Reports on a nationwide survey of 601 members of the Association for Institutional Research concerning perceived levels of institutional research (IR) knowledge and skills, how IR knowledge and skills are acquired, and perceptions of effectiveness. The survey was based on Terenzini's (1993) three tiers of organizational intelligence. (Author/DB)

Constructs a statistical model of classroom learning in order to argue that the goal of student assessment should be measurement of the level of knowledge achieved rather than the value college education has added. Suggests that attention to value added may actually reduce the level of learning. (SK)

A survey of academic chemistry librarians concerning how they obtain and maintain subject knowledge found: 86% took college-level chemistry courses, 64% have a science degree, and 43% have a chemistry degree. Respondents work on professional development activities such as scanning core science journals, subscribing to science discussion lists,…

A study of 34 undergraduates with deafness and 46 typical undergraduates found students with deafness had significantly lower scores on an "HIV/AIDS Knowledge Index" than the hearing students. The students with deafness obtained more of their information about HIV/AIDS from family and friends than hearing students. (Contains references.)…

Investigates the effects of choice and response format on children's search of informational text. Results reveal that choice of topic facilitated both performance and process measures, whereas response format affected process measures only. Prior knowledge emerged as a significant contributor to accuracy and time to locate information. (Contains…

Analyzed the data produced in an experimental study on collaborative learning in which 10th graders were taught qualitative or quantitative knowledge of classical mechanics. Dyads who have been taught differently worked on problems beyond the competence of each student. Qualitatively taught students gained more from the information provided by…

Compares the expectations of mathematical knowledge among mathematics undergraduates upon college entry with their probable actual preparedness based on diagnostic tests. Concludes that some departments are realistic about the backgrounds of their incoming students and some are overly-optimistic. (Author/MM)

Draws on a range of published case studies on settings in which individuals not professionally involved with science address issues that have a scientific aspect. Suggests that at least some areas of knowledge about science should be part of the compulsory school science curriculum. (Contains 61 references.) (ASK)

Purpose: Because of the significant aging of the global population, world regions are experiencing an increase in the number of generations within families. However, to date most practice methods in the health and human services are explicitly organized by age. This article discusses a multigenerational practice approach and the impact of an…

The problem of secondary teachers' resistance to becoming teachers of reading is well documented. Unfortunately, the dominant model for many courses and in-service presentations has been transmission--teacher educators presenting knowledge and strategies for improving adolescent literacy and then expecting preservice and practicing teachers to…

The implementation of technology in the primary school sector during the last few years has resulted in issues being raised relating to teachers' knowledge of technology and their propensities for incorporating ICT into an already packed curriculum. Teachers in Malta were faced with challenges to their various teaching professional knowledge and…

Successful organisations are knowledge-creating organisations, which produce, disseminate and embody new knowledge in new products and services. To this end, knowledge management enables organisations to improve efficiency and effectiveness mainly by decoding tacit knowledge into explicit information. This article focuses on the role of knowledge…

Leonard Stout Kenworthy was born to Quaker parents in Richmond, Indiana, in 1912. His father, Murray Kenworthy, was a faculty member in the religious studies department at Earlham College in Richmond. After spending time in New York, Ohio, and Washington, DC, Kenworthy enrolled in a Quaker boarding school not far from Philadelphia. After…

This paper describes and discusses the effect of service-learning on students' reflective thinking about their own knowledge in multicultural teacher education at a state university in Southern California (USA). Two versions of students' multicultural autobiographies, one at the beginning and the other at the end of the course, were examined to…

The authors examined police officers' knowledge of memory changes in adulthood utilizing the Knowledge of Memory Aging Questionnaire (KMAQ). The KMAQ is a 28-item true/false questionnaire that covers a broad range of topics related to normal memory aging due to maturational processes and pathological memory aging, such as adult dementia. Results…