Presents a study to design and conduct a three-hour field experience for 3rd and 4th grade students on forestry and forest products, and to determine the cognitive effects of participation in this field trip on the children. Reports an increase in student knowledge after participating in this experience. Discusses the reasons for students'…

Two online tasks (an auditory same-different task and an auditory lexical decision task) examined the use of phonotactic information by 18 adults with cochlear implants. Cochlear implant patients with better word recognition abilities produced patterns of results similar to results obtained from listeners with normal hearing. (Contains…

Defines what is meant by the term "local knowledge." Suggests that there are certain assumptions that characterize the term: it is context bound, community specific, and nonsystematic because it is generated through social practice in everyday life. Introduces this special issue of the journal. (Author/VWL)

The article proposes a list of expected proficiencies for graduating economics majors in the following areas: gaining access to existing knowledge; displaying command of existing knowledge; displaying ability to draw out existing knowledge; utilizing existing knowledge; and creating new knowledge. Questions of evaluation, curriculum development,…

Among 290 South Carolina principals and teachers, 80 percent or more answered correctly to questions on legal decisions about racial segregation, school newspapers, rights of handicapped and non-English-speaking students, student suspensions, tracking, and exit examinations; 12-22 percent answered "no idea" to questions about corporal…

Identifies a particular class of explanatory discourse, and proposes hypotheses about the types of knowledge likely to be associated with skill in this genre. Finds that variations in accuracy and adaptiveness of students' explanations were partially accounted for by measures of topic knowledge, social cognition, and discourse knowledge. (MG)

Surveyed approximately 300 late adolescents to assess their knowledge of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and to determine whether and how their sexual behavior had changed as a result. Findings suggest that late adolescents were quite knowledgeable regarding AIDS and its transmission; however, only about one-third had altered their…

Examined knowledge about Human Immunodeficiency Virus transmission, opinions about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-related social issues and concern about contracting AIDS among a group of first-year university students (N=514). Describes relationships with self-reported changes in sexual behavior. Found knowledge was high and most…

The qualitative study evaluated knowledge of and attitudes toward educational research of 14 medical school professors. Analysis of interview data indicated little or no knowledge of past or current educational research even among those professors who thought such research was valuable. (Author/DB)

Sixty-six elementary school students were interviewed about substantive and conventional aspects of academic knowledge. Even first graders distinguished intellectual conventions from the substance of the disciplines and construed the conventions as arbitrary social practices to foster communication. (SLD)

Assessed a preschool health education program. Preschoolers of four, five, and six years attended a 15-week health education program, and 19 of the children took pretests and posttests of health knowledge. Results indicated an increase in health knowledge. Six curriculum objectives were shown to have higher scores at the posttest than at the…

Reviews the recent research which (1) explores the ability of college students to monitor their comprehension; and (2) determines the factors which influence comprehension monitoring. (MG)

This study evaluated how well 130 parents of mildly mentally handicapped elementary-school children were carrying out child-rearing responsibilities, in their own estimates and in the opinions of 21 school personnel. Areas of concern identified by parents, teachers or both included goal setting and expectations, conflict management, and social…

The article describes the response of 55 blind and partially sighted teenagers to genetic counseling and outlines their knowledge of their disability and their attitudes towards marriage and parenthood. It was concluded that the counseling was not cost-effective though such services were welcomed by the teenagers. (Author/DB)

Identifies some characteristics of non at-risk prospective parents (239 young adults who were enrolled in introductory psychology classes) which may contribute to more accurate knowledge of infant development. Results are interpreted in terms of subjects' sex, gender role orientation, ordinal position in the family, and amount of time spent with…