Claims that both the old and the new mathematics are only superficially relevant to the development of true mathematical ability. (Editor)

Critiques the recent report "Writing Mechanics, 1969-1974," which describes a project sponsored by the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate students' writing ability. (KS) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).

Article describes the inception, development, and implementation of the Family Builders model. This model addresses children's problematic behaviors and promotes their social and academic competencies through a deliberate process of stimulating and nurturing school-based collaborations between families and schools. (Contains 14 references.)

Used the theory of work adjustment as a conceptual framework in evaluating multipotentiality, taken from the psychological literature on counseling intellectually gifted individuals. An examination of over 1,000 gifted students, assessed with the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Study of Values, and J. L. Holland's 6 interest themes revealed little…

According to DiPerna and Elliott (2002, this issue), academic competence comprises both academic skills and academic enablers. This article describes a theoretical framework for considering the direct and indirect effects of important contexts on student performance and how these contexts change over time is described. Also, the literature…

Discusses conceptual knowledge acquisition using computer simulation and describes a study of undergraduates that examined the role of metacognitive skillfulness and intellectual ability during initial inductive learning with a complex computer simulation. Results showed that metacognitive skillfulness was positively related to learning behavior…

Compared ability of three theoretical models (cognitive-attentional, cognitive-skills, social learning) to explain academic performance and test anxiety of 178 undergraduates. Found that variable sets from all models added unique variance to explain performance and test anxiety. Cognitive-attentional processes emerged as relatively more important…

Explored relationships between community college students' (N=147) learning styles and academic-vocational attributes. Found learning styles were related to academic major, accommodating interests, science interests, and numerical aptitude. Recommends career counselors use learning style information in selecting a counseling approach for students.…

Examined self-concept and academic achievement among 229 tenth-grade students. Results revealed that global self-concept and self-concept of academic ability correlated positively with academic achievement, but the relationship between self-concept of academic ability and academic achievement correlated more strongly than the relationship between…

Two researchers present their views on effective strategies for ability grouping, pointing out how grouping both low- and high-ability students together can help both to achieve better when they are grouped heterogeneously. (CB)

This study compared metacognitive performance of gifted, gifted learning-disabled, learning-disabled, and average males in grades 5 and 6 and grades 11 and 12. For metacognitive knowledge, skill on think-aloud error detection reading, and comprehension, the performance of gifted learning-disabled students resembled that of gifted students more…

Presents study results on gender differences in economic knowledge. Addresses the question of whether gender gaps in economic understanding widen as students progress through college. Reports that no evidence was found to support the hypothesis that significant and consistent gender differences exist in college students' performances on economic…

Examined structural equation model for depressed mood for three samples of boys (n=317) from at-risk families. Model accounted for from 51 percent to 68 percent of variance in criterion construct. Hypothesized negative path coefficients from good peer relations construct to depressed mood construct were significant; path from academic skills…

Discusses how two teachers revitalized the Conrad Weiser agricultural program in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Describes the objectives of the program and how the curriculum was changed. (JOW)

Vocational agriculture graduates of Iowa State University 1980-89 (n=294) were surveyed at graduation and one year and five years later. No differences in academic ability, grade point average (GPA) at admission or graduation, high school rank, or admission test scores were found for those teaching after five years. Those teaching after one year…