Describes "rauding" (a combination of "reading" and "auding") as representative one of five basic reading processes that involves the comprehension of complete thoughts in sentences of textual material (the central process for understanding written or spoken language), requiring a certain minimal amount of time, and…

Asserts that more revisionist work is going on in rhetoric in the 1990s than before and that it is easier to see how the traditional, white-male-elite version of rhetoric might be reconstituted in less exclusionary forms. Focuses on needed research on women and rhetoric. Outlines some ways in which feminist research in rhetoric might proceed. (PRA)

The current movement to professionalize teaching reflects two key factors: (1) efforts by teacher educators to raise their own professional status, and (2) their efforts to develop a science of teaching. Proposed reforms may promote the rationalization of instruction through an authoritative, research-driven, standardized vision of teaching…

Presents a model of four factors differentiating significant from routine research--behavioral patterns of problem formulation, economic analyses of information seeking, psychological schemes of optimal effort, and basic dilemmas of the theory-practice gap. Within this context, four myths dominating the research process in library and information…

Explores literacy models implicit in reading instruction theory and implications of models and standardized reading tests for developmental educators. Compares outer-directed and autonomous literacy models (e.g., reading as interpretation versus technical skill; meaning occurring between reader and text versus being in text; readers in discourse…

Analyzes curricular implications regarding theoretical versus applicative preferences of students (n=119) studying a scientific-technological subject. A major conclusion relating to the curriculum designers and implementors was that even students who have difficulties with theoretical subjects stand a chance of coping with the demands of the…

Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test 3 models of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (2-, 3-, and 4-factor conceptualizations) for 11 age groups with 200 subjects per age group. The four-factor model is somewhat supported, but its theoretical or clinical importance is unclear. (SLD)

Teachers using the whole-language approach to reading instruction (instead of phonics readers and worksheets) claim this practice is child centered, allows student reading choices, develops the whole child, makes learning relevant, and promotes a lifelong love of learning. Whole-language teachers should adopt a transactional pedagogy and link…

Claims of character educators must be reexamined. Enthralled at the prospect of reducing violence, crime, and other irresponsible behavior, untutored readers may assume a direct relationship between values and behavior. If the public enthusiastically endorses programs based on this fallacious assumption, the resulting disappointment may doom all…

Considers the relationship of rhetoric to hermeneutics. Describes a practical understanding of interpretation which presents hermeneutics as a specialized application of topical invention. Reviews the historical origins of the dominance of hermeneutics over rhetoric and the split between theory and practice. (HB)

A survey of 421 licensed clinical social workers concerning continuing education needs found practice theories and practitioner roles most often identified as areas in which training is needed. Private practitioners wanted training in object relations theory more often and in supervision and cognitive theory less often than their agency-based…

Explicates the principles underlying whole-language theory and practice to reduce misunderstandings and misapplications and to help teachers of students with learning disabilities provide rich literacy learning experiences for their students. (RS)

Presents 1993 Kent Lecture. Largely autobiographical lecture focuses on three themes: (1) Aging and Society Paradigm: The Roots--1968 On; (2) National Institute on Aging's Behavioral and Social Research Program--1979 On; and (3) Probing the Future--1993 On. Concludes that gerontological vision is needed if future is to improve upon past. (NB)

Discusses how four teachers with similar beliefs teaching at two different schools catering to radically different school populations altered their teaching practice to fit the specific culture of their school. Reviews existing research on theory practice relationship and calls for further research on the role of classroom context. (RS)

Defines absenteeism and characteristic patterns, discusses two competing views of employee absence behavior, applies Steers and Rhodes' process model of employee attendance to teaching, and examines two unsuccessful attendance incentive plans. Districts are advised to avoid quick fixes and develop clear guidelines, computerize teacher attendance…