This book reviews how the brain processes, stores, and retains information and how teachers can guide students in accessing this information by utilizing their individual learning styles and strengths. It offers practical strategies and applications for accessing these sensory pathways, connecting learned content to the real world. Seven chapters…

Thirty-five teachers (20 females and 15 males) from a total of 60 were chosen via random sample to answer a closed-end questionnaire. The role-statements were obtained from the official Israeli document listing the 19 roles of the headteacher. The questionnaire examined the following questions in relation to the gender of the teachers: (1) To what…

This paper explores the ways in which the perception of a real-time classroom exchange serves as the conduit to a grander socially constructed conflict through the mediation of an asynchronous online listserve. The sample of 25 listserve messages was selected from a class of 191 undergraduate students in the lecture section of an introductory…

Three-dimensional visualization skills are critically important to success in engineering careers. Unfortunately, studies have shown that the 3-D spatial visualization skills of women engineering students lag significantly behind those of their male counterparts. This paper examines gender differences in background and in visualization ability for…

This paper examines the structure of administrative authority in Japan and America and explores how differing conceptions of the principal's role influence instructional guidance provided to teachers. In the United States, administrators are viewed as facilitators of a school's educational program and are expected to take an active part in…

An interview survey of a statewide sample of community members revealed local perceptions of health problems. While community residents differed slightly in their perceptions of local health problems and the social agencies thought to possess the ability to assist in the solution of these problems, they agreed almost unanimously on the extent to…

Discusses development of the language skills of listening, speaking, and reading. (DD)

Article presented research that concentrated on the history of women in higher education. (Author/RK)

The interpersonal visual behavior of subjects of various ages was studied as they (1) conversed, and (2) participated in a block construction task with a partner of the same sex and same age. (DP)

This study investigated the effect of two dimensions of parent-daughter relationship on achievement and values of college women. (Author)

Cooperation among parents, paraprofessionals, and teachers offers an alternative to special class placement of the culturally deprived or mildly retarded child. (MC)

A modified role projection technique is used to determine the effects of subordinate competence and task complexity on perceptions of leadership behavior. It is hypothesized that subordinates hold expectations of the proper level of structuring that their supervisors should provide. (Author/DN)

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between creative behavior and visual-motor perceptual development of disadvantaged children. (Author)

Describes Project ABC (Iowa), designed to build effective learning climates for children through helping teachers identify behavioral needs of all children. Figure sketches included. (Author/CJ)