Tested first-grade children four times throughout the year on tasks of synthesis (phoneme blending) and analysis (deletion and tapping). Task analysis emphasizes the differing cognitive demands of the tasks. The deletion task in particular taps a phonemic knowledge that is truly reciprocal in its relation to reading. (Author/NH)

Calls for a synthesis of beneficial elitism and beneficial populism to ensure excellence for all. Suggests that Robert Penn Warren's views on how to collapse dualisms between these two philosophies provides the key to their synthesis. Concludes by comparing differences between elitism and populism and examining questions raised by Ralph Smith's…

Using 52 previous reviews of the early intervention efficacy literature, the article demonstrates the value of systematically considering previous reviews before initiating a new review. The authors suggest that tabulations of conclusions of reviews serve as hypotheses to be confirmed or rejected by objective synthesis methods. (Author/DB)

The need for research synthesis is explored as well as the benefits of meta-analysis, particularly those related to understanding and explanation. The problems with traditional review methods are discussed, with special relevance to their failure to resolve problems. Finally, the findings from several meta-analyses are summarized and contrasted…

Information age communication skills that are being neglected include message compression, decoding and interpreting, kinesics, information synthesis, visual literacy, and rapid analysis and evaluation of message validity. Among ways to improve these skills are concentrating on transitional skills, adopting a holistic approach, increasing lateral…

A method for providing a synthesis of the perspective that a text producer gives to a text in the moment of its production is presented in the form of a dialogue between reader and author. Perspective Text Analysis, the system presented, is a basic methodological part of a larger system of analyses. Linguistic data in the form of free text…

Reviews the development of techniques for synthesizing perbromate compounds, summarizes their properties, and discusses reasons why they were so difficult to prepare. (AL)

Presents Georg Simmel's methodological synthesis as a means of unifying the following contrasting systems of inquiry in the study of speech communication: (1) the artistic endeavor of rhetorical criticism and (2) the scientific or empirical study of communication behavior. (PD)

Concludes that individual professional textbooks on secondary reading do not necessarily reflect the extant information base or state-of-the-art in secondary reading. (GT)

Describes the procedures by which Kentucky's state assessment program synthesized results from three standard setting procedures (Contrasting Groups, Bookmark, and Jaeger-Mills) for the 2000 state assessment. Shows the value of using multiple standard-setting approaches to gather information from each. (SLD)

A model of self-regulated learning is proposed as a structure for analyzing cognitive processes involved in self-regulation and for interpreting findings from disparate research traditions. The model is used to examine recent research on how feedback affects cognitive engagement with tasks and the relationship between engagement and achievement.…

A library media specialist believes students should go beyond the facts and other information they find in sources. They can stretch their intellect and engage them in the learning process. The students can produce more meaningful and significant results by combining information found in sources, their original idea and transferable skills in the…

This article explores learner-generated drawing, a strategy in which learners construct representative illustrations in support of learning goals. Both applied and empirical literature is reviewed with the purpose of stimulating research on this strategy. Clear from this review is the gap that exists between prescriptive readings on…

The book has made the transition to the digital age; that much is certain. However, the jury is still out on what form or forms the book of the future will take and how libraries will adapt. This article is a look at the impact of digital books on public library acquisitions, including available formats, purchasing considerations, functional…