In management courses, competence is an educational outcome, and, hence, teachers are required to evaluate course processes and products and justify their applicability to vocational situations. Discusses the implications of different course organizations designed to meet these demands, and suggests that personal and social outcomes developed in…

Cyber Adviser software aids course planning by checking entrance requirements, automatically recommending courses, automatically designing a curriculum that can be manually modified, and automatically planning a student's course sequence for up to three years. Describes how the advising staff at Valencia Community College (FL) uses Cyber Adviser…

Challenges the established view that European schools are elitist institutions. The article argues that through their reported success in language teaching and the Europeanising effect of their structure, a new model has been created for the education of linguistic minorities in Europe in the late 20th century. (43 references) (Author/CK)

This article first identifies characteristics of the strategic learner and then suggests two methods colleges can use to teach strategic learning: (1) the adjunct approach (which involves adding instruction in strategic learning to the general curriculum) and (2) the metacurriculum approach (which integrates strategic learning strategies into…

Examines changes in the problem posing strategies of a group of elementary preservice teachers as they posed problems to pupils. Indicates that the teachers' problem posing practices were changed from posing traditional single steps and computational problems to multiple approaches and solutions with open-ended and exploratory problems.…

Explores more deeply the role of oral reading in instructional practice, primarily in the elementary grades and with students who struggle in reading. Attempts to conceptualize more fully the positive role oral reading may play in classroom instruction, notes ways in which some persisting forms of oral reading practice in classrooms are counter to…

Provides ways for students to demonstrate their understanding of scientific concepts and skills. Describes a mini-unit around the cold in which students can relate humans to viruses. Includes activities and a modified simulation that provides questions to guide students. Discusses ways that allows students to apply prior knowledge, take ownership…

A systematic, consistent design framework provides a common language for educational change. A performance-based curriculum design model within a learning-centered framework focuses instruction on expectation and allows for varied and innovative teaching strategies. (SK)

Presents an activity on chemical changes and experimentation with testing the roles of various reactants in accomplishing the changes. (Author/KHR)

Describes a science activity that employs the egg as the focus of a discussion about similarities between different cultures and objects in a science demonstration. (KHR)

The development of programming for the gifted in Lincolnshire (England) is traced. A collaborative approach to teaching the gifted is discussed, and current objectives of the Gifted and Able Pupils Support Service are listed. Organizational strategies to enhance services to the gifted are described. (CR)

Describes the major types of studies used to determine language attitudes of native and nonnative speakers of English and highlights a number of differences in their methodologies. The article shows how one of the techniques used in sociolinguistic research with native speakers, called apparent time, would improve research into nonnative speaker…

Teachers possessing a thorough knowledge of their students are better able to engage them in formal learning. To facilitate this process, staff at Research for Better Schools developed the Urban Learner Framework, which envisions urban learners as capable, motivated, resilient learners able to build on their cultural strengths. Steps for…

In recent years, 21 law firms have each donated $1 million or more to law schools for new buildings, programs, and professors. Before 1984, million-dollar donations from law firms were unheard of. While legal educators are delighted, some vocal critics warn that law firms may want to influence curricula, and that donations could undermine the…

Summarizes the purpose and essential aspects of learner training and examines the extent to which this training is presented and developed in seven recently published general English language coursebooks for adult students of English as a Second Language. The analysis extends and develops a previous similar discussion. (10 references) (Author/CK)