Pursuing both disciplinary authenticity and personal relevance in the teaching and learning of science in school generates tensions that should be acknowledged and resolved. This paper problematizes and explores the conceptualizations of these tensions by considering personal relevance, disciplinary authenticity, and common school science as three…

In contrast to Israeli students, American high school students (N=143) evaluated disabled persons more positively than persons without a disability and were generally less influenced in their evaluations by the disability framework and by whether or not the person with the disability was responsible for the events that led up to the disability.…

Compared decision coping patterns of Israeli (n=1,028) and Australian (n=428) high school students. Israelis scored higher than Australians on Self-Confidence as decision makers and Vigilance and lower on Evasive behavior in decision making. In both samples, males outscored girls on Self-Confidence as decision makers and on Complacency and scored…

A survey of attitudes of upper middle class American and Israeli youth reveals pronounced differences. Whereas the Israelis tend to view their society as an extension of their own family and acknowledge their obligations to both, the Americans trust only the family, regarding it as more important than any other social entity. (Author/JM)

An investigation of biology matriculation tests in Israel was undertaken to assess the use of justifications with multiple-choice items and to compare the effect of three item formats on students' performance. More specifically, the study was designed to determine the: (1) extent to which justifications will differ if the correct answer is made…

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 228 Israeli high school students reveals that, for Jewish adolescents, the future is less salient than it is for Arab adolescents; Jewish adolescents express fewer concerns about their education, career, and collective issues than do their Arab counterparts. (BJV)