A humanistic education is superior to a practical education because the former aims at unifying all branches of knowledge. (CK)

Two studies found that, when people are either given the actual text or given an explanation of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), they display more positive attitudes and fewer misconceptions than people who are asked what they think about it without being informed of the amendment's text. (GC)

The authors examine barriers to disseminating research knowledge to parents of handicapped children, stress the importance of researchers communicating to parents, and suggest ways to improve dissemination efforts.

Describes a study which estimated the amount of economic knowledge a student should learn from a college class. (AM)

Reviews past and present views of the working relationship between a school's nurse and athletic trainer and discusses the author's own study which revealed that, compared to trainers, school nurses possess insufficient knowledge to assume adequate injury management. Offers a sample job description for a head athletic trainer. (WD)

To ascertain their basic knowledge of the world's most visible cities and countries, questionnaires were administered to eighth and ninth grade students. The outcome of the study was disappointing. Places such as Bucharest and Djakarta were practically unknown, even to geography students. (RM)

The study involving 302 undergraduate elementary/early childhood education students looked at what specific information relating to serving handicapped students in regular education settings was being provided through traditional education courses and what information needed more attention. (SB)

Discusses the differences between education and training and the consequences of our confusion. (Author/WD)

In scoring multiple-choice tests, a score of 1 is given to right answers, 0 to unanswered questions, and some negative score to wrong answers. This paper discusses the relation of this negative score to the assumption made about the partial knowledge with the subjects may have. (Author/GDC)

The theory of "ba" or "space" offers a prescription for fostering the conversion of particular kinds of knowledge (tacit-to-explicit, tacit-to-tacit, etc.). Three corporate groups were observed as they collaborated to develop instructional, Web-based stories intended to capture their tacit organizational understandings. A…

Asserts that many people have minimal comprehension of how technology works, why it works, and the implications of its use. Offers a mandate for technological literacy in the United States. Includes characteristics of a technologically literate citizen and recommendations for strengthening the presence of technology in education. (JOW)

Undergraduates often are aware of and able to apply the facts required to prove a statement but still fail to prove it. By comparing doctoral students and undergraduates constructing proofs in abstract algebra, four types of strategic knowledge are hypothesized. Found that doctoral students had knowledge of how to choose which facts and theorems…

Examined the effects of training community leaders in prevention science in the context of the Communities That Care (CTC) model fo community empowerment. Data from an evaluation of CTC in 21 Pennsylvania communities and interviews with 203 community leaders show that training is positively, although modestly, associated with participant attitudes…

Nurses, physicians, and nursing and medical students (n=291) were surveyed about their awareness of chemical and biological terrorism. Infection control personnel and nurse educators (n=24) were surveyed about terrorism preparation. Fewer than one-quarter of questions were answered correctly, and only about 23% reported confidence in the ability…