Shows that Plato's categories of knowledge may be used as conceptual frameworks for the study of film. (GT)

Suggests that curriculum workers take time to write accounts of their experiences in developing curriculum and maintains that the literature on curriculum development should contain more accounts and analyses by curriculum workers. (Author/DB)

Recounts statistical inaccuracies in an article on computer-aided instruction in economics courses on the college level. The article, published in the J. Econ. Ed (Fall 1978), erroneously placed one student in the TIPS group instead of the control group. Implications of this alteration are discussed. (DB)

Compares various research techniques used by anthropologists and historians to explain the past and to provide insights into other cultures. Employs examples from various historical periods and cultural studies (particularly the enlightenment) to show that uniform, unmediated objectivity across cultures is neither necessary nor desirable. (DB)

Results of a questionnaire administered to 87 regular and special educators and other related professionals on awareness of due process rights of handicapped children showed that none of the three groups had a thorough understanding of the due process rights of handicapped children. (PHR)

The present research investigated whether information about and experience with the handicapped would improve prospective regular education teachers' (N=29) attitudes toward and knowledge about mainstreaming. (Author)

Suggests that reading comprehension is a special case of language comprehension; considers the effect of prior knowledge and experience on recall of meanings; points to the role of "scripts" (information accumulated about a situation, word, or concept) in reading comprehension; and outlines implications for teachers. (GT)

This study measured the influence of a nutrition program on third graders and a parent program concerning nutrition and school lunch. (SA)

Eight institutionalized male juvenile delinquents participated in a 13 session course on principles and techniques of self-management. The course was conducted in the Visual Response System, a specially designed classroom in which each student responds on an overhead projector built into his desk. (Author)

Reports the development of two nutrition behavior scales (for grades 2-3 and grades 4-6) given to 3,107 students from 129 schools nationwide. Results indicated significant nutrition knowledge gaps among students and identified several groups with excess knowledge gaps. The instrument appeared appropriate for most of the U.S. population. (SM)

Examined the influence of curriculum preparation on children's content knowledge of dramatic play centers' themes, dramatic play behavior, and theme-relevant conversation during play. Found that theme familiarity may have been a critical factor. Posttest content knowledge was positively related to frequency of dramatic play. Teacher effects on…

Discusses results of the first survey of an entire English county of parents' knowledge of drugs and drug issues, embracing parents of younger as well as older children. Asserts that results establish need for more coordinated, informed, and systematic guidance to parents and a strengthened relationship between school drug programs and parents.…

This book is a significant contribution to the field of sociology of school knowledge. It looks at the historical development of the field and argues that, although this field has appealed only to a limited audience, it has the potential to reach a larger audience of scholars if an alternative research agenda could be created. (SLD)

This study evaluated a sexual abuse prevention program ("Who Do You Tell?") for elementary grade students with 117 program participants and 114 students in a wait-list control condition. Program participants increased their knowledge of both "inappropriate touch" and "appropriate touch," more than control group children. Age also differentiated…

Educational facilitation, the teaching philosophy of Boricua College, New York (New York), is described as post-modern education. With due regard for the ethnicity of the school's Latino population, educational facilitation has enabled this nontraditional college for adult students to succeed in its mission to develop the intellectual and…