A current method of teaching long division using repeated subtraction is analyzed as being an example of a sound mathematical method that falls into disrepute when it results in unnecessary, length calculations. (MP)

Tests for divisibility of integers are derived and described. (SD)

A self-report measure was used to assess the number of times 1,240 junior and senior high school and college students engage in 15 varieties of study activities. Results showed a comparatively little engagement in planned study activities. (RB)

Verbal chanting was the most accurate response for kindergarten students and, along with clapping, for first graders. Clapping was most accurate for third graders and, along with chanting, for second graders. Overall, the stepping response was the least accurate. Girls consistently received higher mean scores than boys. (Author/RM)

People's conceptual ordering of the universe has traditionally taken the form of dualism, "good and evil" and "us against them." In this age of nuclear weapons, this is highly dangerous thinking. We must rid ourselves of nationalism and commit ourselves to peace in all our dealings. (CS)

This document contains the design and rationale for assessing science achievement of students throughout the United States in 2005. This same Framework has been used by NAEP for the 1996 and 2000 science assessments. The Framework provides a general overview of NAEP, describes the NAEP Science Framework adopted by NAGB, and reviews the process by…

This document provides a basic framework that schools/districts can use to assess students' abilities to use information technology tools to improve their own performance. There are components of this document that the developers believe should not be changed but rather remain constant. These would include the standards themselves, the specific…

Elementary number theory is a standard topic in the mathematical preparation of preservice elementary teachers. To understand elementary number theory, a student must be comfortable with the representation of natural numbers as the product of primes. This paper discusses methods for accomplishing this goal in a mathematics course. It also…

The geographic pattern of support for George McGovern in the face of his decisive defeat in the 1972 presidential election reveals a striking association with the social groups most disaffected from the Nixon Administration. (Author)

Questions the effectiveness of the French language assistant(e)'' in the English school system and wonders whether the money required to finance the program might be better spent elsewhere. (RL)

Typical experiences of the French teaching assistant in the English school system are presented with suggestions for improving utilization of the teaching assistant. (RL)

The conflicting direction of anxiety changes in students new to their particular school building makes it difficult to attribute the change to something inherent within a school system's organization of grades. (Authors)

The general finding is that task and socioemotional information flowed relatively freely across geopolitical boundaries within the three general geopolitical subsystems represented in the sample of theoretical high energy physicists. (29 references) (SJ)