Focuses on the discovery of the characteristics of a particular software that attract boys and those features that appeal more to girls. Examines the use of computers in school through a questionnaire administered to students (N=60) in grades one through three. Contains 25 references. (DDR)

Provides resources for those who teach weather in science class. Focuses on Internet resources that describe the weather pattern around Australia. (DDR)

Describes the author's year-long analysis of one student's work to demonstrate her larger and ongoing research process in her classroom, as she investigated whether and how students were taking up the key inquiry-based processes that serve as a foundation for learning across disciplines in her classroom. (SR)

A study examined learning through the eyes of 20 high-achieving female secondary students. Learning and success in school was described as the result of taking an active stance toward the material and understanding their own style preferences, including an inclination for learning within contexts and a tendency to study alone. (Author/CR)

Describes a study that was conducted to describe and analyze how college students reacted to mathematics instruction delivered through the Internet, and their perceptions concerning the potential of the Internet to teach and learn mathematics. Suggestions for further research are included. Contains 53 references. (Author/LRW)

Advocates removing the taboo regarding anthropomorphism and teleology in biology education. Argues that for high school students, accepting such formulations does not necessarily imply anthropomorphic or teleological reasoning. Further, living organisms seem goal-oriented because of their adaptation for survival. Concludes with the argument that…

Describes a three-week summer theater program for middle and high school students. Discusses the reconstructing of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" by students in the class from prior viewings of movie versions of the play and from students' past experiences with the play. Includes the play script as rewritten by the students. (CR)

Asks how mapping changes in the visual culture of comparative education before and after the postmodern turn could increase understanding about the emergence of social mapping. Illustrates modernist scopic regimes, describes how social cartography has elaborated a new social mapping rationale, and notes implications for theory and practice of…

Examined the effects of traditional versus learning-style-responsive study strategies on eighth graders' mathematics achievement, frequency of studying, and attitudes. Found that students applying learning-style-responsive strategies had significantly higher mathematics achievement and attitude scores than students using traditional strategies. No…

Discusses the role of chemical-equation problem solving in helping students predict reaction products. Methods for helping students learn this process must be taught to students and future teachers by using pedagogical skills within the content of chemistry. Emphasizes that solving chemical reactions should involve creative cognition where…

Suggests using issue-centered approaches in elementary social studies instruction and discusses one example, the Reconstructive Model by Frank Simon. Argues that by using this model, teachers can develop their own issue-centered lessons and units about history. Provides an example of a sixth-grade lesson on disabled students developed using this…

A high school English teacher discusses how she integrated three types of learning strategies (graphic organizers, note-taking styles, and summarizing techniques) into three literature units--the short story, the novel, and the epic. Students were introduced to various strategies and encouraged to select those that matched their own learning…

Describes results of a mail survey of adult students of the Open Learning Institute (OLI) of Hong Kong that was conducted to investigate student attitudes toward various features of the adult and action learning approaches, the extent of the influence of the local Chinese national culture, and reasons for studying at OLI. (LRW)

Describes the development of the VV-BOS (Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale), a computer-based instrument for direct observation of students' preferences for visual or verbal learning material. Results of a study with second-language learners indicated a high degree of reliability as an alternative to conventional questionnaires.…

Discusses the nature of speech perceptual capacities that infants possess, changes that come about with increased exposure to language, how growing understanding of native-language sound organization is used in developing word-segmentation strategies, and how developing word-segmentation abilities may facilitate discovery of grammatical…