FARM Cheque is a system that integrates technical and farm management advice to provide detailed accounting information to farmers. The program has recordkeeping, software, advisory, and database components. (SK)

Describes the beginnings of the Foxfire instructional approach; its spread in eastern Kentucky, supported by the Eastern Kentucky Teachers Network; and its special relevance for rural and Appalachian children. Includes comments by teachers and students about their educational experiences and class projects. (SV)

This interview with a longtime experiential educator focuses on effective ways of implementing educational change in a school--by developing trust and communication in the school, working with the strengths of the teachers and principal, expecting improvement, and understanding that change is a slow evolutionary process. (SV)

A study investigated the process and outcomes associated with research-to-practice strategies in three schools during a three and a half-year project. The interrelated phases of the process were the establishment of an empirical foundation, the design and implementation of school-based interventions, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of the…

Details study of adolescents in York County, Pennsylvania, to determine processes by which maltreated children develop adaptive personalities despite aversive family experiences. Discusses five themes that provide cues to behavior in new environments viewed as unsafe by the child: loyalty to parents, normalizing the abusive environment,…

Notes that attachment behavior in infants is a facet of normal child development, and that children with attachment problems require special attention during and after the adoption process. Presents actions needed to increase the probability that such children can be successfully adopted, detailed attachment patterns, and parenting strategies and…

An overview of the psychological literature provides support for theoretical explanations of the rapid adoption of facilitated communication for use with individuals with severe communication disorders, despite the lack of empirical support. The influence of cognitive biases, ambiguous stimuli, biases in data, psychological influences, and social…

Illustrates how the gap between educational research and educational practices can be bridged by describing laboratory work on the effectiveness of particular mnemonic strategies with students with learning disabilities, followed by efforts in adapting these strategies to school curriculum and testing the strategies in classroom applications.…

Examines students' perceptions of their experiences with a virtual campus policy at Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom). Discusses how they are reacting to greater use of information and communication technologies (ICT), their relationship with faculty and peer groups, and the possible adoption of new strategies for studying and learning.…

Summarizes data on the emotional and social development of disturbed children placed for fostering or adoption. Presents some of the characteristics of postplacement support services as well as information on how these services must be improved to facilitate successful child placements. (HTH)

Reviews the literature on world-system theory and critical thinking about class relations to examine differences in thinking about the responses of subordinate actors to hegemony. Suggests an agency-oriented agenda for world-system inquiry in comparative education that focuses on resistance and accommodation by periphery students and educators to…

This article reviews key findings from school-reform studies of the 1980s on sustained use of effective teacher practices in the classroom and explains their relevance to special education. Recent findings are also highlighted and unresolved issues are identified. An appendix lists sustainability factors and issues. (Contains references.)…

This article argues that to reduce adaptation of questionable interventions more emphasis needs to be placed on the history of special education, specifically effective and ineffective interventions. It further suggests that educators more familiar with special education history will be better prepared to discriminate effective from ineffective…

Examined the effects of infant simulators (computerized dolls designed to simulate normal infants) on 236 8th-grade students. Findings indicated that the doll experience had a significant impact on the students, especially females. It helped them to learn about the challenges of infant care, and to think of the implications before engaging in…

Interviewed adopted college students regarding perceptions of adoptive family life. Found that overall satisfaction with adoptive status and family life was the strongest predictor of perceived general family environment. Perception of adoptive parents' communication styles predicted different aspects of family environment. Acknowledgment of life…