Describes a Texas survey of fourth and eighth graders that examined whether children experience information overload, what strategies they used to reduce it, and what words described their feelings while overloaded. Results are analyzed by grade level, gender, and content, and the role of the school library media specialist is discussed.…

Investigates the relationship between gender and achievement in a computer-integrated, first-year college mainstream calculus course in comparison with a similar non-computer-integrated course. Contains 18 references. (DDR)

Two sets of meta-analyses examined gender effects on parents' observed language with their children. Findings indicated that mothers talked more, used more supportive and negative speech, and less directive and informing speech than fathers. Mothers talked more and used more supportive speech with daughters than sons. Effect sizes depended on…

Studies on race-based admissions, sports and sex, and religion and drugs suggest that: affirmative action policies were successful regarding college admissions; boys who play sports are more likely to be sexually active than their peers, with the opposite true for girls; and religion is a major factor in whether teens use cigarettes, alcohol, and…

Reports differences in Asian and American children in grades two through five in achievement behavior in academic and social domains. Focuses on students' self-reported interest in academic subjects and their perceived competence in those subjects. Conducts comparisons by country, gender, and age. (MMU)

Examines one aspect of the same-sex parent-child hypothesis within the context of mother's versus father's custody. Stresses that the gender of the custodial parent matters very little for the social functioning of the children. Finds the social adjustment of adolescents of divorced parents is somewhat poorer than adolescents from intact families.…

Surveys 80 women teaching K-16 science regarding their most memorable science classes and teacher behaviors of most significant science teachers. Discusses results in three categories: activity-based instructional techniques, instructor relationships, and knowledge and appreciation of science content. Lists 10 recommendations to promote women's…

A discussion of the professional responsibility of law schools focuses on the need to highlight professional issues within the curriculum, pro bono policies, access to and delivery of legal services to those who need them, equal access to legal education, and more effective treatment of issues related to race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual…

Investigated boys' and girls' perceptions of mathematical and scientific higher-order thinking, ways to identify higher order thinking's occurrence, and inquiry methods for developing it in elementary students and preservice teachers. Results indicated that both genders had similar perceptions about inquiry and approaches to higher-order thinking.…

Studied the demographic profiles of entry-level college Spanish teachers and the relationship between demographic factors and hiring practices. Responses of 99 faculty members show that women fare worse than men in terms of salary and tenure-track appointments. Suggests changes to reconcile the pay differential between language and literature…

Examined relationship between child behavior and peer preference from the person-group similarity and the social-skill models with 2,895 first graders. Found support for both predictive models, with the acceptability aggression and withdrawal varying across classrooms and the effects of inattentive/hyperactive behavior and prosocial behavior…

The relationship between cost-efficiency and personal characteristics of 111 supported employees were examined. When sheltered workshops were used as alternative placements, supported employees with high IQS benefited more from employment within the community than did supported employees with lower IQS. From society's perspective, African-American…

Exception is taken to language proposed for a university's sexual-harassment policy, arguing that anything vitiating privacy must have strong, readily apparent benefit for the common good; that students cannot be stripped of their ability to make choices; and that teachers' decisions about consensual sex must be made in context of their own…

Investigated resilience, as assessed by mothers, among 4- to 11-year-old children of Taiwanese immigrant families in the United States. Found that maternal support for child resilience and mixed cultural rearing style was most predictive of children's resilience, but maternal employment was not associated with resilience. Boys were less resilient…

Examined technical and adaptive competence in coping among 97 African-American adolescents with learning disabilities. Findings indicated that short-term, reactive, technical competence was a better predictor of feelings of efficacy, and longer-term, developmental adaptive competence was a better predictor of behavioral problems. Gender subsample…