Reviews the state of educational research, explores the reasons why it is ignored, and proposes a set of objectives and strategies for improving the use of educational research. (SRT)

Explains how reading skills prescribed in basal readers can be recast and taught as reading strategies. (FL)

Describes the "Strategies for Writing" course for freshmen at Carnegie-Mellon University, which possesses the twin goals of stimulating students' enthusiasm and giving them quality instruction. Notes that this course has proved more effective than traditional composition or literature based writing courses, and discusses the reasons why.…

Uses both the findings of formal research studies and the observations of sensitive teachers to illustrate the power of language for helping children gain control over, and put their mark upon, their surroundings. (HTH)

Comments on how reading research studies sometimes work their effects in wonderous ways. Illustrates this in humorous reviews of several recent research reports. (HOD)

Defines critical thinking by means of its difference from formal logic and its compatibility with current theories of rhetoric. Offers a heuristic for the argumentative composition based on integrating critical thinking with insights from new rhetorical composing theories. (FL)

Describes a journalism internship program at an Alaskan university that bridges the gap between theory and practice by requiring a series of reports that make students reflect on their media experiences and discover how these experiences relate to concepts studied in coursework within and outside the journalism department. (HTH)

Argues that school effectiveness can be increased by improving the principal's ability to understand and assist in the process of improving classroom instruction. (FL)

Reviews ERIC resources dealing with direct instruction in reading. (FL)

The Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) movement has gained tremendous momentum in the past few years with developments in psychology, medicine (e.g., psychiatry), education, and prevention science. The purpose of this paper is to present some of the issues relating to the adoption of EBIs in practice and, specifically, the multiple roles…

This book explores changing understandings of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings. It points to new questions and dilemmas to consider in planning and teaching workplace education. By taking a social perspective on literacies in the workplace, this book challenges traditional thinking about workplace literacy as functional…

The fifth edition of this book presents the results of the social work profession's most systematic approach to policy development. Since its inception in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has incorporated policy statements into its governance process. NASW's Delegate Assembly meets at regular intervals to set broad…

The complexity of mathematics teaching involving both cognitive and sociosystemic factors makes development problematic. Examples from research into teaching reveal factors in complexity and ways in which inquiry between teachers and didacticians can foster deeper ways of knowing in the developmental community. Research is seen as the basis of an…

Just as counseling approaches designed for individuals have their theory-specific techniques, family counseling approaches also have theory-specific interventions and strategies. Whatever presenting problem the family brings to counseling, one or more of four essential components (communication, problem solving, roles and boundaries) is typically…

This book provides students and novice clinicians with advice about the process of doing therapy, starting with the first contact with a new patient. Organized around the treatment of one fictitious patient, with other case examples brought in as needed to illustrate special topics, the book speaks directly to the questions, concerns, and…