Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that deal with the areas of women in science, teaching the handicapped, and minorities. A bibliography of 11 presented papers in these areas is attached. (CS)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in the area of "Doing Chemistry," i.e., demonstrations and student experiments. A bibliography of 21 presented papers in this area is attached. (CS)

Recounts the development of the National Association of Geology Teachers from its conceptual stage of origination at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Reports on: the publication of the "Journal of Geological Education" which began in 1951 and now commands a circulation of approximately 2600, a good financial standing, and a growing membership. (RT)

In the volume reviewed, papers from 15 international experts address how government can use evaluation to guide (or control) education while attempting to decentralize administrative structure and pedagogical content. Thoughtful analysis is provided in highly integrated coverage of theory and practice. (SLD)

On September 14, 2006, Dr. Selma Botman, CUNY's (City University of New York's) Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, spoke at a Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (CEI-PEA) Luncheon about the Teacher Academy and its strategy for success. Dr. Botman's remarks demonstrated the optimism and accomplishments that…

The democratic changes that occurred in Croatia within last two decades are oriented towards European values and multi-intercultural perspectives. Let us remember that, according to the census from 1991, Croatia was inhabited with people from 27 nations, with Croats being a majority. During the Homeland war, basically a defensive war against the…

The purpose of "Focus" is to provide coverage of poverty-related research, events, and issues, and to acquaint a large audience with the work of the Institute for Research on Poverty by means of short essays on selected pieces of research. This issue features articles drawn from four of the conference papers presented at the September 2007 IRP…

A symposium was organized at the BELMAS/SCRELM Research Conference in July 2004 to explore the issues arising from the experiences of those contracted by the National College for School Leadership to evaluate its programmes. This article presents four contributions that drew on a wide range of evaluation experience and a response from a…

Through a Beacon grant from the American Association of Community Colleges and the Kellogg Foundation, Rockland Community College, in association with nine other Mid-Atlantic community colleges, organized two conferences for student scholars at two-year colleges. Students were invited to submit papers in all disciplines (e.g., the humanities,…

Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) focuses exclusively on the issues of planning and managing automated systems in libraries and information centers. The theme of the 1994 IOLS annual meeting was "Coordinating Access to Multiple Systems," and 29 papers were selected for presentation that provide insight into the current…

The papers in this report represent the imagination, analysis, and experiences of many people involved in recent curricular studies in secondary school mathematics. It differs from reports that seek broad agreement on conservative, traditional curricula, representing instead the point of view of those working with emerging electronic technology…

One of the founders of the Association of Leadership Educators in the late 1980s, Katey Walker explores the history of the association and the incremental development of the idea of a journal to support professional development among leadership educators.

This document contains final versions of papers that were conference contributions. This second conference, held in September 1978, was attended by 70 participants from 11 countries. Lectures were presented under the following five main sections: (1) Acquisition of Arithmetical Concepts; (2) The Learning of Generalization and Proof; (3)…

Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 55th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), held at the Abbey, Lake Geneva, WI, April 5-8, 1982 have been collected in this publication. Papers relate to such topics as teacher education: preservice and inservice, cognitive development, research…

The organized experience of the Testing, Research and Data Processing Division of the University of Maryland, College Park, Counseling Center of attending a national convention and making presentations is discussed and evaluated. In evaluating the various aspects of the experience, participants agreed that "debugging" their presentation…