Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social, and political impact of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research has become a demand of policy makers and society. The international scientific community has made significant advances that have transformed the impact of evaluation landscape. This article reviews the…

This qualitative study of how parents teach their children to excel academically in the African American community seeks to establish the validity of the pedagogical practices of working class African American families by investigating the educational leadership of two families on Chicago's south side. The study acknowledges the significance of…

With rapid developments in information technology (IT) and the increasingly sophisticated abilities of IT users, schools have the inevitable task of integrating IT in their school curriculum. Owing to the prevalent use of educational technology in schools, it is often questioned whether information literacy (IL) is necessary in the school…

The aim of this article is to contribute to the discussion on education in Palestinian/Bedouin society in the Negev in Israel and it proposes the narrative of female trainee teachers as the basis of an analysis of the changing status of Bedouin women and their community. The academic discourse on teaching in Bedouin society ignores the potential…

Research has shown that mindfulness-based treatment interventions may be effective for a range of mental and physical health disorders in adult populations, but little is known about the effectiveness of such interventions for treating adolescent conditions. The present randomized clinical trial was designed to assess the effect of the…

Indicates that malpractice suits are a new feature in education and explains how teachers, universities, and colleges can protect themselves against this threat. (Author/GS)

Expresses concern over high school grading philosophies that allow functional illiterates to graduate and attacks the problem of grade inflation in colleges and universities. (GS)

Explains the use of cassette tapes of discussions on problems included in a chemistry course. The student is aided in converting the sentence form of a problem to the symbolism of mathematics. (GS)

This study was part of a project supported by the Medical Research Committee of the United Liverpool Hospitals, Research Scheme No. 74.

Provides several lists of effective teachers' characteristics. Urges that reading teachers keep these characteristics in mind to improve the learning environment and thus help students become better readers. (RL)

Prescribes ways that teachers can use the tape recorder in reading classrooms. (RL)

American education must reflect the multiethnic origins of its population. Describes a lesson plan for grades K-6 which uses creation myths and folk tales to develop increased self-awareness and positive self-concept in students. (CS)

Briefly describes two antagonistic learning theories: the Association Theory proposed by Skinner and the Field or Cognitive Theory supported by Piaget. Suggests the need for consistency in theoretical approach in the teaching of science at the college level. (JR)

The National Science Foundation is shifting financial support from the traditional inservice programs to a cooperative arrangement between the school or school system and the college or university. (DF)

The editorial maintains that the perspective of hierarchical learning used in school science teaching should also be realized at college level science teaching. Perhaps the best teachers and intense attention should be devoted to the teaching of a introductory course where the concepts upon which further knowledge is based are learned. (PS)