This manual, designed to help public libraries in Arizona to plan their summer reading programs for children, celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Arizona Reading Program. The material in the manual is prepared for libraries to adapt for their own uses. Chapters of the manual include: (1) Introductory Materials; (2) Goals, Objectives and…

Sloyd (craft and design) education in Swedish comprehensive high schools was examined in a national evaluation. During the first phase of the evaluation, questionnaires were completed by 1,314 grade 9 students and 101 teachers. For a 10-week period, 200 of those students and their teachers kept diaries describing their work in craft and design. In…

This study surveyed 111 women faculty in four-year nursing education programs who were also enrolled in doctoral study to determine the stresses involved in balancing the two roles of teacher and student. The theoretical framework was an extension of Cutrona and Russell's social support model which proposes that stressful life events impact…

This paper is an in-depth investigation of classroom language learning motivation in a Korean high school. Understanding the source of motivation and development of motivation is very important for educational and pedagogical purposes. This study surveyed 192 Korean high school students' orientations for learning English to discover what kinds of…

Working on an open-ended task such as designing an engineering artifact is a rich learning experience for students, although they generally receive little direct guidance and instruction from their professors. In order to be successful on such a task, students need to set reasonable goals for themselves and adopt intrinsic standards for success so…

This bulletin reports the results of a study conducted to obtain information on State certification requirements. A letter in the form of a questionnaire was sent to all 48 State departments of education requesting information on their requirements for certification of: (1) Secondary physical education teachers; (2) Secondary health education…

This bulletin brings together from several sources information on the "what" and the "how" of core curriculum practice. Many articles and brochures are in print describing aspects of the core in individual schools and school systems. Information about characteristics of the core curriculum is readily available in the…

Purpose: This study examined the professional and research needs of distance learning librarians in higher education in order to inform program development by the Association of College Libraries Distance Learning Section. Methodology: 270 members of the section completed a 23 item online questionnaire on distance learning librarians' work…

The current study was designed to examine performance effects and fatigue effects associated with different total SAT testing times. In addition, the researchers examined personality, motivation, and other determinants of individual differences in examinee fatigue before, during, and after testing.

In the fall of 2004, following a series of conversations with the accreditation community on the topic of providing additional information to the public, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) contracted with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to conduct a survey of accrediting organizations on this…

Compares types of outdoor activities chosen by school teachers v community leaders. Suggests providing teachers with many activities to select from rather than providing a few activities containing a lot of content material. (Author/SK)

Investigates 81 first, second, and third-generation Mexican American male adolescents to test whether integration with traditional Mexican American culture promotes healthy psychological adjustment and less juvenile delinquency. Finds no differences in educational aspiration, but that third-generation subjects had lower expectations, higher…

Specific techniques and instruments for evaluating and grading experiential programs in criminal justice education are provided. The approach utilizes student teams and accepts the evaluation and grading standards usually employed in traditional programs. Essential skills are listed and sample evaluation forms are provided. (Author/MLW)

Sets out the advantages of a functional/notional syllabus as opposed to a grammatical syllabus. Presents topics around which to build a functional/notional syllabus in teaching college-level French. Makes suggestions, based on students' perception of their communicative needs, for the sequencing of these materials. (PMJ)

Two studies contrasted formal and informal teaching practices in open-plan and conventional classrooms, focusing on grouping patterns and pupil choice as discriminative components of teaching style. (BW)