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Porter, Andrew C. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2001
Describes the timely and useful information about education in the United States found in "The Condition of Education" and points out some key pieces of information that are missing. The most glaring omission is information about instructional practices, and a second omission is in the area of teacher knowledge. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSheehan, Robert – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1992
Summarizes and reviews six studies published in this issue. Emphasizes the teaching methods recommended by each study and the ways in which the studies affirm several assumptions that guide early childhood teaching practices. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAssinck, Beverly Belvin – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Responds to "Identity, Metamorphosis, and Ethnographic Research: What Kind of Story Is Ways with Words?" by Suzanne deCastell and Tom Walker (1991). Describes the author's reaction to "Ways with Words--Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms" by Shirley Brice Heath (1983). (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Anthropology, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
