Reviews experimental studies and field investigations of the influence of violence in the mass media on aggressive behavior. Relates this research to recent developments in cognitive psychology. Suggests that the cognitive-neoassociationist hypothesis provides the best explanation for the overall findings and may subsume other hypotheses…

Discussion of the use of telecommunications highlights projects designed by the New York City Board of Education to investigate telecommunications alternatives for the classroom. Telecommunications systems models are described, including electronic bulletin boards and networking; and instructional models are explained, including computer mediated…

Review of research efforts in the area of distance education highlights the theory and basic character of distance education, course development, communication, evaluation, methods of research, and formulation of a research discipline of distance education. Sixty-two references are provided. (LRW)

Calls for differentiating between three kinds of studies of students' conceptions in science, namely descriptive studies, explanatory studies, and studies attempting to foster conceptual change. Cites the literature about student perceptions and science instruction. (TW)

Summarizes the results of a preferred method of study questionnaire in which college students explained how they approached reading a new textbook. Reports that women showed a significant preference for adopting a single method of study. Indicates that there was no discernable relationship between study strategies and college level. (CW)

This paper describes and assesses research in preservice teacher education conducted in Canada over the past 15 years and identifies priorities for improving its quality. It concludes that future research requires understanding the content of teacher education, the options open to planners, and the conceptualizations driving teacher preparation.…

Reviews literacy and reading achievement trends over the past century and places the current debates in a historical perspective. Concludes that upgrading literacy skills now requires new initiatives by coalitions of educators, community groups, employers, and governments. (FL)

Considers both qualitative and quantitative research approaches on second language learning, with focus on second language classroom research. Concludes that both approaches are relevant to determining the important variables to investigate and the relationships those variables have to second language learning outcomes. (Author/CB)

Discusses design and validation of a teacher-managed model employing programed-type learning materials for teaching college-level statistics which matches context of lessons to student background and interests. Current work in developing and field-testing a computer-assisted model of this type for teaching arithmetic concepts to elementary school…

Provides a teacher study questionnaire and tables for two follow-up studies (observational and field) investigating questions of improved achievement through unit construction and increase in the likelihood of teachers employing reading and writing instruction. Concludes efficacy of units on teaching techniques. (JK)

Describes the development, revision, and partial validation of an instrument to assess preservice elementary teachers' process orientation toward science. Suggests that the Process Orientation Toward Science Scale (POTSS) be used as a diagnostic measure of preservice elementary teachers' process orientation toward science and understanding of the…

Argues that the public distrusts the educational system because it feels the system resists evaluation, has fuzzy objectives, is awash in theory, is against research, ignores the costs to the public, and is preoccupied with political concerns. Suggests that communication between parents, teachers, and the public may help change these views. (SRT)

Reports use of social networking to recruit 64 Mexican-American children for an assessment of diet and exercise habits. Describes friendship, social, consanguineal, and coparenthood networks. Compares results of direct contact versus network contact. Discusses implications for recruiting ethnic groups for research. (LFL)

Relates, in third-grade students' own words, the rewards and difficulties of creative writing in the classroom. (NKA)

Three non-Christian social scientists spent a year studying the educational environment and practices of a fundamentalist school, the Bethany Baptist Academy. One of the researchers describes how he reacted to the field work and describes the deception that researchers as participant observers often use to obtain data. (RM)