Do junior high school students agree on the characteristics of competent teachers? This broad question was divided into three areas--academic characteristics, personality, and physical characteristics--and asked of junior high school students. (Editor)

Presents an activity in which students experience a scatterplot as a visual and kinesthetic tool for discovering patterns among variables and making predictions based on those patterns. Bridges the gap between algebraic and statistical graphs. (DDR)

Details six activities that utilize data contained in a telephone book. Topics include data display, fractional numeracy, random art, estimation, and probability. Contains a summary and extension activities, some of which focus on permutations and combinations. (DDR)

Describes research on the impact of preschool storytimes on emergent literacy, with the intent of guiding the implementation of such needed research. Discusses the significance of this research to public librarians and describes the methodology, consisting of two phases and a pretest and posttest, and the scoring instruments and data analysis.…

Describes the comparative approach to system evaluation used in a project which administered an online retrieval test to an experimental online catalog to produce data for evaluating effectiveness of a new subject access design. Discusses efforts used to ensure data reliability, and strategies the researchers can use to improve on the data…

Presents a small group activity that helps elementary students explore volume as part of the math curriculum. Collecting data through hands-on experimentation; analyzing the data; and using graphs and graphing software to further understanding are discussed. (LRW)

Examines issues related to incorporating an equation-solving software package into the undergraduate curriculum in chemical engineering. Observations and conclusions apply to equation-solving packages other than Mathcad. (DDR)

Presents classroom data from over a 10-year period on group work in practice. Findings indicate that collaborative learning tasks need careful planning of both the task and classroom organization. Transcripts of children's talk are analyzed to determine how the composition of the groups, the task set and the classroom organizational strategies can…

New technology promises to ease the work load to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act and set the stage for easier and more comprehensive data analysis and subsequent changes to instruction. A sidebar lists data resources. (MLF)

Reports on a statistics course designed to emphasize real-world applications. The course is primarily lab-based and provides students with numerous opportunities to demonstrate mastery of their skills. The instruction is tightly focused on achievable goals and utilizes hands-on experience and computer tutorials. (MJP)

Offers suggestions for real-world projects in the statistics classroom for business students. (KHR)

The results of this longitudinal study support the hypothesis that, after controlling for background characteristics, women's colleges relate positively to a variety of measures of student satisfaction, perceived changes in skills and abilities, and educational aspirations and educational attainment. Contact with the faculty and administration is…

Analysis of patterns in time (APT) is presented as a method for gathering information about observable phenomena so that probabilities of temporal patterns of events can be estimated empirically. APT is illustrated through a classroom study of 25 mentally handicapped students and in a study of 2 computer-based tests. (SLD)

Perspectives are provided to help evaluators of health promotion programs. Eight papers present critical issues in such evaluations, including: (1) conceptual themes of program theory and context; (2) topics related to measurement, data analysis, and research design; and (3) reports of evaluation studies. (SLD)

Researches the requirements for teaching English as a Second Language to senior citizens in Fairfax County, Virginia, by means of a questionnaire sent to county teachers. These people should not be separated from younger students; the instructional materials should tap their wealth of experience and focus on communicative activities in real-life…