Given the many goals of sex education programs, it seems unfair to judge them by the degree to which they meet them all. This paper discusses the effects that sex education programs have on students' knowlege, attitudes, and behavior. (MT)

Canadian and American adults responded to a questionnaire regarding knowledge of alcoholic beverages. A high, positive correlation coefficient was obtained between the males and females in the total sample based on a rank order of item accuracy. Results indicated that alcohol users are poorly informed about the composition of alcoholic beverages.…

Kielhofner and Barris examine two existing proposals for knowledge organization and proposes a related but alternative approach. Based on this proposed structure, literature in the "American Journal of Occupational Therapy" over the past 10 years was reviewed and classified to reveal patterns and trends. Labovitz and Miller critique the…

Contrasts scholarship in technical communication with that in literary studies. (HOD)

A unit on the study of Helen Keller is outlined to create awareness in gifted language arts students (grades 4-6) of the efforts and accomplishments of disabled individuals. (CL)

Reviews some differences in the educating approach of environmental education and environmental interpretation and the cognitive processes involved. Also presents an interpretive field study based on the cognitive processes reviewed. The study evaluated the ability of 150 users of forest trails to recognize interpretive messages experienced during…

Public perceptions of, and activism or other responses relative to, environmental and natural resource management concerns have been the subject of past research studies. Summaries of additional studies (all reported during 1983-84) that deal with interfaces between the public and such concerns are presented. (JN)

The effects of prior knowledge and information orderings on the immediate and delayed recall of unfamiliar information under various levels of control for the effects of cognitive style and reading achievement were studied. Significant interaction effects were discovered. (Author/DF)

Methodological criticisms are offered of a study of the effect of socioeconomic status on children's knowledge of health matters. (GW)

This booklet clearly spells out what students should know and be able to do in United States History. Examples are given to help students understand what is required to meet the standards. Students should review this guide with their teachers and share it with their parents and family. This two-semester course builds upon concepts developed in…

This paper is an invitation to critically engage in the discussion of "indigenous knowledges" and the implication for academic decolonization. Among the issues raised are questions of the definition and operationalization of indigenous knowledges and the challenges of pursuing such knowledge in the western academy. The paper draws…

Assessing student performance is one of the most critical aspects of the job of a classroom teacher; however, many teachers do not feel adequately prepared to assess their students' performance. In order to measure and compare preservice and inservice teachers'"assessment literacy," both groups were surveyed using the Classroom Assessment…

This book explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment what students know and how well they know it as well as the methods used to make inferences about student…

As a result of questions arising from differences in performance on Algebra 1 final examinations by school during the 1999-2000 school year, students' middle school mathematics experiences have received renewed focus. Specific questions have arisen regarding whether all students are sufficiently prepared to handle algebraic content by grade 8 or…