The current press for higher academic standards is matched by intensified public interest in the cocurriculum, particularly athletics. While some researchers tout the benefits of extracurricular activities, others are less sanguine. At best, results are mixed and even irrelevant to crucial issues, such as equity in participation, challenging…

Current research and practice seem to indicate that opportunities for gifted females have increased while barriers to their achievement have decreased. This article reviews research studies and analysis regarding sex differences, points out promising research directions, and discusses sex bias in programs and curriculum. (Author/JDD)

A review of recent studies on Black women in higher education suggests that they hold a minority position in the educational literature similar to that of Black women in society. Argues that Black women must take responsibility for setting and implementing research agendas that analyze their experiences as undergraduates and college professionals.…

Presents a marketing model for private junior colleges, including a research component to analyze the college, its students, and its competition; an assessment of the academic program, student services, and finances; a communications strategy for recruitment, public relations, and image enhancement; and an evaluation component. (DMM)

Focuses on the types of research needed in general music education and the reasons for this research. Defines the place of general music in the curriculum, and examines influential constituencies for such education. Analyzes the state of general music in the schools, and assesses needed changes in the curriculum. (RW)

In an attempt to frame an agenda for research on grading practices, the grading practices of 15 high school teachers of mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies were examined. Results underscore the ambiguity in current grading practices and highlight 19 possible reasons for deviations from recommended practices. (SLD)

The article addresses the neuroimaging, electrophysiological, and postmortem evidence concerning the neurological basis of dyslexia and concludes that inconsistent findings may be related to limitations of investigative technologies. Correlates of reading ability and disability are discussed in a developmental-neuropsychological context.…

In response to a previous paper (EC 212 858) regarding the neurodevelopmental evidence for the basis of dyslexia, this paper suggests further concerns in the areas of cognitive measurement, the relationship between cortical-functional organization and child development, and lack of operational definitions in the study of the dyslexic syndrome. (DB)

Examined existing literature on links between bereavement after suicide and the subsequent development of adolescents including increased suicide risks. Found inconsistent definitions of adolescence in literature, samples of adolescents were drawn from those in psychotherapy, and other methodological problems. (Author/ABL)

The article reviews research on the academic status of behaviorally disordered adolescents and identifies research needs in the areas of sampling techniques, selection of dependent measures including curriculum-based assessment, assessment of the learning strategy, abilities of students with behavioral disorders, and instructional variables…

Claims Claiborn and Lichtenberg in "Interactional Counseling" (1989) have achieved their goal of providing integration and coherence to the theory, practice, and research of the previously nonintegrated counseling domain with distinction. Recommends a new training paradigm is needed to achieve the goal of self-modification of counselors'…

Comments upon Claiborn and Lichtenberg's "Interactional Counseling" (1989). Claims the problem with their article is the initial premise; contends that theoretical integration and its counterpart eclecticism are not admirable. Notes that progress in human interaction research has been made in proportion to the researcher's specificity.…

Presents conclusions drawn from symposium studies on current and future direction in family caregiving research. Suggests improving measurement of treatment effects in group intervention for family caregiver studies by: (1) better specification of goals and outcomes; (2) development of measures with less floor and ceiling effects; and (3)…

Reviews the conceptualization, methodology, productivity, interpretation, and application of teaching research which focuses on the relation between classroom processes (teaching) and products (what students learn). (DE)

Eight papers are presented that illustrate the important impact of social factors in learning and the development of thinking. Some contributions focus on the modalities of teaching and learning and others are concerned with possible new ways of showing how learning is regarded by different social groups. (SLD)