Significant differences in IQ and measures of motor development were found between twenty-four inadequately and sixteen adequately nourished New Delhi preschool children from lower middle class homes. Former showed greater variability than the latter, and girls in the former category had lower mean scores than boys in the latter. (RJ)

Explains techniques used to help students comprehend concepts mentioned in their reading materials. (SW)

Advocates the elimination of seven negative instructional practices among English teachers. (RD)

The article describes a program the key factor of which is the relationship between education and income. The plan rewards those teachers and administrators within the school systems which show significant improvement in raising the educational level and aspirations of their students. (Author)

This article is based on an address at the Department of Elementary School Principals (NEA) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This study was conducted to measure the variations and intensities of attendance motivations of registered nurses in continuing education programs with a nursing focus. Data analysis revealed that there were multiple attendance motivation factors and that most participants ranked more than one factor as being of highest importance to them.…

Discusses some critical aspects of divergent and convergent thinking, examining attributes of the public school environment that apparently foster convergent thinking and addressing the microcomputer's potential as an instrument for fostering divergent cognitive styles. (MP)

The reduced continuing motivation effect is examined with regard to research, theory, and implications for practice. The description of research focuses primarily on studies conducted with preschool-aged or school-aged subjects. Explanations based on self-perception or attributional theory and learning theory are examined. (Author/PN)

The paper highlights motivation itself as a problem, suggests times when correction of the motivation problem should be the initial focus of intervention, and describes a framework and specific procedures for enhancing positive motivation and reducing avoidance as key aspects of correcting students' learning and behavior problems. (Author/MC)

It is proposed that etymological information, usually provided in native speaker's dictionaries but eliminated from learners' references, can serve several important functions such as disambiguate, relate words that are alphabetically far apart, illuminate by providing an image or reference, and motivate with interesting information. (Author/MSE)