Examines teacher response to learner errors in composition, and proposes rules for coherent writing. (AM)

Rebuts an article that claimed to overthrow the authors' 1969 findings. It is demonstrated that the original study concerned syntactic organization and that interpretation of it as bearing on comprehension is largely unjustified. Comments on their prior work in light of new developments in child language are included. (EJS)

This article attempts to help teachers use group experiences for teaching purposes. It focuses on the importance of preplanning and designing the learning experience, the identification of events and behaviors that may emerge during the group process, and ways of dealing with these behaviors. (NG)

A discussion of the influences of impulsivity on test performance is presented, along with suggested procedures for ascertaining more accurately the cognitive abilities of impulsive children. (Author)

This study compared 38 Hispanic and 28 Anglo college students with respect to the amount of time allocated to items on a reasoning test administered by microcomputer. Results suggested that a time constraint may penalize Hispanic examinees. The applicability of computerized testing for studying test-taking strategy problems is illustrated.…

Discusses the negative impact of poetry instruction based on scansion, biography, genre theory and formal principles. Describes three alternative lesson plans using imagist poetry, specifically that of Williams, because it rejects formal traditional rules and provokes student response. Concludes that students appreciate stylistic traits and that…

Describes the Directed Reading-Writing Activity (DRWA) as a framework that helps high school students write about the information they acquire through reading. Discusses how the DRWA's three steps--preparation, involvement, and reaction--extends the thought processes associated with reading comprehension into effective writing. (AEW)

Presents findings of an 18-month participant-observation research project on a Puerto Rican bilingual teacher's strategies for negotiating between the dominant culture's requirements and minority students' predicaments and aspirations. Discusses this teacher's thinking about her role and the beliefs and values that shape her pedagogy. (KH)

Assessed reading achievement of five second-grade girls under two contingencies: (1) teacher contacts were made during on-task behavior; and (2) differential reinforcement of an incompatible behavior (DRI) with teacher contacts contingent on students' hand-raising behavior. Reading achievement and time on task were greater under the on-task…

Suggests ways for the instructor to turn evaluation into an open-ended transaction with the student writer rather than a final pronouncement. Suggests that teachers should ask questions of the writer to clarify the rhetorical situation and goal, give the student one piece of advice per paper, and help the student set a reasonable goal for each…

Examines the possible factors affecting emotional arousal in response to media violence. Indicates that inner-city subjects were significantly more aroused than was a college sample by viewing 10 types of violence. Suggests that gender was not a mediating factor in arousal to violence. (NKA)

Thirty-five English educators identify three priority areas: (1) pedagogy, including class size, occupational conditions, and the dropout rate; (2) teacher issues, including teacher motivation, teacher training, and administrative relations; and (3) curriculum issues, including grammar and repetition in textbooks. (JG)

This paper outlines perceptual consequences of loss of binocular vision; complicating factors in monocular impairment such as age at onset and degree of residual vision; empirical evidence of the severity of monocular impairments, in terms of driving accidents and rehabilitation prospects; and the impairment's economic, psychological, and social…

Assessment of clinically depressed and nondepressed children (ages 9-17) on measures of attributional style, hopelessness, depression, life stress, and child temperament suggested absence of a unique constellation of cognitive characteristics in depressed children compared with the nondepressed sample. Treatment appeared to affect self-reported…

Investigated the effectiveness of a specific approach to school-based consultation training that emphasized didactic methods, simulation exercises, and videotape analyses. Examined the effect of instructor feedback on trainees' acquisition of consultation skills. Found the training led to increased acquisition of consultation skills, but addition…