Describes the processes utilized during the Symposium on Catholic Education held in 1976 and concludes with comments upon those processes. (Author/RK)

Enrollment shifts create several planning and financial problems for school districts accustomed to continued growth and rising budgets; however they can also signal new possibilities for quality integrated education both in cities and metropolitan areas. (Author/AM)

Responds to an article that explored heterosexist bias in seven widely used assessment instruments. Praises the article's authors for raising this issue and explores their recommendation that norms appropriate to lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations be developed. Argues that bias can pervade the whole assessment process--not just the testing…

Investigated whether runaway behavior could be related to six problematic areas. Selected scales of the Personality Inventory for Children, representing the six areas, were hypothesized to discriminate between an adolescent runaway group (N=60) and a control group (N-60). The runaway group was not significantly different from a known clinical…

Reprints three items that appeared in the media that were developed into mathematical problems. Items include a commentary called Junk the Penny, a sale advertisement for a department store, and a sports column with statistics. Eighteen questions are provided along with answers. A graphing calculator is suggested for some problems. (PVD)

Reviews changing patterns of health and illness that have led to increased interest in the role of patient and provider behaviors, discussing the advantages of using health care settings as prevention sites. Presents examples of successful behaviorally-based prevention programs, offering evidence supporting their cost-effectiveness. Describes…

Describes a problem that appeared in the April, 1999 issue of this journal and analyzes student responses and misconceptions. The problem concerns exponential progressions. (KHR)

Presents students' various solutions to a word problem. (KHR)

Describes different solution strategies used by students for a problem on the cost of talking on the phone. (YDS)

Describes student solutions to a "Food for Thought" problem using different strategies. (YDS)

Poses the Fractionberry Pie problem to teach students fractions. (Author/NB)

Presents solutions to the Have a Heart problem that appeared in the February 2002 issue of this journal. (Author/NB)

Presents the March Mathness problem which allows students to mathematically analyze familiar situations. Uses sports as the analogy. (Author/NB)

Provides descriptive account of one common type of out-of-home placement for children, residential treatment center. Attempts to portray daily life in children's residential program by spending day with seven-year-old boy in residential treatment. Describes morning and school routine; afternoon routine of homework, chores, individual counseling,…

Describes a problem-based learning strategy which helps train principals for an increasingly demanding job. Conceptualizes problem-based learning; provides a rationale for this strategy; and uses a real example from a course in problem-based learning taught at the University of Georgia. (RS)