A study assessed whether a program involving simple hand-movement responses combined with optic microswitches and followed by preferred stimuli would be successful with two persons with multiple disabilities (ages 11 and 30). Data showed participants reached fairly high levels of responding during intervention and retained their achievement…

Describes a new kind of electronic scholarly journal in which the standard submission-review-publication process is replaced by an approach based on judgments expressed by the readers, where each reader is potentially a peer reviewer. Shows how to compute, on the basis of expressed judgments, values of scores and steadiness of papers, authors, and…

This review of research discusses how children with autism may acquire equivalence classes after learning to supply a common oral name to each stimulus in a potential class. A proposed methodology for researching referent naming and class formation, analysis of stimulus classes, and generalization is offered. (CR)

A teacher at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (District of Columbia) discusses the process of creating, rehearsing, and producing a play using sign language as an expressive and artistic tool. The importance of performing often enough to achieve the euphoria of mastery is stressed. (DB)

Presents a case study involving a primary grade student who has been caught stealing, offering differing perspectives on how the teacher should handle the situation. Each proposed solution draws on the NAEYC's code of ethics, offers analysis of student's behavior, and makes recommendations for disciplinary action that may or may not involve the…

Reports on an interview with Gary Paulsen, the 1997 winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring an author's lifetime contribution in writing books for teens. Highlights include the importance of librarians and reading encouragement, the author's experiences and writing, and readers' responses to books. (Author/LRW)

Finds that female adolescents responded less positively than males to beer advertisements and to sports content of advertising, and more positively to nonbeer advertisement. Shows also that positive responses to beer ads predicted alcohol use among female and male adolescents. Finds no differences in response patterns to ads due to Latino…

Examined incidence and intensity of separation anxiety at preschool entry. Found that the majority of 3- and 4-year-olds were rated as having relatively low levels of age-appropriate anxiety and fears. Four-year-olds were rated more fearful than 3-year-olds. Prior separation experience, sex, age, and general anxiety were related to separation…

Due to time and monetary pressures on former supporters, schools must confront an exponentially changing society with antiquated structures and less external support. Transcending these difficulties will require the collective support of schools, parents, communities, businesses, and students. Schools must focus on their primary mission, adopt…

Explores whether Dutch deaf children, ages 9 to 11 years old, are more concerned with the loss of the desired state, while their hearing peers focus on conditions that lead to the negative outcome. Reveals that deaf children concentrate on the fulfillment of desires in their emotion predications and explanations. (CMK)

Provides background information on artist, Georges de la Tour, focusing on his life and career as an artist. Includes student activities for use by art instructors, as well as a reproduction of a La Tour painting, "The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs." Offers a discussion of the painting. (CMK)

Presents a study that obtained teacher ratings and student nominations regarding bullying and other behavior of children (n=121), including children with learning difficulties (n=20). Finds that the correlation between teacher ratings and peer nominations was significant for students without learning difficulties. Includes references. (CMK)

The behavioral and heart rate responses of 22 children (ages 3-4) with autism and 22 with other developmental disabilities were compared while they were watching videotapes of a baby either playing or crying. Both groups of children showed heart rate slowing when watching the video of the crying baby. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Provides a personal view of the history of Anglo-American language testing over the last half-century. Argues that major developments in the field have tended to be embraced too enthusiastically so that they have led to unbalanced views concerning the construct definition of language, the scope of test impact, and the value of new methods of test…

Provides classroom teachers with seven guidelines for responding to readers in ways that support the use of strategies for making sense of text. Discusses traditional responses to readers and "round-robin" reading versus reading conferences. Concludes that by responding appropriately to readers, teachers provide powerful demonstrations of the…