Expository hypertexts may contain specific types of signals such as navigable topical overviews and hyperlinks that map conceptual relationships between text contents. Two experiments with German university students (N = 130, 75% female, mean age 25 years) were conducted to test the hypothesis that hypertext-specific signals particularly support…

Although largely left out of the No Child Left Behind legislation, social studies remains a frequently tested subject on state-level standardized exams. As of 2004, 23 states conducted standards-based social studies tests, 10 of which could be considered high stakes. Where social studies will fit into the national testing picture is uncertain, but…

The widespread deployment and use of Information Technologies (IT) has paved the way for change in many fields of our societies. The Internet, mobile computing, social networks and many other advances in human communications have become essential to promote and boost education, technology and industry. On the education side, the new challenges…

Detailed evidence is presented about the extent of generalization from high-stakes tests to other tests and about the instructional effects of high-stakes testing. Data are from grade 3 of a large, high-poverty urban district with large numbers of Black and Hispanic American students. The district's results in 1990 for two tests, designated Test B…

A handbook for University of Georgia graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) is presented that provides practical information about teaching for inexperienced GTAs as well as experienced teachers who seek new ideas. Attention is directed to: responsibilities of assistantships; relationships with faculty and with students; policies, procedures, and…

A study to compare the effects of reading achievement of informal and formal British infant schools is discussed. The informal school, for children from 5-8 years old, utilizes one or more of the following: integrated day, family or vertical grouping, open planning, and team teaching. The formal schools follow a prescribed curriculum and group…

Because of the great promise of distance learning for delivering cost-effective instruction, there is great interest in determining whether or not it actually is effective, and--more interesting--determining what variables of design and implementation make it more or less effective. Unfortunately, much of the research has been based on simple…

This simple method for simulating the Central Limit Theorem with students in a beginning nonmajor statistics class requires students to use dice to simulate drawing samples from a discrete uniform distribution. On a chalkboard, the distribution of sample means is superimposed on a graph of the discrete uniform distribution to provide visual…

Advocates the study of poetry in FL classes and suggests methods by which students could be tested on poetry. (KM)

This number of a journal devoted to ideas for teachers of English as a second language (ESL) contains the following articles: (1) "Teaching Grammar as Part of Meaningful Communication" by Raphael Gefen, (2) "Does the School Have a Role to Play in Teaching Environmental Awareness?" by Ora Herzog, (3) "Identifying with…

THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEED STRUCTURE OF THE TEACHER WITH RESPECT TO ACHIEVEMENT, AFFILIATION, RECOGNITION AND CONTROL, AND THE TEACHER'S PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM. THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE PHASES TO THIS RESEARCH--(1) INSTRUMENTS WERE DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS IN THE CATEGORIES MENTIONED…

THE QUALITY OF ART PRODUCTS OF STUDENTS WERE MEASURED TO COMPARE (1) THE EFFECT OF AN ART PROGRAM PRESCRIBED TO A TEACHER VERSUS AN ART PROGRAM SELF-DEVELOPED BY A TEACHER AND (2) THE EFFECT OF TWO METHODS OF TEACHING, ONE SPONTANEOUS AND THE OTHER DIVERGENT. SPONTANEOUS ART STRATEGY WAS DEFINED AS BEGINNING WITH A BIG ORGANIC STATEMENT DEVOID OF…

An analysis of the results obtained with "Basic French--A Programmed Course" taught to University of Kentucky freshmen in 1968-69 is presented. These results, which are compared with those of two traditional audiolingual courses, have led to the following conclusions: (1) results of the Programmed Course are significantly superior to…

Three instructional treatments employed in teaching elementary school arithmetic are investigated and described--Individually Prescribed Instruction, Programed Learning Instruction, and Standard Classroom Instruction. The author provides descriptive information concerning the differences among the three curricular treatments and statistical data…