Interviewed foster and biological mothers regarding understanding of children's insecure attachment strategies and knowledge of foster-care issues. Found that foster mothers reported more attachment-related difficulties with foster children than did biological mothers with their natural children. Foster and biological mothers did not differ in…

Considers the attitudes and beliefs of college students in mathematics courses toward mathematics. Classifies students according to variables such as academic major, mathematical background, and gender. Discusses students' initial attitudes and changes in their attitudes identified over the course of one semester. Contains 16 references.…

Discusses the problem-based learning format as it relates to the education of medical students. Describes key objectives in the education of physicians and questions how effective medical schools are in achieving those key objectives using a problem-based format. (CCM)

Two experiments examined development of economic understanding among 5-, 7- and 9-year-olds. Found that most 5-year-olds understood the goal of acquiring desired goods, and most 7- and 9-year-olds also understood the goals of seeking profits, acquiring goods inexpensively, and competing successfully with other sellers. Results suggest that older…

Describes an approach to monitoring and assessing the processes and outcomes associated with the movement of communities from dependency to self-determination and self-reliance. Presents a Self-Determination/Reliance model constructed along dimensions of accountability, decision making, information, knowledge and skills, and resource mobilization.…

Presents the results of a study examining fear of AIDS and the level of AIDS knowledge and homophobia among student affairs administrators and faculty members. Student affairs administrators were found to have more knowledge and less fear of AIDS than faculty members. Presents a discussion of these results and recommendations for practice.…

Developed a new instrument, the Basic Technology Competencies for Educators Inventory (BTCEI), using the responses of 437 undergraduate and graduate teacher education students. Results support the theoretical structure of the BTCEI. Scores for the nine domains had high internal consistency reliability and adequate stability reliability. (SLD)

Knowledge of derivational suffix meanings was investigated in 10 subjects (ages 10-12) with language learning disabilities and typical peers. Students produced derived forms from nonce bases in an elicitation task and selected derived forms in a forced choice task. Elicitation task accuracy of subjects fell substantially below that of peers.…

Explores the influence of offering different instructions to undergraduate students prior to their learning an expository text on evolutionary biology. Participants were asked to either explain, summarize, or listen to another's explanation. Overall, explainers outperformed summarizers. Moreover, the teach-through-explanation condition had the…

Many working married women in the U.S. are in occupations that are below their potential or are not personally satisfying. Christian women may be particularly vulnerable to role dissatisfaction. Offers a stage model for assessment of Christian women with symptoms of depression in hopes of addressing issues of role satisfaction and lessening…

Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould contends that .400 hitter in baseball is thing of past because game has gotten better. The higher average, the harder to stand out from that average. Applies concept to education by comparing students' SAT scores over almost 20 years with grade-point averages. Students with highest grades received highest SAT…

Assessed the health knowledge of predominantly Mexican American adolescents, noting gender differences. Surveys examining 11 health knowledge categories indicated that, in all but one category, students answered less than half of the questions correctly. Students knew the most about nutrition and the least about communicable diseases. There were…

The career maturity of 55 academically at-risk students in an integrated career and academic program was strongly influenced by their beliefs regarding overcoming obstacles and peer equality. Beliefs about what seems necessary for happiness and about differences among colleges and occupations also influenced career development attitudes. (Contains…

Graduate (n=96) and undergraduate (n=67) students identified the characteristics that influenced their knowledge of and interest in working with older people. The number of personal and professional experiences involving older adults positively influenced their interest. There were no age or gender differences in responses. (Contains 22…

Interviews 22 high school precalculus students to examine their understanding of slope as measure. Indicates that students demonstrated a better understanding of slope in functional situations, but many students had trouble interpreting slope as measure of rate of change. Suggests that instruction should focus on helping students form connections…