The effect of grade span configuration (grouping of grades in schools) and school-to-school transition on student achievement was investigated. The Michigan Education Assessment Program test was used to collect data on the passing rate of students in 232 schools in a large urban inner city school district in the midwest. The results indicate that…

This publication is designed to help accomplish one of our most pressing challenges--teaching children how to read and how to learn by reading. Washington's school reform efforts focus on setting clear, high expectations for what students should know and be able to do. The Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) articulate the state's…

In teaching, the policies of the great powers must be considered if one is to understand developments affecting two-thirds of the world's population. Ways are listed to guide students to awareness of how policies of the developed world affect, and are affected by, conditions in the underdeveloped world. (Author)

No great diminishment of nationalism is predicted; rather, interaction among the four dimentions of nationalism (traditional, striving, protective, and imperialistic nationalism) will sustain the nation-state and the interactions of those states in the international system of states. (Author/JB)

An educational architecture based on six years of elementary school, four years of high school, four years of college, and whatever years of university work that may be necessary for a Masters, Doctorate, or professional degree is described. (DB)

LD and normal students were compared across the three grade levels on reading flexibility (i.e., the ability to vary reading speed according to their purposes for reading). LD students tended to become less flexible with additional years in school but did achieve better comprehension in grade 10. (SEW)

The Cockcroft Report on English Schools recommends that all schools design their syllabuses and examinations on the assumption that all students will have access to calculators. How to use calculators sensibly to improve what is taught and how curriculum content may change are discussed. (MNS)

The assignment of physical education credits is too often arbitrarily determined. A formula was developed for determining the appropriate credit for various levels of instruction. The criteria are: (1) whether an activity should be offered; (2) number of instruction levels needed; and (3) ways of establishing consistency in assigning course…

Regular education students (N=125) in grades K-3 were administered the Bender-Gestalt and Beery/Buktenica tests of visual-motor integration. Found significant differences between the mean Bender and Beery age equivalent scores at each grade level. Discusses implications for their utilization in assessing fine motor readiness development.…

A teaching sequence for the division algorithm is detailed. (MP)

Directions for making a device that parents can use to help children practice basic skills are given. (MK)

Grade level and sex of student are important variables determining teacher attitudes and responses. (JD)

Instructional problems springing from teachers' incorrect use of mathematical models during the initial development of ideas and processes are analyzed. Examples of models for subtraction and division are given, and their appropriate use discussed. (DT)