Ways of enhancing knowledge of political institutions, processes and positions are the focus of many prescriptions for improving civic education and civic engagement among young people. A recent data source including a rigorously developed test of knowledge, provides an opportunity to empirically compare the performance of students in the United…

During the development or assessment of drug education programs, many individuals insist on the avoidance of "moralizing". An awareness of moral principles, rules and values is a necessary criterion to rational thought processes. This paper attempts to clarify these philosophical issues in a manner which can be put into practice in many types of…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a census-like survey of the knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes of young Americans. This abridged report deals with the data collected in science during the first round of assessment in 1969-70. (JR) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a census-like survey of the knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes of young Americans. This abridged report deals with the data collected in science during the first round of assessment in 1969-70. (JR) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results…

Knowing and having just learned are not exactly the same thing. Neither is the fact that a student can think necessarily evidence that he has been taught. This provocative study raises more questions than it answers. (Editor)

Author argues that the most important thing you can teach students is what they know already. With Socrates, he believes that maieutic, "midwifery," has an essential place in good teaching. (Editor/RK)

Author presented a reply to another professor concerning freedom and responsibility in the school system. (RK)

The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) is a census-like survey of the knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes of young Americans. This abridged report deals with the data collected in science during the first round of assessment in 1969-70. (JR) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results…

Results indicated that a) the understanding of the conceptual schemes of relativity depended on grade level and on ability level within a grade, b) achievement decreased with increase in taxonomic level, and c) achievement was better in classical relativity than in special or general relativity. (Authors)

Article examines the impact of a number of socio-political variables and the political environment -- the national political opinion climate -- on the party choice of university students using data from 1,006 questionnaires completed by first year University of New Brunswick students. (Author)

Studies conducted among the Kpelle of north central Liberia whose present cultural milieu offers unique possibilities for studying the role of particular experiential factors, particularly education, on the development of paradigmatic response. (Authors)

The data indicate a negative relationship between illusion susceptibility and education. This supports the sophistication hypothesis suggested by Segall, Campbell, and Herskovits. (DB)

The inner city counselor is expected to enter into his role understanding students and their culture, as well as the process of social change. It is suggested that counselor education should place potential counselors in public school settings working in teams with practicing counselors, providing relevant experience for future counselors and…

Because of the universities' central role in producing, storing, and transmitting knowledge, they are becoming increasingly more engaged in the governmental-political arenas. (JH)