Discusses why culture should be taught in the foreign language classroom. Focuses on survival and cultural proficiency, background knowledge, the elements of culture that should be taught and how, the goals of teaching culture, conventions and social amenities, connotation, integrating culture in the foreign language curriculum, and techniques and…

Examined the extent to which fifth- and seventh-grade girls participated in physical activity and why, and identified their knowledge about its benefits. Found that girls participated primarily for fun; parents who participated in regular physical activity were more likely to have daughters who also participated. Nonparticipating girls had much…

Examined current-events knowledge of high school students with and without access to daily television news in the classroom. Found that students with greater prior knowledge of current events had more interest in the news and sought external news sources. (Author/LBT)

Describes a study of the background knowledge of students in respiratory physiology courses. Finds that instructors tended to both overestimate and underestimate students' knowledge by large margins on individual questions. (Author/WRM)

Examined the inclusion of an asthma education space adventure game into fourth-grade classrooms. Pretesting and posttesting indicated that using the game significantly improved students' asthma knowledge in the intervention classroom over the observation period. Knowledge gained was retained over a 4-week period. The addition of physician-led…

Reports the development and validation of video-based game-understanding tests in badminton for elementary and secondary students. The tests included different sequences that simulated actual game situations. Players had to solve tactical problems by selecting appropriate solutions and arguments for their decisions. Results suggest that the test…

Discusses the importance of teaching foreign languages through culture and culture through language study. Addresses how the textbooks used to study English by Russian students must focus more on the needs of Russian students. Summarizes the findings from a survey demonstrating that Russian students' knowledge of U.S. culture originates from…

Studies the relationship between attitudes toward Americans and social contact with Americans by Arab students at U.S. universities. Uses causal process-analysis and path analysis to show that desire for contact significantly mediated between attitude and contact, and that social contact was not significantly mediated by understanding of the host…

Examined the effects of pairing junior high school physical-education learners by skill ability on students' motor-skill performance, cognitive performance, and perceptions about working with a partner. Pretesting and posttesting indicated that students improved their performances and liked working with partners regardless of how high- or…

Examined the effect of a school-based asthma management program, which featured brief class sessions, for improving the knowledge and self-care of third graders with asthma and increasing parents' awareness. Pre- and postintervention parent and student surveys indicated that brief class sessions were feasible, and children demonstrated increased…

Career-Development Assessment and Counseling (C-DAC) uses a comprehensive assessment battery to help clients explore their roles, developmental stages and tasks, career attitudes and knowledge, value, and interests within their unique life contexts. Recommends elaborating C-DAC model to formally appraise cultural identity and to coincide identity…

Mail and telephone surveys of 412 Vietnamese-American college students investigated their HIV-related knowledge and attitudes. Results indicated that they were aware of HIV transmission modes but had many misconceptions about HIV. Females and students who were not sexually active were the most knowledgeable about HIV. Respondents were not…

Assessed junior high students' perceptions regarding nonconsensual sexual activity. Surveys indicated 35% had had sexual intercourse; 19% reported feeling pressure from their friends to have sex; 17% had been sexually coerced by an adolescent, 7% by an adult; 6% reported having sexually coerced someone else. Students demonstrated low knowledge…

Describes the development and use of a self-rating instrument that measures professional knowledge and skills in early intervention. Master's degree students in four early intervention preservice training programs at the University of Oregon completed the instrument approximately once each quarter throughout their preservice training program.…

Used data from class observations, interviews, and stimulus recall reports to examine how two inservice English-as-a-Second-Language teachers' personal practical knowledge informed their practice. Descriptions of tensions they faced in the classroom showed that their personal practical knowledge was embodied in people, fluid in response to…