A 3-year study of 50 health occupations and trade and industrial preservice teachers in an alternative teacher education program included a simulation work exercise and analysis of instructional materials. Informal workplace learning resulted in implicit knowledge in the first year of practice. Critical practice was shown to be an important model…

To identify a procedure for establishing cut scores for National Occupational Competency Testing Institute examinations in Pennsylvania, an expert panel assessed written and performance test items for minimally competent workers. Recommendations about the number, type, and training of judges used were made. (Contains 18 references.) (SK)

Describes a focused synthesis study involving interviews with stakeholders of an employer-linked charter school. Discusses concerns about charter schools, their relationship to economic development, and the employer-linked charter school as a model for worker development in a new economy. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)

Compares developmental trends, theories, and philosophical perspectives in career and technical education in Europe, the United States, and Taiwan. Describes the European model as based on social action and workplace reform, the U.S./Taiwanese model as focused on human resource development and economic growth. (Contains 21 references.) (SK)

Undergraduate metals technology students (n=52) took a multiple-choice test, 49 a matching test, and 47 no test. All took an unannounced delayed retention test 3 weeks later. Initial testing aided retention, with no differences between matching and multiple-choice groups. The matching group had a small but significant score increase on new…

Career and technical education (CTE) secondary students (n=48) received an instructional intervention in generalizable math skills. Compared with 36 controls, math grades and coursework were equivalent; the intervention resulted in significantly higher math achievement and attitudes. Generalizable math was responsive to individual program…

Responses from 11 of 17 plastics employers showed a low level of satisfaction with community college plastics courses. Focus groups of 10 plastics students indicated satisfaction with course costs and locations. Courses focused on associate degree requirements and articulation, whereas employers were interested in focused training for jobs and…

A study of 133 industrial technical teacher educators found that demographic factors (age, years in position, years in teacher education) explain only a small amount of variance in job satisfaction. Results were similar to a 1997 sample, except the current group was more satisfied with the nature of work and less with operating conditions.…

Sketches the background of the issue "Teams, Communities and Networks", reflects the increasing importance of its theme, and introduces four contributions that include two research papers, one paper dedicated to "Teacher Education Around the World", and a book review. (Author/KHR)

Discusses professional development intervention that attempted to start a professional community of secondary mathematics teachers through in-service work on mathematical problem solving and technology. Suggests that use of mathematical content explorations in professional development settings help mathematics teachers build professional…

Examines values that seven secondary geometry teachers placed on their participation in a school-based study group and the organizational structure and the impact of that structure on teachers' continued participation in the study group. Shows that the teachers were supported in building community and relationships, making connections across…

Describes an innovative outreach program integrated with a university curriculum in which a group of pre-service teachers taking mathematics education as a major were involved in teaching mathematics to girls at Tennyson House. Reflects on what was experienced and learned from the intervention in terms of three aspects: (1) learning about…

Explores the influence of student teachers' subject matter knowledge on the process of pedagogical reasoning and the influence of images of mathematics, teaching, and learning on student teachers' organization of subject matter. Four student teachers differed in subject-matter knowledge both in aspects of concepts they emphasized and in the use of…

Investigates the arithmetic and algebra word problem-solving skills and strategies of future primary and secondary school teachers. Describes the evolution of these skills and strategies from the beginning to the end of teacher education. Indicates that, in the education of preservice primary and secondary school teachers, there is need for an…

Explores elementary school teachers' beliefs, practices, and factors that influence the way teachers adapt mathematics reform rhetoric when trying to adopt it. Investigates beliefs beyond mathematics that influence teachers' decisions and choices for teaching mathematics. Discusses the issue of equity in mathematics teaching as one emerging…