Presents a model of youth transition from education to work that takes into account the disrupting effects of global economic crisis and massive computerization. Suggests that investment in new technologies reduces employment and polarizes remaining jobs to unskilled and highly skilled categories. Discusses psychosocial integration strategies…

Presents a conceptual framework of educational diagnosis based on formative evaluation. Describes a computer-based diagnostic system that maximizes the coherence and effectiveness of obtained information by generating a structural diagnosis of the nature of student errors and a causal diagnosis related to teaching methods. Contains 64 references.…

Two Quebec studies of kindergarten students who also attended school-based day care programs examined the environments provided by both services, continuity or discontinuity of environments as related to child development and adjustment, and the extent of communication and collaboration between educators in the two services. (SV)

Examines conceptions of the nature of organizational effectiveness and the characteristics of effective organizations. Reviews school effectiveness literature. Proposes that school effectiveness be assessed on the basis of performance expectations formulated by constituents and that effectiveness research adopt a configurational approach…

Seven chapters consider what learning is and what counts as learning in the context of formal schooling. How qualitative research assists in this examination is explored. Qualitative research is an indispensable tool in the repertoire of research approaches that will illuminate learning discourse. (SLD)

Recent Canadian studies of gender differences in science achievement suggest that science achievement, attitudes, and participation are interrelated. Also noted is a female focus on getting the right answer rather than understanding the process. Participation differences among provinces and between English and French speakers are discussed.…

Examines a demographic or cohort size explanation of why Newfoundland high school girls outperform boys academically. Analysis of data on 317 tenth graders supports the model but indicates that student perceptions of their school lives influenced their well-being and their reading and mathematics achievement. Contains 49 references. (SV)

Among 238 Canadian high school seniors who took a science achievement test, 15 were interviewed afterward. Girls scored lower than boys and more frequently cited school experiences (rather than informal experiences or common knowledge) as the basis for answers. Some items elicited spontaneous negative reactions from girls but not boys. Contains 55…

A three-year study of Saskatchewan high school sophomores found consistent male advantage in mathematics concepts, computation, and problem solving, which was unrelated to classroom behaviors or cognitive structures. Gender differences on 1978 and 1985 provincial achievement subtests are examined for grades 4, 7, and 10. Contains 50 references.…

Two biographies of Sir Cyril Burt argue the case of Britain's most famous psychologist, accused of academic fraud relating to his studies of IQ and heredity. The verdict is unclear, but lessons abound for social science researchers, students, universities, and investigators of research fraud. Contains 62 references. (SV)

Reviews "The Kohlberg Legacy for the Helping Professions," by Lisa Kuhmerker, that introduces Kohlberg's research and theory; focuses on its relevance for teachers, religious educators, and counselors; and portrays the man within the theory. Discusses the convergence of Kohlberg's legacy with character and virtue psychology. Contains 33…

The concept of metacognition is discussed, with a review of attempts at definition. A. Brown's (1987) four historical roots of metacognition--verbal reports as data, executive control, self-regulation, and other-regulation--are summarized. Influence from the developmental theory of L. S. Vygotsky (1978) may result in a clearer conceptualization of…

Some recent methods are presented for analyzing categorical data from complex surveys involving clustering familiar in educational research. Methods that provide first-order corrections to standard multinomial-based chi-square tests by taking into account survey design effects are highlighted. Design-based calculation techniques guarantee that the…

A survey of 57 beginning teachers in Newfoundland, most of them in rural schools, revealed teachers' needs for inservice education in techniques of classroom and instructional management, and their concerns about teachers' legal rights and special problems related to teaching in small rural schools. Contains 31 references. (SV)

A phenomenological analysis of interviews with four beginning elementary school teachers examined their experiences of support in a new situation and the themes of support allowing growth choices; support through comparisons with others; and needs for reciprocity of support, appropriate levels of support, concreteness and specificity, and…