A total of 73 studies on the teaching of medical interviewing have been reviewed and the conclusions and implications for teaching and research are summarized. Topics include student improvement, student feedback, instructional design, interview skills, technological assistance, and patient satisfaction. (JMD)

A total of 122 middle-class White boys and girls aged 3 through 12 years were interviewed to determine the nature and the development of their concepts of death and the impact of experience on those concepts. (Author/BH)

William G. Bowen, president of Princeton University and an authority on education-government relations, is interviewed. Focus is on the relationship between institutions of higher education and the federal government. Topics discussed in this context include coooeration between colleges and universities, federal aid, and research funding. (JMD)

Investigated district and site administrators' perceptions of school violence and violence-prevention programs in 15 school districts in 12 states. Unanimously agreed-upon causes were lack of family involvement or supervision, lack of family structure, and parental use of violence. Describes a prevention model stressing family inclusion, values…

Describes the learning processes experienced by six language teachers within the context of a three-year research project in which they worked and in the context of doing their Ph.D.s as research assistants. These processes involved learning specific research skills, understanding teaching practices, development of theory and concepts, links with…

Presents an interview with the Executive Director of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Highlights include attracting members to the AASL, the multifaceted role of Executive Director, education, previous positions and accomplishments, goals for YALSA, intellectual freedom,…

Investigated the types of reception strategies and the frequency of their use by students of French as a second language at different levels of language proficiency, measured by an oral proficiency interview. A number of distinct strategies were identified: kinesics, global reprises, hypothesis testing in English and uptaking. Results are…

Questionnaires, observation, and taped interviews of 36 graduate students were used to compare and evaluate the use of a continuous zooming graphical interface and a typical jump-based hypertext interface, with a focus on minimizing user disorientation when reading documents. Learning time, performance and user satisfaction were evaluated. (AEF)

Describes the academic development programs at four tertiary institutions in South Africa as well as the development of a fifth new program at Border Technikon. Topics include cross-cultural differences; interviews; supplemental instruction that combined staff development and student academic development; integration of media support; and stages…

Examines the behavior of university students of Italian in Australia as they study the meanings of new Italian words. Repetition of the new words and their meanings was the primary learning strategy employed. Results indicate a need to distinguish between the use of context for "generation" of a new word and the use of context for…

Argues that the ethnographic interview gives teachers an insider's understanding of an aspect of a foreign culture and endows them with the insight to interpret the insider account from an observer's perspective. The article describes materials developed for inservice training and a pilot course that tested them with Irish teachers preparing to…

Describes experiences at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) with the use of simulation software in life sciences laboratories and discusses the results of evaluation procedures that included confidence logs, questionnaires, interviews, and grades. A table of statistical results relevant to confidence log comparisons and the postcourse…

This article examines how young adolescent girls in Australia seek information when they feel concerned or anxious about future jobs and future education. Topics include the girls' doubts about personal competency and job opportunity; adults who may think they are too young for such concern; and implications of these attitudes for information…

Responses of nine leaders of education to the following two questions: (1) What are the two most critical issues in K-12 education that should be addressed in the next five years? (2) Why do you think they are the most critical? (TD)

Student interviews provide valuable input into peer evaluation of teaching. The University of Georgia and Stanford University (California) have explored ways of using student interviews to gain student perspectives. The two approaches are compared here, with similarities and differences examined. Aspects of teaching that are best reflected upon by…