Summarizes the activities, contents, and overall outcomes of an international seminar organized jointly by two working groups of SEFI--the Working Group on Women in Engineering and the Working Group on Information and Communication Technologies. Replaces traditional teaching methods and concentration on narrow technical contents with a more…

Compares the performance of ninth-grade students on 30 common test items given during the First (1970) and Second (1983) International Science Study, including differences related to sex. Findings, among others, show that overall, students in 1983 scored higher than their predecessors in 1970. (JN)

In order to better establish baseline information on the social, physical, linguistic, and cognitive skills of children entering Maryland kindergartens, the state selected the Work Sampling System (WSS), a component of the Maryland Model for School Readiness, as the early childhood assessment system for evaluating entering kindergartners' skills…

According to a recent study, about 43% of women faculty at all college types have never published a journal article, compared to 23% of male counterparts. At universities, the gap narrows only slightly. A number of factors are cited as reasons, including type of faculty assignment, fewer mentors for women, and different approaches to work…

Presents data comparing males and females on a selection of education indicators. Data show that in school and in college, females are now doing as well as, or better than, males in many indicators of educational attainment, and the large gaps that once existed have significantly decreased or been eliminated. Describes some areas in which…

In order to better establish baseline information on the social, physical, linguistic, and cognitive skills of children entering Maryland kindergartens, the state selected the Work Sampling System (WSS), a component of the Maryland Model for School Readiness, as the early childhood assessment system for evaluating entering kindergartners' skills…

Examined statistical data, structural changes in librarianship, and professional commitment to determine how the status of women in libraries has changed from 1976-96. Found an increase in the salary difference between women and men, more library directors are male in a profession that is more than 80% female, and more men in full-time faculty…

Analyzes the interpersonal skills of 14-year-old girls and boys (n=15) who were participating in group discussions as part of the oral test for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GLCE). The analysis focuses on the pupils' use of minimal responses, interruptions, and questions that draw others into the discussion. (26 references) (GLR)

The national attention focused on child sexual abuse has resulted in calls for prevention programs and ways to protect children. A child sexual abuse prevention program was developed and implemented by social workers in all the public elementary schools of a high-risk county in cooperation with the Council on Child Abuse, the Department of Family…

In 1996, college athletes in "revenue-producing" sports (basketball and football) graduated at lower rates than other students, while athletes in general graduated at a higher rate than that of other undergraduates. Much of the recent improvement in athlete graduation rates is attributed to women. Data on graduation rates are tabulated…

A study examined mothers' accuracy in predicting the responses their children would give and the scores they would achieve on two standardized vocabulary tests. Specifically, the study's primary purpose was to examine maternal estimates of both expressive and receptive vocabulary skills according to two indices: accuracy of total score and…

A sample of 1,500 students in grades K-3 were selected from 80 Jordanian schools in a study of aural vocabulary scores. This study followed a pilot study in 1980 of an Arabic translation of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test with Arabic-speaking children with limited English proficiency in the Dearborn, Michigan, public schools. The 1982…

This report provides statistical information on computer use in the United States in 1989, including home, work, and school use, and use according to socioeconomic status, race, and sex. The data show that between 1984 and 1989 there was a substantial increase in the levels of computer ownership and use. Fifteen percent of all U.S. households…

An annual national survey of college and university salaries found chief business officers' salaries rose 4.5 percent in 1996-97, less than the previous year. Salaries of women and minority CBOs continued to gain equity with that of men. Rates of increase varied by institution type. Salary gains for all administrative job types were less than in…

Increasingly, college-student populations in all types of institutions have higher proportions of women, while young men are tending toward lucrative early employment and economic independence. The process begins in high school, where girls are concentrating on college preparation and boys are being recruited by high-technology companies. The…