Before playing a video game, 47 gifted second graders and 47 gifted fifth graders were instructed to adopt an evaluative, process, outcome, or no specific goal focus while playing. Older children showed better performance overall and their best performance when instructed to adopt an evaluative goal. Younger children showed their worst performance…

Discusses Web-based distance learning and emphasizes the importance of human interaction and facilitation to ensure successful programs. Topics include corporate use of distance learning as well as academic institutions; cost effectiveness; dropout rates; social processes; avoiding technical problems; peer support systems; orientation; and student…

Examines college faculty development issues. The article discusses mechanisms for socializing faculty members to the dual model of teacher-scholar. These mechanisms include annual merit review, orientation of junior faculty members, mentoring, monetary awards, and a teaching colloquium. Systematic training of faculty prepares them for future…

Provides a comprehensive review of the professional literature on career counseling interventions with gay and lesbian clients. Interventions summarized were directed at counselors themselves, at counseling activities, and at social-community action. Provides recommendations on what research needs to be conducted to establish the area of gay and…

Recognizes the importance of the caregiver/parent relationship and presents three steps for developing positive relationships with non-traditional families: (1) develop positive transitions; (2) know the issues; and (3) find resources to share with families. Provides advice and resource lists for general information, legal information, and…

Describes active learning activities that can be useful in college faculty development workshops, including three activity types: introductory exercises (personal introductions, goal-setting, warm-ups); problem-solving activities (brainstorming, hands-on exercises, reflection); and closure (consolidating concepts, cognitive mapping,…

Describes transition as involving multidimensional components; highlights transitional situations in the Montessori classroom using strategies involving routines, tasks, and signals. Details transitional activities to neutralize effects of moving to a new level or teacher. Provides suggestions for helping adults deal with everyday transitions such…

Presents trends and recommendations arising from the continuing diversification of psychology, highlighting five multicultural themes: diversification of the United States; facilitating difficult dialogues on race, gender, and sexual orientation; spirituality as a basic dimension of the human condition; the invisibility of monoculturalism and…

A Public Education Network poll showed that Americans want to fix public schools, not abandon them. To engage reluctant community members, school leaders must reach beyond parents; organize results-oriented volunteer activities; recognize different communities' needs; work with community-based organizations; and provide clear, accurate…

This study explored how ethnicity influenced sexual identity development in 139 sexual-minority males. Findings demonstrated that participants, regardless of ethnicity, experienced most identity milestones at developmentally appropriate ages, had moderately low internalized homophobia, and became romantically and sexually involved with other males…

Purpose: To investigate individual and contextual antecedents of learning, transfer of learning, training generalization and training maintenance in a work context. Design/methodology/approach: The hypotheses were tested using hierarchical regression analysis on data obtained from 119 employees who attended training programs. Findings: The data…

This article describes the various salient features of a world-class university. Interestingly and intentionally the keywords used in describing it all start with the letters forming the word--WORLD-CLASS. On this note, the model becomes all the more pertinent and the key features easily remembered. (Contains 1 table.)

Several years ago the author attended a week-long orientation for a new job she was taking as an English teacher in an affluent suburb of Chicago. On the first day, the school's director of student activities led all of the new teachers in an "icebreaker," wherein they were taught how to juggle. However, the author could not juggle. When it was…

Over the last 20 years, science-technology-society-environment education (STSE) education has been advocated as a way to advance scientific literacy. However, STSE education represents a broad range of ideologies and orientations. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast two different science curricula through a case study approach.…

Research has established that formative assessment is more likely to produce significant learning gains if students can answer three questions: Where am I going? Where am I now? and How can I close the gap? She offers seven strategies that teachers can use to involve students in the assessment process and ensure that students are the primary users…