Examines one teacher's attempt to bring positive changes in students' perceptions about people from cultures other than their own. Highlights an education course that helped students change their stereotyped perceptions of an Asian instructor and her culture and their superficial understanding of multicultural education. (GR)

College seniors in a social psychology course gave weekly self-monitoring reports of their affective reactions to a course-integrated Internet hands-on training program. Six rating scales probed affective dimensions, including experienced difficulty, negative emotions, value of skills, hope of becoming good at using it, satisfaction with the…

This article presents an interesting way to focus on diversity in second-language instruction and methods classes. The method involves taking students on field trips to such events as cultural fairs; observing holidays, such as the Chinese New Year; and visiting homeless shelters, foreign restaurants, and houses of worship for different faiths.…

Studied how students with high and low levels of self-regulation responded to and approached case-based learning was studied with 9 students representing high and low self-regulation levels among a class of 58 veterinary students. Students with high self-regulation were more likely to value case-based instruction. (SLD)

Researchers say that kids seldom practice what character education programs preach. In real-life situations, students often act as though they have never learned about honesty, sharing, and cooperation. Some experts call for authentic, fundamental changes in the ways schools operate. To become grounded in basic values, students must see good…

Reflects on issues that arise when preservice teachers are introduced to lesbian and gay concerns in school. Explores preservice teachers' resistance, commonly espoused attitudes and beliefs, and teacher educators' difficulties in challenging myths, stereotypes, and biases. Highlights the perceived irrelevance of gay and lesbian issues to…

Examines if a few seconds of high school teachers' nonverbal (NV) behavior can predict students' ratings of these teachers (SRT). NV behaviors while administering the class and using the board were unrelated to SRT. Positive judgments of NV behavior while disciplining the class and interacting with students were positively related to SRT.…

Focuses on six points for connecting teaching with technology: (1) teach your actual students; (2) improve students' historical and critical thinking skills; (3) promote using real-world skills; (4) provide links between the classroom and the real world; (5) relate to various learning styles; and (6) allow students to learn from one another. (CMK)

Mathematical performance by 14 first- and second-grade children with specific language impairments (SLI) indicated difficulty with mathematical tasks that required immediate response. Findings suggest that storage and/or retrieval of rote sequential material is difficult for children with SLI. (Author/PB)

Describes how a computerized environment supplemented traditional undergraduate courses in English literature and composition at the University of Florida, and was developed with a grant from IBM. Highlights include the use of MOO (multi-user, object-oriented) space; student assignments; the client-server setting; and student and teacher…

Outlines some techniques to increase student participation, interest, and learning that involve asking better questions and waiting an appropriate amount of time for the student response. Also explains the need for a good questioning technique that yields sufficiently difficult questions. (DDR)

Assessed male and female university students' personal gender-role preferences and behaviors in interpersonal situations. Responses to the Male-Female Relations Questionnaire reveal women are less willing than men to assign leadership roles to men, but in social interactions with the other gender, they admitted to deliberately acting…

Investigated the effects of educational intervention upon perceptions of sexual harassment. Results from 96 subjects reveal that educational intervention impacted perception of sexual harassment, with literature interventions showing superiority over video. Gender differences in sensitivity to sexual harassment in favor of females prior to…

Describes an oral history project to help students understand the narrative nature of history. Explains that the project focuses on "the Big Muskie" earth-moving machine and strip mining in southeastern Ohio. Explores the different stages of the classroom project. (CMK)

Discusses teaching current events in sociology with a focus on events in the mass media and the responses of students to those events. Describes three teaching strategies recommended for teaching current events because they enable students to understand the media's role in society. Includes references. (CMK)