help future teachers learn to develop and teach curriculum that is based on those standards (Custer & Wright,…