Describes how two low-achieving, high-poverty school districts raised the test scores of their students. The El Centro school district's inquiry-science approach raised elementary science test scores, as well as mathematics and reading scores. Twin Falls improved test scores by adopting the Standardized Timed Curriculum, which involved components…

Outlines how the Race Relations Amendment Act should contribute to addressing issues of underachievement and low expectations in London and throughout the United Kingdom, describing the responsibility of schools to prepare and maintain written race equality policies; assess and monitor the impact of policies on diverse staff, students, and…

Examines a number of language-related discourses about students'"problems" engaging higher education at a historically black South African university. These dominant discourses are then linked to Street's "autonomous" model of literacy and Rampton's "autonomous" model of applied linguistics in order to interrogate…

Examines neo-Marxist curriculum theories and the mainstream liberal concept of multiculturalism. An alternative nonsynchronous approach to multicultural education is based on the theory that individuals and groups in relation to economic, political, and cultural institutions have different and often conflicting outlooks at the same time. (JD)

Difficulty in distinguishing mildly handicapped students from low-achieving children at risk for school failure resulting from socioeconomic and other factors is resulting in an apparent overidentification of students as handicapped. Strategies for improving the education of at-risk students, such as early childhood education programs, smaller…

The study found the on-task behavior of one of two high-achieving as well as of a low-achieving fifth graders increased when the difficulty level of mathematics problems was manipulated to insure a greater than 70 percent success rate. (DB)

Whether the noting of ideas in a text (by underlining, highlighting, or taking notes) is a mediating variable between importance and the learning of those ideas was assessed, using 160 college students. Ability, prereading of main idea questions, and retrospective probe questions were also assessed as variables. (TJH)

Recent research on effective classroom management practices is summarized. Effective practices include organizing classroom space, establishing rules, developing classroom procedures, maintaining the learning environment (e.g., matching instruction to individual needs and monitoring pupil performance), and assessing the effectiveness of management…

High- and low-achieving readers in kindergarten and first-grade were evaluated for differences in the use of decontextualized language. The cohesion present in stories retold by the 150 subjects was evaluated for unity and coherence. Results indicated that low achievers in reading exhibited less cohesion in their use of decontextualized language.…

This study examined effects of achievement on the peer status of Mexican American elementary students (n=43) with learning disabilities (LD) in academic and play contexts. Mexican American students with LD received significantly lower sociometric scores than low-achieving nondisabled Mexican American peers even in classrooms where all students…

This study examined the social attributions of 32 students with learning disabilities (LD) compared to those of 29 nonlearning-disabled low achieving and 33 average-achieving students. Students with LD were more likely to use external factors in explaining their social successes and failures, while attributing their successes to internal factors.…

A three-year experiment was carried out with the goal of helping low achieving high school students progress to matriculation level. Results show a change in the class atmosphere, and students' self-image and motivation improved. High achievers in technology studies in mechanics increased, and nonmatriculating students decreased. (LZ)

Differences in how more and less successful readers use selective attention, and whether these differences influence what is learned and recalled were studied with 45 college students. Results reveal different reading patterns for the two groups. The discussion focuses on aspects of the selective attention strategy. (SLD)

This study investigated whether level of achievement and difficulty of task influenced preferences for feedback when doing computerized grammar exercises among high- and low-achievement college students in a third-semester German course. It found that achievement and difficulty of task had no significant impact. (63 references) (MDM)

This study investigated diagnosis of learning problems in 177 boys (ages 6-13) with behavior problems. The standard score discrepancy method and standard score plus low achievement method were more likely to identify children with above-average intelligence quotients as learning disabled, whereas a regression approach identified learning…