Background/Context: Much progress has been made toward a greater understanding of student engagement and its role in promoting a host of desirable outcomes, including academic outcomes such as higher achievement and reduced dropout, as well as various well-being and life outcomes. Nonetheless, disengagement in our schools is widespread. This may…

The role of the volunteer in the classroom is discussed. Recruitment of volunteers is considered and roles of volunteers are outlined, including areas such as individual instruction and organization of special activities. (PHR)

Asserts that move from individual-centered to systems-oriented and consultancy-based approaches has affected school psychologists' perceptions of and need for appropriate assessment techniques. See importance of techniques to assess participants' perceptions of teaching-learning contexts. Describes Fraser's Individualised Classroom Environment…

The idea of what constitutes literacy in the classroom is mostly determined by middle-class school officials and state and federal administrators. The discourse of minority populations is marginalized and not readily recognized or incorporated into mainstream instruction. This impacts not only the ability of these students to be accountable…

The goal of this commentary is to focus attention on the various protective factors examined by the four studies of this special issue, in order to predict resilient functioning. These factors include internal factors (cognitive information processing, affective information processing-the attachment-proximity conceptualization) as well as external…

The author defines multicultural education and discusses the contexts that surround and affect the multicultural classroom. He calls for development of a model for multicultural education that encompasses social policy concerns. Multiculturalism as a course of study and a course of action is discussed. (CH)

The development of the between-class, within-class analysis has facilitated a more refined analysis of classroom processes and influences: those which affect a class as a whole, a student within a class, or an individual student independent of context. However, a problem arises in using a between-class, within-class analysis to infer a particular…

Outlines two elements of the process by which computers are incorporated into the social context of the classroom: (1) teachers' interpretations of the meaning of software, and (2) teachers' and students' views regarding the new learning interactions arising from work with computers. Discusses educational advantages of computer use in the…

Argues that writing instruction should begin as early as kindergarten. Suggests that learning how to write occurs best not in traditional classrooms but when the classroom is turned into a workshop, where the process of planning, writing, and revising is honored. (KH)

This article provides an overview of the importance of classroom acoustics on the learning potential of children with hearing loss and related disabilities. It examines early seminal research on classroom acoustics and suggests implications for education. It also calls for the development of standards to promote acceptable acoustical environments.…

A list of truisms concerning adult learning are listed and explained. They cover the areas of (1) motivation to learn, (2) curriculum design, and (3) classroom experience. Also included is an annotated list of resources on adult learning. (CT)

Describes methods of treatment for meeting needs of failing and frustrated student offender. Discusses role of public school and juvenile justice setting for classroom management systems, curriculum and instructional adjustment, counseling and support services, and alternative educational programing. (Author)

This article discusses how poor room acoustics can make speech inaudible and presents a speech-perception model demonstrating the linkage between adequacy of classroom acoustics and the development of a speech and language systems. It argues both aspects must be considered when evaluating barriers to listening and learning in a classroom.…

This article discusses the increasing number of students with hearing impairments in general education classrooms due to the higher incidence of students with hearing loss in general and changes in school placement decisions. The increasing noise in classrooms because of hands-on activities and the consequent effects on learning are explored.…

In separate articles under the same title, both authors stress the importance of students' feelings of self-esteem and well-being in the classroom. The frequency of interaction with teachers, which directly influences self-esteem, diminishes as children move toward ninth grade while attitude toward school and school subjects becomes increasingly…