In a study, kindergarten and third grade students were given handwriting copying practice using different perceptual prompts to reproduce model letter forms. Results indicate that groups trained with perceptual prompts produced more accurate reproductions. (Author/JN)

A study examined the effect of teacher transitions and lesson content on lesson effectiveness as perceived by high school English students. A lesson was presented involving parallel sentence structure, and students were tested on comprehension of the material. Results indicate that teacher transitions significantly affected achievement but…

A study investigated performance assessments for student teachers involving self-evaluation, supervising teachers' evaluations, and college faculty supervisors' evaluations. Results show that student teachers' self-evaluations were significantly higher than either academic or field supervisor's ratings. (JN)

Two studies examined an observation instrument designed to obtain frequency counts on the behaviors of learning disabled children during small group instruction. Findings indicate that intervention strategies designed to modify behaviors in disabled children may have positive effects on their academic progress and that observation of their…

Scholars have observed the historical change in emphasis in American society from Anglo conformity and the melting pot to the notions of cultural mosaic and cultural pluralism. A large number of institutions offer studies of ethnicity, racism, cultural differences, value clarification, and experience in teaching from a multicultural perspective.…

Little is know about the educational, social, and psychological problems that migrant worker children experience. This paper juxtaposes what we know about domestic migrant worker children with what is being discovered about international migrant worker counterparts. The educational experiences in the country of origin and receiving nation are…

Despite recent activities and the mounting of significant bilingual education efforts at federal and state levels, most schools and their personnel still do not respond as positively as they should to culturally different students. Statistics relevent to Hispanics as the U.S.'s largest ethnolinguistic group are given. (CE)

Cultural values must be identified and cultural orientations must be accurately reflected in school evaluations. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights shows that in five achievement areas--school holding power, reading achievement, grade repetition, overageness, and participation in extra-curricular activities--Mexican Americans performed…

Conditions are specified under which classroom organization during instruction produces greater or lesser differentiation between performance levels of minority and non-minority students. This study examines within-classroom differentiation along ethnic lines under different organizational conditions. Standardized tests are sensitive to ethnic…

Implementation of high-quality early childhood education programs in African-American communities is seen as one response to promoting and perpetuating biculturalism in African Americans. Characteristics of this cultural transition system are described and issues that need to be addressed by the educational research and development community are…

A staff development technical assistance service delivery model, developed by the California State University at Los Angeles Desegregation Training Institute, is described. This model was implemented in the Los Angeles City Unified School District to meet its desegregation challenge and to provide equitable educational services to all its…

This article first reviews the extent of Indonesia's cultural diversity and then considers the sorts of educational measures being used for attacking associated problems and for taking advantage of opportunities that this pluralism affords. (Author/AL)

The origins and purpose of Canada's federal multicultural policy are described. The problematic relationship between such policy and public education is discussed. (Author/AL)

The results of a survey designed to determine how teacher educators assess the status of American multicultural teacher education are described. Issues are raised around the commitment and implementation of several aspects of multicultural teacher preparation. (Author/AL)

This article delineates certain concepts aimed at improving the process of program evaluation in bilingual education. Educationally defensible and politically-free approaches to such evaluation are recommended. (Author/AL)