Surveys of rural and urban secondary teachers examined teacher stress and burnout. Urban teachers experienced significantly more stress from poor working conditions and staff relations. In both types of schools, student misbehavior and time pressures caused the highest stress. Working conditions and time pressures predicted burnout for rural…

Investigated a secondary student's development of geometric thought during instruction using dynamic computer software. Clinical interviewing determined his predominant level of thought and highlighted the developmental process of geometric reasoning. Four learning stages were identified in terms of symbol, signal, and implicatory practices. Using…

Investigated relationships between school and social factors, reported on the Illinois School Report Card, and student achievement, indicated on the Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP). All of the independent variables except high school per-pupil expenditures significantly related to achievement scores. A school's IGAP achievement score was…

Examined the comparative efficiency of inquiry-group instruction and traditional teaching methods on Taiwanese junior high school students' achievement and attitudes toward earth science. Surveys of students in both groups indicated that students in the inquiry group had significantly higher achievement scores and significantly more favorable…

Surveyed public elementary schools to determine whether they used special-education personnel on their intervention-assistance teams, grouping schools according to their inclusion or noninclusion of special educators and comparing the groups for rate of student retentions and special-education referrals. There were fewer retentions and…

Analyzes the educational discourse surrounding telecommunication exchanges in the classroom, and suggests that much of the current research is contradictory, inconclusive, and possible misleading. Illustrates some of the problems in claims about technology-based education projects. (Contains 149 references.) (Author/SLD)

Reviews theory and research on cross-national (Asian versus American) differences in academic achievement and shows that current research has made claims about achievement motivation with little regard for contemporary theory and formed broad assumptions about the influence of culture while paying only cursory attention to cultural contexts of…

Provides a review and analysis of research targeting the rift separating history written for adults and historical texts aimed at K-12 students. Emphasizes the role of personal agency in historical writing and discusses the relative silence of authorial voices within the discourse of history textbooks. (Contains 120 references.) (Author/SLD)

Compared the effects of three cooperative-learning environments on Israeli seventh graders' mathematical problem solving (metacognitive training, direct strategy instruction, and neither). Pencil-and-paper testing assessed students' problem-solving abilities. Results indicated that students exposed to metacognitive training significantly…

Compared students' acquisition and use of reading strategies and reading attitudes in skills-based and whole-language settings. Participants were low-income first graders. Students completed a common reading task. Researchers coded literacy strategies for self-correction and substitutions and conducted classroom observations. Children in the…

Analyzed data from a 1996 end-of-the-year survey that updated information on schools in the National Network of Partnership Schools, which was designed to build comprehensive programs of school, family, and community partnerships. Results indicated that five ingredients were crucial for partnership success: active and supportive action teams,…

Surveyed 11th graders to examine the relations among mathematics self-efficacy (SE), gender, ethnic identity, and career interests (CI) in mathematics and science. Researchers also examined socioeconomic status (SES) and academic achievement. Science CI was predicted solely by science-mathematics SE. SE was predicted by academic performance and…

Surveyed Canadian teachers to determine leadership sources for implementing new programs and teaching practices. Results indicated that principals were the most widely identified source of leadership in implementing change. There was ambivalence about the perceived effect of principal-assistant principal teams. Teachers considered informal…

Examined the relationship between prior knowledge, learning-strategy use, interest, learning goals, and conceptual understanding among fifth-grade science students. Results of student knowledge tests and a self-report measure of learning goals, interest, and strategy use indicated that the study variables were positively related to each other and…

Explores the nature of a synthetic review of research. A review is "gatekeeping, policing, and productive rather than merely mirroring." A review can inform analyses of policy areas as it recognizes and fosters quality published work. The critical review can provide a basis from which new work can spring. (SLD)