Describes a classroom demonstration that uses daily horoscopes to show the effect that expectation can have on judgment. Addresses the preparation, procedure, and results of the demonstration, and student evaluations. States that the demonstration appears to be effective for teaching students about expectancy confirmation. (CMK)

Surveys the implementation of language experience and considers its benefits. Describes how teachers use language experience to demonstrate that language is used to express ideas and thoughts. Concludes that literacy educators need to redouble efforts to model Language Experience at all levels of professional development and to link theory with…

Summarizes evidence from two evaluative studies of the initial training course for new teaching staff at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Findings indicate that the course has had a positive effect for most of the participants. Presents evidence of the positive feedback in the form of comments from several participants. Attitude statements used in…

An Illinois district is reaping the benefits of a teacher job-sharing program. Planners must consider daily common planning time; notification deadlines for job-sharing decisions and finding partners; requirements for attendance at school meetings and functions; effects on salary, benefits, and tenure; and eligibility requirements. (MLH)

Presents a high school student's description in class of her deep connection to Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," and how it offers a glimpse of the vast interior lives of women. (SR)

First-year engineering students at Robert Gordon University (Scotland) were presented with a task-oriented induction program. Students were divided into groups and assigned a facilitator, later personal tutor, to whom they could refer. Student reaction to the experience was very favorable. Effect on progression rates is yet to be determined. (AEF)

Examines a subset of oral responses young children (grades K-2) make during interactive read-alouds of picture storybooks. Describes this set of responses and does some theoretical speculation about how educators might understand them. Describes how knowledge of the various types of these responses could be put into practical use in classrooms.…

A study of schools in two English local education authorities found that time spent teaching Shakespeare increases in Year 9 now that the National Curriculum mandates testing on Shakespeare. However, restrictions on the choice of plays is limiting teaching methods and diminishing student learning and enjoyment of the subject. (SK)

Describes a project that used a multimedia tool, Hyperstudio, to facilitate collaborative critical inquiry in the classrooms. Discusses the students' reaction, infusing academic rigor into multimedia projects, students' accomplishments and approach to challenges, and project evaluation. Sidebars list steps in conducting multimedia projects and…

Summarizes Carol Kuhlthau's research on the information search process. Discusses how Kuhlthau's model of students' information search process (ISP) has been integrated into a course at Arizona State University and is being used experimentally as a training tool in the library's reference services. Selected student responses to research process…

States that applied research is the domain of faculty members, not just institutional researchers. Describes several ways in which faculty members at Harcum Junior College assessed the effects of their own teaching through a year-long assessment project that studied the effects of the Classroom Assessment Techniques (CAT) on students' learning…

Presents qualitative information about the persistence of GED students enrolled in a four-year institution; in-depth interviews of twelve students taken from a sample of 251 GED students enrolled during a specific semester provide themes of persistence. Many financial, social, and academic factors were found to influence whether students remain in…

Offers a lesson where each student draws a tool, such as a pipe wrench or a hand drill, and makes the tool look as if it is floating on the paper. Enhances the lesson by also having the students write a reaction, poem/prose, or biography about their tool drawing. (CMK)

Presents nine student responses to "Pink and Say" by Patricia Polacco. Gives the students opinion and often times their response to some of the scenarios presented by the book. (SG)

Discusses typical first days of college courses. Describes a first day activity called "Who is the Professor?" that challenges students' expectations about learning and motivates students to wonder about social life. Presents a modification of the activity and considers suggestions, limitations, and challenges. (CMK)