Discusses how Montessori's Cosmic Education framework addresses issues of unity and diversity in a multicultural world view. Considers five key points of this approach that meet challenges of a multicultural world: the unity of all beings, the role of evolution in life, interdependence in nature, physical and spiritual needs of humans, and the…

Examines the impact of adding interactive video technology in an experimental course, "Congress and the Policy Process", in which the students held conversations with participants in Washington politics who acted as video seminar speakers. Reports that interaction with politicians improved the student learning experiences and grasp of the course…

Investigates the factors that affect procuring job interviews for new Ph.D. economists. Used a data set from the personal surveys of a cohort of first-time job seekers who attended the 1997 American Economic Association (AEA) meeting in New Orleans (Louisiana). States that estimation results suggest a heterogeneity in the interview decision across…

Describes a pilot program designed to incorporate a deliberate psychological educational framework into the training of law enforcement officers and criminal justice students. Finds that participants in the deliberate psychological education intervention achieved significant gains when compared to a control group of participants receiving ethics…

Observed differences between third graders' self-regulatory behaviors in three instructional contexts (teacher directed, seatwork, and small group). Children were most self-regulated but most likely to be disorganized during small group work and seatwork; least likely to attend to instructions, monitor work, and seek help during teacher directed…

Discusses the development of digital portfolios as part of one university's authentic preservice teacher assessment. Grant money funded a pilot program that facilitated the development of performance outcomes based on NCATE standards for teacher candidates, revealed implementation issues, directed the construction of scoring rubrics, and guided…

Evaluated an inner-city science enrichment program for elementary school students using an evaluation team of staff, board members, students, parents, and representatives of the agency's major funder, for 12 participants in all. Data show high satisfaction with the program and provide validation of the hands-on teaching model. The highly…

Describes the process and product of a revision of the author's literacy methods course, a revision that grew from a student's comment questioning the student's "right" to evaluate another student's work. Theorizes the role of authority in the course and explains how contours of power and freedom create spaces in which prospective…

Tests the validity of the Test of Phoneme Identities (TPI). Finds the TPI to be reliable and comparable to other phoneme awareness measures in predicting decoding ability; and to be more effective than a nursery rhyme and alphabet measures in predicting the number of lessons required for a student to learn to distinguish phonetic cues. (RS)

Tests validity of the Literary Response Questionnaire (LRQ) and assesses its relationships with Dutch junior-high-school student, home-background, and school-related variables. Confirms the seven first-order factors of the LRQ identified in a previous study. Finds grade, gender, type of education, vocabulary size, reading behavior, and cultural…

Describes one approach to including education for sustainability in teacher professional development. Data from participatory appraisal, participatory action research, and cooperative inquiry involving secondary school teachers were used to construct a model of the main factors affecting sustainability and devise a teaching approach tested in…

Evaluation of a certificate program preparing teachers of technical and further education used data from more than 150 students and tutors and a course quality survey. Results showed the course had satisfactory objectives and outcomes. The research method provided detailed information about course strengths and weaknesses. (Contains 33…

Addresses how content and availability affect a teacher's choice of texts. Proposes that editors often determine teachers' choices. Compares two high school textbooks, from 1999 and 1991. Concludes that selections of short fiction are getting shorter, and that excerpts increasingly rule. (PM)

Presents critical interpretations of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" from four points of view: the feminist reading; the reader response reading; a realistic reading; and a historic reading. Outlines classroom activities and follow up activities to use along with the four interpretations. (PM)

Describes the author's method of teaching literary analysis to "not particularly well-read students." Presents students with a set of over-generalizations which they are free to denounce, vilify, or modify as their exposure to literature progresses. Includes a class handout that describes characteristics of various literary movements in this…