This article presents the authors' perspectives on Electronic Collaborative Educational Learning Laboratory (ECELL), an innovative summer school experiment conducted over 5 years from 1997 to 2001. The authors offer a detailed picture of the ECELL as a philosophy of professional development, as an organizing framework, and as a community of…

Rehabilitation Facilities of Hawaii, Inc. is a non-profit corporation comprised of 12 facilities providing rehabilitation services in the State of Hawaii. Its objective is rehabilitation of severely-disabled individuals. Describes the steps it has taken toward this goal. (Author/RK)

Discussed the search for an adequate motivation for adults interested in learning. (RK)

The success of an institution in recruiting students is directly related to how well it projects its own uniqueness. (GB)

As a statistical model for evaluating research results from intact groups such as classrooms, analysis of covariance has serious limitations in its most commonly-touted form. But it does have potential for investigating phenomena which can, when understood, provide more prescriptive formulations for interventions in the learning process.…

Briefly explores logical analysis and empirical research related to the nature of reading and listening comprehension. Formulates an instructional framework to account for comprehension levels and competencies, giving attention to questioning strategies of value to the practitioner in the classroom. (Author/RK)

Discusses how language cues are used in the reading process, describes a means of evaluating a learner's effectiveness in processing these cues, and suggests ways to help foster more effective reading strategies. (Author/RK)

This article describes past and present economic education programs in Hawaii, and recent findings relating to the effectiveness of these programs and to the current level of economic literacy in Hawaii. (Editor)

Article considers two approaches for developing listening comprehension and outlines studies concerning the evaluation of teaching effectiveness. (Author/RK)

Article surveyed post secondary music education in Hawaii and urged greater inquiry into the area of aesthetics in order to determine if music is an essential aspect of education. (Author/RK)

The implementation of a computer education program in a Hawaiian school is described. The use of the LOGO programing language is central to the program, and teachers' comments on student behaviors and reactions are included. (MNS)

Provides abstracts of six studies investigating: differences in managerial styles and philosophies of, leadership behavior between, and differences in the use of suspensions by male and female administrators; effectiveness of female principals in Hawaii; conditions influencing career aspirations of female teachers and administrators; and…

Describes field experience, integrative, collaborative, systems approach, and institute bilingual teacher training models. Also provides a description and evaluation of a teacher training model at Wayne State University. The study shows that "facility stretching" will strengthen teacher training programs and train teachers who have a greater…

The problems of cultural discontinuity are discussed, showing that it is the lack of understanding of acceptable conventions in day-to-day classroom interactions that cause great difficulty. This is a factor of considerable significance because it results in a form of handicap for the uninitiated student. (JN)