Investigates 181 counselors' multicultural competencies in the domains of self-awareness, knowledge, skills, and the counseling relationship. Counselors recognized value conflicts with clients but reported difficulties resolving differences. Experience working with multicultural clients and attending professional development seminars were the…

Evaluates the impact of integrated multicultural internship training on multicultural counseling competencies. Multicultural Counseling Awareness Scale scores were obtained at the beginning and end of the internship. Knowledge/Skills scores significantly increased at the end of training. Discusses implications for training, measurement, and…

Examines a group of preservice primary mathematics teachers' understanding of fractions using software called JavaBars. Suggests that while teachers had built up robust knowledge about fractions, they experienced difficulty in translating this knowledge in the JavaBars environment. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/ASK)

Surveyed 141 teachers from nine Massachusetts high schools to examine their knowledge of and attitudes toward AIDS. Results indicated a direct relationship between teachers' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and positive or supportive attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. There were significant differences based on academic discipline. Allied health teachers had…

Describes a survey of 54 tutors in a peer tutoring program that examined the knowledge the tutors had gained concerning methods of student learning. Discusses responses regarding strategies that promote learning, the most effective instructional methods, and self-directed learning. Includes a list of cited tutorial methods. (27 citations) (MAB)

This study evaluated the knowledge of Level 1 and Level 2 rules of perspective taking by 18 8-year-old children (either congenitally blind, congenitally low vision, or sighted). All children understood Level 1 rules; their knowledge of Level 2 rules (that a heterogeneously sided object will appear differently to viewers from different sides)…

Describes the contributions cognitive perspectives can make to the study and practice of school leadership. These include redefining the meaning of effective leadership, changing the understanding of the knowledge base for effective leadership, and reforming the means for developing effective school leadership. Efforts to progress with each are…

Reports on the development and use at Western Illinois University of a survey to examine students' (n=787) knowledge of and attitudes toward the humanities. Students generally did not understand the reasoning behind the humanities requirement, could not explain differences between the humanities and social studies, and saw little relevance of the…

Studied conditions conducive to conceptual growth and those conducive to procedural growth in student hypothesis testing in science by studying 216 Scottish elementary school students. Results suggest that problems can be overcome when students debate their conceptual knowledge and reach consensus and subject their consensual positions to…

Attempts to determine how a variety of knowledges (declarative, procedural, and schematic) transferred when third grade children were given problem situations. Data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis of covariance, and statistically significant results provided insight into further considerations for enhancing instruction in environmental…

Examines the difficulties 19 preservice elementary and middle school teachers experienced when creating and interpreting graphs in which speed is one of the variables. Identifies four cognitive obstacles held by the preservice teachers and provides excerpts of their graphical constructions and verbal interpretations. Discusses potential causes for…

Evaluated the impact of a mandatory acquaintance rape education program for college freshmen. Surveys of participating and nonparticipating students immediately and several months following the program indicated a positive impact of participation on attitudes and judgements immediately following participation. Increases in knowledge were…

Addresses the benefits of teaching about acoustics and vocal anatomy and physiology to secondary students. Provides a brief outline of a ten-lesson unit intended for students who have either completed or are enrolled in biology or health science courses. Includes a list of selected resources and ideas for other sources of information. (CMK)

Finnish nursing students (n=85) specializing in child nursing had mainly positive attitudes about caring for children in pain, but lacked knowledge of medications and pain assessment. There were no knowledge differences between older and younger students or those with more or less work experience. (SK)

Offers a new model for addressing issues of providing access to lifelong continuous learning and personal knowledge management. The full spectrum of component functions and costs within traditional education systems are being unbundled so as to allow separate functions to be selectively retained and redesigned independently, then reconfigured,…