Significant correlations were obtained between student ratings of the effectiveness of the guidance program and Personal Orientation Inventory scales of Time Competence and Spontaneity. Thus, the more actualizing the counselor as measured by POI, the more likely the students were to assign high ratings to the school guidance program. (Author/DEP)

Reports on a study to examine a method for increasing spelling and sight word reading accuracy, by incorporating spelling and reading remediation techniques. Reports a mean gain of 2.6 years for spelling and 1.6 years for sight word recognition. (RAE)

Examined relationship between high school juniors' (N=163) perception of school, grade point averages (GPAs), and loneliness. Results showed students reporting higher levels of loneliness indicated they had poorer quality social experiences, perceived the classroom environment to be of lower quality, believed consequences of school work to be…

Presents a three-day lesson, which requires students to evaluate selected Supreme Court cases and determine how they think the cases were decided and which amendments were applicable. Includes eighteen cases for student deliberation, followed by the actual Supreme Court decisions. (GEA)

Reviews the range of data gathered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 1984 concerning the reading and writing levels of 11th-graders. Discusses observable trends, differences between white and minority student scores, student perceptions about their reading and writing skills, and implications of the data for educational…

Investigated the laboratory behavior strategies of 600 class five biology students (319 boys and 281 girls) associated with attitudes toward laboratory work and improved performance in such practical skills as planning and design of experiments and the observation, recording, and interpretation of data. (JN)

In this paper we deal with the problem of the genetic relationship between the sensual and the conceptual in knowledge formation. Transcript and videotape analyses of two small groups of a regular Grade 11 mathematics class shed some light on the dialectics between semiotic activity and artefact-mediated kinesthetic actions. The analyses point to…

This annotated bibliography identifies the English language resources endorsed by Alberta, Canada and all Western Canadian Protocol (WCP) jurisdictions implementing The Common Curriculum Framework for K-12 Mathematics Grade 10 to Grade 12. The WCP resources in this bibliography were selected through a collaborative review process based on their…

In general, faults did make the items easier, with the largest effects occurring for cue and grammar contaminations. (Authors)

In this study of incidental learning effects upon listening ability, 135 eleventh grade students participated in a program of testing and training in note-taking skills. (Authors)

Investigated what physics students (N=38) recalled from reading text material related to energy transfer. Four different groups of students, each recalling different sets of propositions, were identified suggesting that science educators cannot assume that all students in a class will recall identical information from the assignment of a reading…

To motivate her eleventh-grade honors classes to study "Moby Dick," the author had the students publish newspapers to entertain the crew of the "Pequod" on its long voyage. (Author/SJL)