Awareness of how their students perceive them and react to them can help teachers to be more effective and to achieve a good working relationship in the classroom. (JD)

Describes recent research into students' response to film, students' film and television interests, and content analysis of film and television. (DD)

The emergence of homosexuality as a professedly viable alternative is seen as a byproduct of the basic problem at Sarah Lawrence. That is the conflict between the women's movement on campus and the administration's efforts to proceed to full coeducation. (LBH)

Children respond eagerly to opportunities for interaction with television. Discusses the use of television in employing student interest to build language skills and to emphasize that oral and written expression are vital elements of a medium often considered only visual. (Author/RK)

Examines the concept of washback as an instance of the consequential aspect of construct validity, linking positive washback to direct assessments and the need to minimize construct underrepresentation and construct-irrelevant difficulty in the test. The article explains washback as referring to the extent to which test use influences language…

Describes development of a rubric for assessing class discussion. Discusses procedures, student roles, and assessment in a "scored discussion." Notes that students find the process to be both demanding and informing. (RS)

Examines whether level of interactivity in an online syllabus influences students' first impressions of course and instructor. Participants viewed identical syllabi, differing only in number and relationship of hyperlinks. The independent variable, interactivity, had three ordinal levels: website with no links (low interactivity), website with…

Explains that the objectives of Sociopoly encourage students to think critically about social inequality, help them to understand the structural constraints that govern economic choices, recognize that economic failure is not usually linked to individual or character defects, and realize that social inequality is rooted in economic position,…

Describes a project used in a sophomore-level psychological testing and measurement course. Students worked through the different phases of developing a test focused on item writing, reliability, and validity. Responses from both students and instructors have been consistently positive. (MJP)

Shows how 2 teachers integrated 5 severely handicapped students into a regular first/second grade classroom--teachers prepared all students for inclusion by comparing the handicapped students to children needing adoption, love, and care, and paired the handicapped students with regular students who served as models/tutors. Finds that all students…

An evaluation of the 4 X 4 block schedule used in three North Carolina high schools elicited strong support from teachers, students, and parents. Schools planning to implement this model should review D. G. Hackman's guidelines covering faculty input, feedback procedures, training opportunities, teacher fatigue, holidays, classroom monitoring,…

Describes a two-week unit about Benjamin Franklin, and discusses what happens when 9- and 10-year olds use their own language and life experiences to learn new content. (SR)

Describes a workshop designed to communicate to students the idea of appropriate technology in soil conservation enabling them to experience concepts in the geography of development. Explains that the workshop was evaluated by students using open and closed style questions. Includes references. (CMK)

Describes the "doing nothing" assignment that can be used to teach about stigma. Explains that the assignment is a simulation offering a theoretical background as well as a description of the exercise. Explores the advantages of the stigma simulation and addresses how to assess students. Includes references. (CMK)

Argues that when teachers take time away from the classroom for workshops, teacher meetings and similar activities, students suffer. Adds that taking time away from the classroom for school improvement tasks is counterproductive. Suggests that rethinking the school calendar is a way to minimize disruption, and offers several possible scenarios.…