Provides an overview of research relative to achievement in the area of similarity. Suggests activities which might improve student understanding of the concept. (PK)

Offers a model of assessment for disabled readers that yields information not only about current performance but also about the potential for learning. (FL)

Suggests that an interpretive view of communication, with philosophical assumptions about the nature of persons and communication, provides a perspective from which scholars study argumentation. Presents arguments supporting the value of the interpretive perspective, and answers criticisms by showing how those criticisms are grounded in…

Proposes a "critical mass" explanation for the diffusion of interactive media, such as telephone, electronic mail, or computer conferencing, within communities. Considers two special characteristics of interactive media: (1) that widespread usage creates universal access, and (2) that use entails interdependence, in which earlier users…

Describes a framework used to develop study procedures that support language learning and decision making in language teaching, with particular focus on the teaching of English as a foreign language. (Author/CB)

Assessed efficacy of concept of updating climate to prevent obsolescence in professional knowledge and skills, gathering data from engineers and their supervisors. Showed technical updating climate construct distinguished among organizations under different pressures for technological innovation; demonstrated interobserver consensus within…

Describes the use of transparency theory in second language acquisition and, in particular, its use as applied to a survival- or entry-level Spanish-language training effort called the EXITO project. The use of audio and video equipment to enhance the application of transparency theory concepts is also described. (Author/CB)

Proposes a new way of discussing the writing process by drawing a line between Piaget's cognitive egocentrism and Vygotsky's inner speech. (FL)

Offers a technique for describing classroom content during a literature subject period of the day. (NKA)

Answers a previous article critical of the "individual education" school system, and enumerates and reexamines the points of contention. (NKA)

This discussion of the explosion of knowledge focuses on how schools must organize their curriculum to be conducive to change. Ten guidelines are suggested for providing new learning methods and for successfully dealing with a changing society. (LRW)

Discusses (1) classroom experiences of the reading writing relationship, (2) one student's experience with realizing how writing for an audience changes the demands of writing, and (3) how a teacher realized that while he had taught his students to cooperate with him, he was not cooperating with other teachers. (SRT)

In the context of a discussion of the use of meta-analysis techniques, two articles take issue with the findings of Casto and Mastropieri concerning effects of early intervention, in particular age-at-start parent involvement, conceptual and methodological problems. The authors of the original article provide rebuttals to the critiques. (JW)

Concludes that elementary school teachers have definite opinions concerning what should be taught in college and university methods classes and what should be incorporated into reading instruction in the elementary grades. (FL)

Discusses the benefits of a source of guidance for teachers: language arts research. Explores an authentic classroom experience using a socio-psycholinguistic theoretical orientation and an ethnographic approach to research. (EL)