Investigated student teachers' and preservice counselors' attitudes toward sex roles, examining whether variables like gender, years at the university (or grade level), and area of study within the department of education would affect their attitudes. Surveys indicated that students differed in attitudes toward sex roles by gender and area of…

Describes the development of a distance education program within one Slovenian university's department of economics, showing how the synergy created through the combination of existing resources as well as the local and social educational environment with outside expertise brought about a self-sustainable distance education program and improved…

Surveyed Greek state-run day care centers regarding the inclusion of preschool children with special needs. Results indicated that these children were grossly underserved. Though 10 percent of the general population has special needs, only 2.5 percent of the centers' total enrollment had special needs. Despite limited support, nearly half of the…

Investigated Israeli college teachers' attitudes toward the new Staff Promotion Programme, which was designed to elevate teachers' positions by establishing criteria for promotion, emphasizing research rather than teaching at higher promotional levels. Faculty interviews and surveys indicated that respondents preferred to be evaluated according to…

Investigated Greek elementary teachers' personal theories on student writing. Surveys of teachers from urban and suburban schools indicated that teachers considered good writing a gift, not a teachable skill. They viewed the teachers' role as that of a judge, not a helper or collaborator, and students' writing as a product, not a process and as…

Examined perceptions of Turkish university stakeholders regarding current and future roles of Middle East Technical University (METU). Respondents viewed METU primarily as a teaching institution, and they considered research and service very important. Three other functions ascribed to METU were: its leading role in the country's economic and…

Describes the development of private higher education in Jordan, analyzing major challenges associated with the privatization of education and evaluating Jordan's experience in meeting the educational needs of the country as well as neighboring countries. Raises questions that have a bearing on issues related to the efficiency of education,…

Focus groups with young Maltese children investigated how they perceived adult-rated material on television and how this related to their understanding of how adulthood differs from childhood. Contends that younger children's understanding of adult is often created from disjointed, commodified fragments that inform their attempts to distance…

Investigated the extent to which 10 top-ranked global issues were covered on six popular Greek television stations, examining patterns in headline content and program descriptions from a television guide magazine. Results found that the priority of commercial criteria dominated over quality, especially in privately operated stations. There was a…

Examined the influence of four empowerment dimensions (decision latitude, job responsibility, job involvement, and enabling environment) on work-related outcome behaviors (e.g., intrinsic motivation, job satisfaction, intention to turnover, commitment, and job frustration) among Maltese teachers. Job involvement contributed significantly to nearly…

Uses interviews with 72 pupils in grades 2-6 to investigate awareness of the relation between situation and computation in simple quotitive and partitive division problems as informally and formally experienced. Concludes that formal division, understood as related to everyday situations, only depends in interplay with informal knowledge.…

Investigates whether the reasons for deaf children's poor achievement lie in their strategy development. Reports that structural aspects of sign language counting may influence deaf children's thinking in a way that does not lead to a developed conceptual knowledge base, but rather to refined procedural competence. (Contains 31 references.)…

Examines the computational strategies of 10 young street vendors in Beirut by describing, comparing, and analyzing computational strategies used in solving three types of problems: (1) transactions in the workplace; (2) word problems; and (3) computation exercises in a school-like setting. Indicates that vendors' use of semantically-based mental…

Interviews 53 sixth grade students individually in an attempt to discover whether wrong interpretations of the algebraic structure found in an algebraic context occurs in a purely numerical context. Concludes that students' difficulties with the algebraic structure were also found in purely numerical contexts. (Contains 27 references.) (Author/ASK)

Students' belief that a larger number has more factors is outlined as a particular example of 'the more of A, the more of B' intuitive rule. Discusses the robustness of this belief by demonstrating students' tendency to perceive conflicting evidence as an exception to the rule. Considers some pedagogical approaches. (Contains 12 references.)…