Reciprocal teaching is a form of dialogue in which students and teachers construct meaning from text. The teacher models the steps of the procedure and gradually encourages students to assume the role of "teacher." Reciprocal teaching involves four strategies which promote comprehension of the text: question-generating, summarizing,…

Aspects of W. Glasser's Control Theory are applied to the education of behaviorally disordered students. It is believed that stimulus/response theory and tools are inadequate with this population and that the stress should be on understanding internal motivating forces. The caring classroom, an approach which emphasizes ways to meet both the…

An action-theory framework is used to systematically analyze the educational literature about student involvement in learning. Action is self-directed and arises from internal stimuli. In contrast, behavior is other directed and responds to external stimuli. The review focuses on the involvement of secondary learners in curricular, rather than…

Investigates administrative decision-making by examining alliances between principals and teachers, as well as the influence of students and community in school decisions; the decision behavior of principals is classified on a continuum ranging from reliance on authority to laissez faire. (Author/JM)

Students are playing a significant role in expanding the options in field experience education, pioneering new ways of functioning--independent and self-initiating--and in creating mature relationships with faculty. (Editor)

Three unresolved affirmative action admissions problems are examined: the role of students in admissions decisions, the validity of racial quotas, and to what extent applicants are entitled to due process protection of the fourteenth ammendment. Included is a synopsis of DeFunis v. Odegaard, which upheld a reverse discrimination claim. (JT)

An investigation of Catholic high school students to determine if the American high school system discourages extremes in adult-versus peer-orientation polarity by means of socialization. (Author/ND)

Design of a research project is discussed that tests the development of role orientation of individual high school students over four-year period to move toward greater adult orientation. (Author/ND)

From the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

This study reports on Project Student Democracy, a program at the Malmo School of Education in Sweden. The study aims to a) study characteristic patterns of interaction, attitudes, and opinions related to existing forms of student participation at various levels of education in Sweden; b) study relations between both attitudes and opinions, and…

The purpose of the conference was to explore the common elements in the educational system at the secondary and post secondary levels, focusing on the changing role of the student in the system. The proceedings consist of: (1) two talks delivered at the conference: "The Student and the System," by Edgar Friedenberg, and "Demythologizing the…

The purpose of this study was to provide information concerning the dimensions of perceived student rights, which were defined as policies on student behavior in the development and implementation of which students may petition to participate. A 54-item attitude instrument was designed to include controversial statements gleaned from the…

Approved by the Academic Council, the Academic Senate, and the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, this document was prepared by the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs after an extensive review and study of the University's rules and structures relating to academic freedom for students. In an attempt to formulate an operational…

The proceedings of this workshop contain 18 papers on various aspects of graduate education. Some discuss its general features while others are concerned with more specific issues in this area: administration, teaching, training college teachers, degree programs, federal support, admissions, student financial assistance, student role,…