Secondary career-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

The study investigates the effect of explicit contrastive analysis and translation activities on the incidental acquisition of single words and collocations. We compared three high school groups of learners of the same L1 and comparable L2 (English) proficiency. Each group represented one instructional condition: meaning focused instruction (MFI),…

Four elementary students referred for special education evaluation were observed systematically for 2 entire days each at three different times within the referral-to-placement process. Data were recorded on 53 variables within six categories in 10 second intervals to examine changes in the nature of instruction and academic responding time as a…

Challenges Wilbur Brookover's response to the author's article "It's Time We Changed the Effective Schools Formula" appearing in the November 1987 issue of "Kappan." The author's Pennsylvania studies show that certain variables such as classroom climate, emphasis on basic skills, and time-on-task were inconsequential in predicting a school's…

This study sought to determine the effect taking an objective final examination by microcomputer would have upon student cognitive performance; the effect this method of testing would have on student attitudes about computers immediately after the examination; and whether this method of testing would require more time than conventional…

Discusses various aspects of Training's business profiles, including budgets (salaries, raw materials, hardware, facilities, overhead), employee-to-trainer ratio, number of hours of training, training budget as a percent of total sales, and training budget as a percent of total payroll. (CT)

A single-subject study of the effects of time on task and time of day on written productivity in a dysgraphic learning-disabled fourth grader revealed that continuous adult direction increased time on task; that concurrent achievement gains using standardized tests accrued; and that enhanced writing productivity was evident in the afternoon.…

Teachers can increase students' learning time by following specific instructional methods that maintain interest and develop the experience of success. Selection of realistic learning goals is essential. (CJH)

A procedure for teaching compliance (and building student time-on-task) and a sequence for compliance training were effective in radically increasing the compliance and on-task behaviors of a 4-year old severely disruptive child who had learned not to comply. (Author/CL)

Describes a study conducted in an attempt to accumulate and analyze data on the professional activities within the field of industrial/technology education. Information on the percentage of time spent on certain tasks; the years and types of work experiences; the number of grants, publications, and presentations; and the percentage of respondents…

This study focused on an analysis of teachers' perception of the concept of on-task in order to understand better how research results are interpreted and utilized by classroom teachers. Results suggest that ways of thinking about the concept of "on-task" may be cognitive-developmental in character. (Author/MT)

Compared to nonreactive toys (ones without or with restricted sensory feedback), reactive toys had a substantially greater influence on the amount of time each of three severely disabled children (6-9 years old) spent in manipulative activity. Comparative effects of two toy classes on visual attention to toy play were inconclusive. (CL)

Research on teacher effectiveness in reading instruction is reviewed and implications for gifted students are noted for four areas: reading diagnosis, teacher-directed instruction, opportunities to learn and practice, and engagement in learning. (CL)

Twenty-four undergraduate students in special education interacted with a child confederate while solving three tasks with the child either exhibiting distractible or ontask behavior. Analysis of the data using multivariate analysis of variance techniques supported the hypothesis that adults respond differently to particular characteristics of…