Practical tips are presented for teaching concepts related to percentage and the integration of powers of "e." (PK)

Presents abstracts of six ERIC documents selected specifically for secondary and college level history teachers. Includes sources on geography, evaluation of heroes and heroines in textbooks, images of war in the United States, alternative programs in social studies methods course design, teaching the U.S. Constitution, and global education…

The value and limitations of conceptualizing evaluation as a decision-oriented research and appraisal activity is discussed. The decisional contexts of evaluation projects is examined in terms of a comparison between two models of organization decision making. Certain remedies for problems arising from attempts to enhance decisional relevance of…

Shows that employment skills can be taught to delinquent youth and that this is a promising approach to delinquency treatment and prevention. The social learning approach for employment training is outlined. (Author/LHW)

Using listening check procedures, only 2 of 21 staff members at a school for the hearing impaired reliably and accurately rated the performance of hearing aids, suggesting that educators of the hearing impaired are inadequately prepared to evaluate hearing aid performance and that a more objective means of assessment is needed. (Author/CB)

This third in five-lesson tutorial on library evaluation focuses on three measures of reference effectiveness in terms of users' experience: total number of reference questions received, proportion of answers provided to inquiries received, and accuracy with which questions are answered. Four required and suggested readings and four references are…

Discusses experiential learning approaches used with incarcerated students, designed to help them evaluate their experiences and change their behaviors as a result. Defines process-oriented education and facilitative teaching and describes eight strategies for promoting interpersonal communication, group problem solving, and self-awareness. (JHZ)

Reviews studies focusing on practical assessment in science. Areas considered include what students are really doing in laboratories, how practical skills should be assessed, methods used to assess practical science (such as internal/external examinations and continuous assessment), methodological issues, and reasons for the failure of some…

Research on teaching techniques, perspectives on teaching, and academic subject matter are reviewed and offered as a framework for a new teacher education curriculum. (MT)

Examines teachers' beliefs and observed classroom behavior to discover if consistency exists between the two. Findings show that beliefs must be understood in terms of a clustering effect of beliefs in belief systems. Such findings can be used to understand teacher decision making processes and teaching strategies. (SA)

The author examines four reasons for integrating the arts into general education and thereby increasing teacher effectiveness. The reasons are (1) a greater repertoire of methods, techniques, and resources for teachers to use; (2) good feelings toward learning; (3) enhancing and reinforcing learning; and (4) curricular enrichment. (CT)

Describes a four-phase assignment in an English-for-academic-purposes class in which nonnative-speaking students apply the listening and notetaking skills learned to other classes, then write a report that both the English instructor and the content area instructor evaluate. (HTH)

Sets forth a "deconstructionalist" approach to writing evaluation that emphasizes the attitude of error analysis. (FL)

Presents observations about grading resulting from discussions between a writing instructor and teaching assistants working in a writing lab. Offers suggestions for grading writing and for getting students to edit their work. (HTH)

Reveals four different categories of teacher-student books conferences. Reports findings of a study of four children's book conferences over a year that shows the teacher preferring different foci with different students. (FL)