Identifies barriers to the recruitment and retention of Pacific Islanders in higher education by using student enrollment and matriculation data and information from student surveys and focus groups. Describes a program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to recruit and retain Pacific Islanders. (SLD)

Analyzes tutoring and other educational programs offered for Southeast Asian refugees at a social service site. Data gathered by observers show the importance of the supportive climate and the teaching occurring during tutoring, English-as-a-Second-Language classes, and informal play. (SLD)

Introduces a three-year research project designed to answer the questions of how schools can better meet the educational needs of individuals from underrepresented groups. Provides overviews of a case study of a preservice teacher of Hawaiian ethnicity and a set of case studies of five Hawaiian women throughout their educations. (SLD)

Examines the use of mental, written, and calculator strategies of numerical computation by 56 upper primary students. Finds that students introduced to a "calculator-aware" curriculum make greater use of mental computation, particularly multiplication strategies based on distribution and compensation. Notes implications for models of numerate…

Observes that the United Kingdom's National Curriculum pressures primary teachers to change their teaching methods, but research shows equivocal results. Argues that the problem stems from the way characteristics of classroom organization have been defined in various studies. Reports on nine case studies of change in rural primary schools. (DSK)

Observes that student breaktimes are often seen as problems by teachers and that there are signs that breaktime is being reduced; however, breaktimes may have important social value for students. Reports on the results of a national survey in the United Kingdom about breaktime and teacher perceptions of its value. (DSK)

Reports on a study of primary student-teachers' perceptions of their experience in schools during student teaching; the effectiveness of university-based courses in preparing them to teach the arts; and their perceptions of support given to them by the teachers training them to teach art, dance, drama, and music in schools. (DSK)

Introduces a set of companion essays that examine reviews as a mode of inquiry. Explores the practice and outcomes of reviews in their political and conceptual contexts as research methodology and considers what a review is, what it reveals, who benefits from a review, and the actions implied by review findings. (SLD)

Describes the role of interpretive reviews as more than just a way to evaluate research findings in light of established theories and methods. The interpretive review should help the reader reconfigure new, more inclusive, and more promising perspectives on human views and actions. (SLD)

While traditional literature reviews have functioned to clarify a single field, the interpretive review may contribute to research that challenges the perceptual habits of reviewers and extends the ways in which research questions can be constructed and studied. The interpretive review may bring many disciplines together for a new approach to the…

Explores the purposes of reviews of educational literature in the context of contemporary educational theories. A review, whether explicitly seen as interpretive or not, represents a form of technical knowledge appropriate to a particular conception of education as technical, effective action. (SLD)

Presents a measurement framework in which skilled estimators move between written or verbal linear measurements and representations of their corresponding magnitudes on a mental number line. Reviews efforts to teach measurement estimation and suggests ways to extend students' understanding of measurement scales and systems. (Author/SLD)

A meta-analysis of 21 instructional treatments aimed at enhancing the skill of deliberately deriving word meaning from context during reading shows a medium effect size of 0.43 standard deviation units. Exploratory multilevel regression shows that clue instruction appears more effective than other instruction types or practice alone. (Author/SLD)

Examined how family and parenting variables influenced late adolescents' educational expectations. Surveys of parents and students when students were high school seniors and two years beyond high school indicated that socioeconomic status most strongly related to educational expectations. Adolescents' perceptions of parents' personal involvement…

Self-report surveys of urban middle and high school students assessed changes in their motivation as they entered and exited an alternative learning program that emphasized academic skills, self-esteem, and social skills. Students who completed the program experienced increases in extrinsic motivation, self-esteem, and persistence toward learning…