Comments on a previous articles in this issue regarding suggestions for future research in the area of anger. Argues we have neglected to address the sociocultural context of anger and therefore need to conduct cross-cultural analyses. (KW)

Discusses six issues that were the focus of the Ad Hoc Committee's Policy Statement and relates them to conducting research in the domain of out-of-school science learning. Suggests avenues for research in this area. (KHR)

Discusses fairness and equity in mathematics assessment. Illustrates these issues with two studies of teachers' informal classroom assessment practices and their interpretation and evaluation of students' formal written mathematical texts. Indicates that different teachers could interpret similar work differently. Discusses and critiques…

Analyzed the storytelling practices of two teachers that, unknown to them, were integral to teaching and learning in their high school classrooms. Each set of stories appealed to a particular demographic group of students. Findings extend sociocultural theories of successful student participation as an interactive accomplishment tied to larger…

This study determined how adverse childhood experiences influenced risky sexual behavior in a community sample of Latina adolescents in Los Angeles. Psychosocial, sociocultural, and environmental mediators of the relations between childhood experiences and risky sexual behavior were tested. Childhood maltreatment was associated with risky sexual…

Argues that the sociological frameworks developed by Pierre Bourdieu provide a model for understanding the functions and consequences of literacies in the students' life paths. The article identifies implications for educators, administrators, curriculum developers, and teacher-educators, i.e., the need for broader public discussions and classroom…

Focuses on the problem of cultural stereotyping in work on intercultural communication. Describes recent interest in culture in relation to language learning and the problematic nature of the concept of culture. Concludes that Chinese attitudes toward academic study are diverse, and argues that culture is a contested area of discourse. (15…

Focuses on how teachers of minority ancestries construct and represent their family language identities. Drawing on poststructural, postcolonial and sociocultural theory on culture, identity, and language, examined the complex nature of linguistic identities of 25 teachers of Chinese and 20 teachers of Punjabi ancestries. (Author/VWL)

Classifies ethnomathematics in relation to the teaching of formal, academic mathematics. Investigates whether ethnomathematics should replace academic mathematics, be a supplement to the mathematics curriculum, be used as a springboard for academic mathematics, or be taken into consideration when preparing learning situations. Suggests that only…

Discusses the situations of seven teacher education centers in New Zealand. Assesses the influence of whether and how multicultural perspectives on mathematics teaching have been introduced into these programs. (Author/KHR)

Reexamines Cowgill and Holmes' hypothesis of an inverse relationship between industrialization and status of the aged. Suggests that status of the old throughout history fluctuates between low and high, and concludes that the elderly may receive a somewhat higher status in the postindustrial period. (Author/TE)

Estimated influence of child, parent, and family structural characteristics on likelihood of parents having coresident adult child, based on national sample of 4,893 parents. Results indicated most parents maintained own households and most parents and adult children who coresided lived in parents' home. Family structure was found to exert strong…

Examines the teacher's role in early childhood education in Australia in light of the demands of working with families and responding to changes in the community. Suggests methods for bringing unity and cohesion to the early childhood profession. (RJC)

Using the ideas of Paul Ricoeur and Clifford Geertz, this article develops the notion of education as a "text" and analyzes the "hidden curriculum" of that text as it is read by all members of the society. The hypothesis is proposed that education becomes a text about society's myths and sacred beliefs. (TE)

Explores literary universe of Caribbean women writers, discusses contributions as reflective of their self-image, and examines Caribbean literature as collective identity of region. Author explains use of writing as means of linking events that reveal experiences of Caribbean women through more detailed analysis of two novels: "Moi, Tituba…