To develop a perspective for assessing the effectiveness of developmental education, we must develop definitions, values, and criteria that permit consistency in analyzing students' learning needs and educational outcomes and in comparing research on developmental education. Research literature shows that a lack of consistent perspectives for…

Twenty years of journal publications of the American Psychological Association were reviewed for ethnic content. Results indicate a significant decline in the number of ethnic content articles published between 1970 and 1989. Potential factors that may influence the decline are presented, and research needs are reviewed. (SLD)

Examines programs of research on teaching for their consideration of teacher intentionality. Neither process-product, cognitive processing, nor reflective teaching research offers a complete account of intentionality. A fully intentional account will allow individual and societal analysis of teaching to help educators understand how their own…

Claim of Michael L. Penn, Stanley O. Gaines, and Layli Phillips (1993) in their article "On the Desirability of Own-Group Preference"--that self-esteem and identity achievement are unrelated to own-group preference--is a matter of controversy. Recommendations are made for research that considers physical features beyond skin color,…

Two studies examined the relationship between a measure of metacognitive word knowledge, the KMA (knowledge monitoring ability), and performance in college. Using undergraduate grade point average in a number of academic domains as criterion measures, this research provides support for the validity of the KMA as a predictor of success in college.…

A review of the research on treatment efficacy for children with hearing loss found that early intervention has long-term positive effects; that a variety of communication modalities exist and research has been more descriptive than prognostic on the choice of modality; and that sensory aids provide different degrees of benefit. (Author/CR)

Describes three experiments with high school and college students concerning learning with ill-structured hypertext; in each study, one different kind of external learning aid (memo pads, learning time, and teaching objectives) was manipulated and examined for its effect on intentional and incidental knowledge acquisition. Findings are discussed…

Presents the results of an analysis of more than 800 articles associated with technology to determine whether valid research results exist to support the growing use of technology in education. Argues that the support given to technology in education is largely based on unfounded and anecdotal evidence. (Author/AEF)

Explores the important but neglected field of primary schoolchildren's attitudes toward the environment, particularly toward issues of pollution, waste, and plants and animals, using a scale in Arabic and English. Shows that environmental-education programs produce only slightly positive results. Gives consideration to further research required to…

Discusses the potential impact of trends in the health-care environment on these aspects of medical education: admissions, faculty, curriculum, and educational outcome. Proposes research questions intended to guide inquiry and empirical studies in each of these four domains. Contains references. (SLD)

Discusses how battered women's experiences with their abusive partners may interfere with their abilities to successfully complete career-related decisions and behaviors. Suggests a developmental framework for services, stressing self-efficacy expectations, as a starting point for both service delivery and empirically based research studies.…

Comments on research related to current controversies in the education of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, including postmodernism, prevention, full inclusion, socialization by peers, and the future of research on social development. (Author/DB)

Describes functional assessment, discusses the need to translate research findings into formats and processes that can be used efficiently in applied settings, and stresses the need for research to continue to build a technology of functional assessment that meets the range of situations faced in schools and communities. (Author/CR)

Proposes and briefly discusses several hypotheses concerning the unique developmental status of peer relations in the first three years of life. Analyzes the meaning of individual differences in very early peer competencies. Suggests that developmental differences in peer relations might translate into hypotheses regarding early individual…

Argues that Basic Writing students, teachers, and scholarship are crucial to enabling colleges and universities to realize their ideals of diversity, interdisciplinarity, and student-centered learning. Calls for more research exploring the potential of basic writing students to develop (and help others develop) "borderland" perspectives which may…