Describes the Science in a S.A.C.K. (Spiral Approach to Content Knowledge) program in which students investigate major societal problems such as water quality, air quality, the quality of human life, and problems associated with energy. (JRH)

Two longitudinal studies involving 29 raters concerning the construct validity, temporal stability, and interrater reliability of the latent common factors underlying subjective assessments by human raters of personality traits in the stumptail macaque and the zebra finch illustrate the use of generalizability analysis to test prespecified…

The six articles of this issue discuss the place of meta-analysis in the health professions and present two state-of-the-art meta-analyses using a variety of innovative methodologies, statistics, and secondary analytic procedures. A survey conducted for this issue and its sequel explores interventions to facilitate meta-analysis. (SLD)

In Oklahoma, specialists in mathematics and communications show vocational teachers how to emphasize academic content within their technical area. The program maintains a balance between theoretical and practical teaching so that graduates are prepared for the working world. (JOW)

Suggests that the remedial-developmental dichotomy in the counseling profession is an artifact of the profession's grounding in linear, mechanistic, and stage-based, organismic theories. Contextually based, developmental systems models are advanced as frameworks that better account for researcher and practitioner observations and bridge the…

Describes a job search project for business communication students where they are required to use the resources of their university's career planning and placement center. (SR)

The teacher's role in creating cooperative learning experiences in classrooms including students with hearing impairments is described. Implementation of cooperative learning activities involves establishing working groups, preparing the environment and instructional materials, setting instructional and social objectives, monitoring progress, and…

This article describes leadership development activities with gifted preschool and kindergarten children enrolled in the University of Redlands (California) summer school program and a local private elementary school. Methods of teaching the skills of social sensitivity, problem solving, and conflict resolution are described, including role…

Three high school students with severe disabilities were taught turn-taking conversational skills utilizing a communication book (containing pictures pertaining to the student's interest areas). After training, which included minimal training of conversational partners, balanced conversational turn-taking increased significantly and skills…

Twenty-two second grade children created musical compositions on an Orff xylophone during an eight-week period and produced accompanying written scores. Analysis showed that, over the period, children improved pattern recognition and increased use of melodic motives, and that writing the score did not inhibit the creative process. (JDD)

Addresses the immediate needs of language teachers who want to develop their students' reading skills but have not been provided with the instructional information necessary to do so. It suggests a methodological sequence for using the students' background knowledge and strategy training for foreign language reading using authentic texts. (33…

Discusses the components of a foreign language in the elementary school methods course in a state where K-12 certification in second languages is now mandated, describing course emphasis on integrated or content-based instruction, second-language acquisition, a practicum allowing participants to demonstrate innovative teaching techniques, and…

International education on college campuses is discussed in terms of its definition, its content dilemma in a rapidly changing world, utilization of the interdependence-diversity paradox to organize curriculum development, and programmatic issues such as inclusion of international issues within disciplines to build a multidisciplinary focus on…

Researchers taught unidimensional classification, unidimensional seriation, and number conversion to kindergartners lagging in cognitive development. The instruction resulted in significant gains on their achievement test scores. The gains seemed to result from mastery of key cognitive operations at a stage shift in cognitive development by…

This article discusses classroom strategies used with students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), methods for controlling the ADHD child's behavior, and the need for consistency and collaboration between the school and home. (Author/JDD)