Education articles from September 1996

Education archives from September 1996

A comparison of teacher efficacy for pre and in-service teachers in Scotland and America.
September 22, 1996... Teaching is obviously not a simple or mechanical activity; in fact, Naring (1990) suggests that teaching is a complex process requiring skills and strategies such as: * preparing lesson and unit plans * motivating students to learn ...

Bury the liberal vs. professional arts debate.
September 22, 1996... The debate between the relative value of a pure "liberal arts" education and one that combines the liberal arts with professional arts has been fueling academic fires for decades. The debate has no place in the modern academy. Historically some...

Essential ethical considerations in education.
September 22, 1996... Having served as a faculty member and academic administrator in higher education for 35 years, the opportunity has been available to observe the ebb and flow of changes and modifications that have taken place in such areas as curricula,...

Basic instruction in word analysis skills to improve spelling competence.
September 22, 1996... Lack of ability to spell correctly among high school students, college students, and office employees has been a topic of complaint throughout the years. Perennial though the complaint may be, however, no one actually gets used to it. In the...

Prenatal substance afflicted children: an overview and review of the literature.
September 22, 1996... The "War on Drugs" campaign waged by Congress during the Reagan era was soundly defeated, especially, in its attempt to discourage drug use among the general public because of several significant factors. First, in 1986, two Drug Enforcement...

Cooperative learning: a new direction.
September 22, 1996... History The ideology behind cooperative learning has been evolving and catching on in different fields since the 1920's. Social psychological research on cooperation dates back to the 1920's, but research on specific applications of...

An investigation of reasons for professional career choice among African-American college students.
September 22, 1996... The proportion of our nation's teachers that are persons of color has been decreasing, specifically African American teachers (Graham, 1987). Concomitantly, it was reported that the number of children of color in our schools is increasing...

Traumatic brain injury - an intellectual's need for cognitive rehabilitation.
September 22, 1996... Traumatic brain injuries can happen at anytime, to anyone. A traumatic brian injury (TBI) occurs when the brain has undergone sudden injury. Traumatic brain injuries may occur when incidents such as strokes, gunshot wounds, physical assaults,...

Educators and the onset of anorexia nervosa in young girls.
September 22, 1996... Introduction Anorexia Nervosa is a serious mental disorder, with onset occurring during adolescent years, which predominantly affects women in approximately 90% of the cases. The young girl who is psychologically vulnerable, may be victim to...

Sequence and scope in the curriculum.
September 22, 1996... Students need to experience quality sequence to attain well in the school setting. How much any student will achieve may well depend upon a curriculum that permits continuous progress with objectives that are challenging and yet achievable....

The effects of enriching classroom learning with the systematic employment of multimedia.
September 22, 1996... K-12 schools and universities, as well as corporate America, are investing in approaches to deliver a variety of media, particularly visual media, to the classroom or workplace. This content may be delivered by means of live video conferencing,...

Futuristic metaphysics.
September 22, 1996... The title of this article was engendered by Vaclav Havel's speech, "On the Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World," in response to America's celebration of its independence and to the counter-response "Is Transcendence Necessary," by...

Workshops on a multicultural curriculum: issues and caveats.
September 22, 1996... Recently I had the opportunity to participate as a workshop presenter in a multi-institutional collaboration. The two-day workshop numbered about 100 teachers and focused on incorporating new concepts of the American multicultural experience into...

Enriching a survey course in educational psychology through a team teaching format.
September 22, 1996... Educational psychology is a far ranging discipline that focuses on the student, the teacher, the classroom and the teaching/learning process. The challenge of an introductory course in educational psychology is to familiarize the student with...

John Dewey versus H.H. Horne on education.
September 22, 1996... Diverse or specific philosophies of education can provide guidance for teachers and supervisors in selecting objectives, learning experiences, and evaluation procedures. John Dewey (1859-1952) and H.H. Horne (1874 1946) differed much from each...

The multiple roles of an undergraduate's academic advisor.
September 22, 1996... College academic advisors perceive themselves and are seen by students in various ways. Advisor self perceptions stem from a variety of factors including: (1) how advisors interpret their advising role; (2) what training and/or guidance are...

Arkansas' search for public school funding; a survey of superintendents.
September 22, 1996... To say that public school funding is a difficult task is an understatement; it seems that state legislatures across the country are constantly searching for that one funding formula and that one system that works. The sad realities of this...

Physics, logarithmic paper, and misconceptions: a hidden linear relationship.
September 22, 1996... While it is assumed that all college physics graduates have encountered the use of various specialized graph paper during their comes (James, 1988), it should not be assumed that all college students entering a physics course understand the...

Professional development for the teacher, of the teacher, and by the teacher.
September 22, 1996... In the old days, it was called in-service. In-service meetings were held during the first few days of the new school year before the students arrived. The meetings were usually conducted by an administrator or curriculum specialist from the...

Awakening Picasso learner/teacher as artist.
September 22, 1996... Imagine a powerful, mythical beast leisurely sleeping by the entrance to a deep, dank, cavern. In the search for one's true inner voice, the creature signifies consciousness, while the cave is the opening to the inner being. Studying the process...

On the benefit of changing multiple-choice answers: student perception and performance.
September 22, 1996... Introduction Throughout formal education one of the most widely used devices to evaluate progress and performance has been the multiple-choice test, or some variation of this objective format. Regardless of the tendency of educators to rely on...

Using a special, personalized reading book to develop a healthy self-concept in kindergartners.
September 22, 1996... Introduction During the effective schools research in the late 1970s, surveys of educators demonstrated that self-concept development in children was clearly an important component in educating the whole child (Silvernail, 1979). Studies...

Teaching children behavior science for problem prevention purposes.
September 22, 1996... Society is fraught with behavior problems. Crime statistics are rising, interpersonal problems increase, abuse of all types is growing, etc. Not enough policemen are available, social workers are overloaded, therapists can't keep up, classrooms...

Instructional support and demands: helping teachers help students meet increasing academic standards.
September 22, 1996... Increasingly, teachers are being asked to enhance the academic standards of their classes by requiring students to do more homework, read and study more challenging texts, apply higher order thinking skills to the material they learn, and take...

Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and contributions to the development of constructivist curricula.
September 22, 1996... Introduction Vygotsky's (1930s) theoretical contributions to the development of curricula and teaching strategies are widely known among educational theorists. Vygotsky devised a sociocultural theory which subsequently influenced the...

Differences in learning styles of low socioeconomic status for low and high achievers.
September 22, 1996... At present, estimates of the percentage of students who are at-risk of dropping out of school range from 15% in rural communities to 66% in some urban populations (Cairns, Cairns, & Neckerman, 1989). Since they have increased economic, legal and...

Teacher attitudes toward inclusion of students with disabilities into regular classrooms.
September 22, 1996... Since the publication of A Nation at Risk (1983), which heightened public interest in educational reform, there has been a strong national movement to include all students in the regular neighborhood schools and classrooms (Stainback & Stainback,...

Change and growth in a beginning teacher of the gifted: a case study.
September 22, 1996... Beginning teachers sometimes experience isolation and loneliness as they embark on their first year in the teaching profession (Moran, 1990). As they seek to establish a personal identity, they might find themselves on their own as they travel...

Examining the basic principles of friendship.
September 22, 1996... Friends are the ultimate form of social security. The only thing better than aged steaks is old friends. Don't just count your friends. Rather, figure out which friends you can count on. The best present you can receive from a friend is a...