In a memory search task with context recognition, three groups of children were examined: hyperactives, somewhat hyperactives, and controls. Both groups of hyperactive-rated children were slower in their cognitive processing than controls. (MP)

This superintendent-mandated school improvement program has improved test scores and brought about teacher, student, and parent support for participating junior high schools. (Author)

Discusses, in general terms and in light of the experience of the past four years at SUNY-Buffalo, the advantages and disadvantages of teaching beginning level foreign language three days per week instead of five. (EKN)

Preskill workshops and work activity classes and centers have been developed to teach the severely or profoundly retarded client how to assemble or complete a number of tasks and how to exhibit appropriate behaviors that result in a high degree of attention to task and acceptable levels of task production. (SB)

Reviews research showing that teachers can improve student reading behaviors through direct instruction and reinforcement. (FL)

An integration of conceptions about attributional antecedents with those of attributional consequences is applied to achievement behavior. Results reveal that participants who were induced to make realistic attributions spent more time on tasks for which they had demonstrated high ability than on tasks for which they had demonstrated low ability.…

Argues that educators must "think outside the box" to improve school performance. Suggests several areas for expanded thought, including school size, curriculum coverage, grading practices, use of time, organization of students, time management, and belief statement. (PKP)

Investigates the importance of time in contributing to the efficiency of the educational process by developing a typology for the addition of the time variable in the production of education. Includes a literature review, outlines the conceptual frameworks surrounding time and education, and then draws on international evidence. Conclude that time…

Time allocated for instruction and time in which students are engaged in academic tasks can vary. Research findings show that teachers' management of time markedly affects student learning, particularly in regard to what is produced during engaged time. (SK)

Results indicated that students identified as disadvantaged who participated in Chapter One received significantly more reading and language arts instruction in regular education classes than did mainstreamed children identified as handicapped and served through special education programs. (PCB)

The organization of the most effective seatwork for fifth grade mathematics instruction was characterized by: (1) sufficient preparation; (2) efficient management; and (3) high intensity of active supervision that corrected and supported students in a discrete manner. (JD)

Examined process mediating the effect of positive mood on performance of a cognitive task. Positive mood subjects performed significantly worse on a set of syllogisms than control subjects. Results are consistent with accounts arguing that people in positive moods expend less effort. (JBJ)

Accounting students (n=127) were randomly assigned one of two exams: one with multiple-choice items in an order corresponding to the sequence of class coverage of the topics, the other in random order. No differences appeared in test scores or time of completion. (SK)

Presents a composite picture of doctoral programs in schools of library and information science that updates and supplements two earlier studies of doctoral programs. Highlights include levels attained on admissions criteria, time taken to complete the program, methods of choosing doctoral committees, and positions held by graduates of doctoral…

This study assessed whether self-monitoring of on-task behavior would increase time on task and rates of prevocational task production for 3 students (ages 10, 10, and 9), with moderate mental retardation in a school setting. Results showed overall improvements on both variables. (Author/DB)