Computer-assisted-instruction software was developed to supplement the conventional lecture-laboratory mode of instruction with another instructional aid for learning science in an individualized, nonthreatening environment. This development project was designed to teach physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and problem solving strategies.…

Primary school teachers tended greatly to overestimate the scores that their students would achieve in mathematics and English achievement tests and to greatly underestimate the scores they would achieve in the reading achievement test. Factors that influenced teachers' judgments include academic competence, student relationship with the teacher,…

Recognizes two critical factors in cross-cultural mathematics teaching: the perceived utility of mathematics and the direct relationship of mathematics learning to language development. Reviews current literature and reports the results of their study of perceived utility of mathematics and technical language development in the Crow Indian…

A Chicago program that had nonscience faculty attend science classes as students, interrupting instruction with questions and comments and recording their cognitive and emotional reactions to the instruction process, revealed that such an approach to providing feedback to teachers is feasible, productive, and enjoyable. (MSE)

Reports study which compared the value of Piagetian tasks--seriation, conservation and multiple classification--to that of traditional intelligence tests--Cattell and PMA 5 to 7 subtests--as predictors of number language, simple computation, and verbal arithmetic achievement in 312 children from kindergarten to grade 4. Fifty references are…

Describes a high technology high school program designed to provide advanced courses in preparation for college degrees in engineering and the sciences. High school juniors and seniors take math, science, and computer courses at a local community college and the rest of their courses at their regular schools. (MBR)

Compares the educational system of the United States/Japan, looking at total time spent in mathematics and science preparation (as well as other subject areas) and out-of-school activities. Examines the structure of higher education in Japan and the origin of the Japanese university, as well as engineering education in the two countries. (JM)

This exploratory study investigated whether Papua New Guinea university students and their western counterparts perceive lecturers similarly. Survey forms listed performance facets judged important by American and Australian students. Papua New Guinea students differed primarily because they did not distinguish between the organizational quality…

Examines the relationship of achievement in reading, spelling, and arithmetic with a variety of other measures, including tests of visual memory and visual-motor association. Concludes that visual association is more closely related to achievement in reading, arithmetic, and spelling than is visual memory. (HOD)

Discusses formal-economical/epistemic-powerful features of physics formulas: the first puts constructs in logical relations to each other, reducing constructs to symbols; the second describes the correspondence which links the construct to natural events. Implications of the dual nature of formulas (considered as efficient learning tools) for…

Criticizes the "Five New Basics" proposal on the basis of the Educational Testing Service's Growth Study, which found that completion of core curriculum enhances test performance only if the student's course performance is very high. Concludes that the National Commission did not comprehensively evaluate current educational conditions…

Among a nationally representative sample of elementary school students, socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity were more important than language in explaining low achievement among language-minority students. Spanish-language background was more strongly related to reading than to math achievement deficits. Importance of the findings for…

A crisis is observed in the educational gap, most severe in science and mathematics, between specialists and the majority of citizens. Problems discussed include declining enrollments, teacher supply and demand, student achievement, the effect of cumulative advantages on the science and engineering talent pool, and the appropriateness of existing…

This paper is the personal journey of one teacher from a rural childhood, through a small university, to a rural school, and eventually to the city. It contrasts the intense challenges that rural teachers and students face with the unique opportunities afforded them by virtue of being rural. It includes an attempt to piece together the factors…

The initial phase of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) provided all 7th and 8th grade students and their teachers with laptop computers. In the fall of 2003, a survey of all teachers involved with the program was administered by Maine Education Policy Research Institute to determine how and to what extent the technology was being…