Describes an experiment at Montana State University in which 12 professors and four freshman composition students were trained to use the university's central computer as a word processor. Concludes that the computer can be a powerful revision aid for writing students. (FL)

Videotaping can greatly improve current methods of training for present and future teachers. Three groups in particular can benefit from videotaping: administrators, teachers, and students. (CMV)

The story of a learning disabled boy and the help he received at a private school. (SJL)

Discusses the use of disaggregation, or dividing students into groups based on performance levels, to help schools determine overall student achievement and causes of poor performance. Describes reasons for using disaggregation and provides answers to six common questions related to its implementation. Indicates that disaggregation can help all…

Disagrees with the article by Kevin Ryan appearing in this issue recommending moral values education in the schools. Questions choice of moral system, whether schools are the place to begin moral reeducation, and how moral education alone can revive a depleted educational infrastructure and undervalued teaching force. (SM)

The basic character of literacy is the creation of objects to regulate interactions with the physical and social worlds. "Remediation" means a shift in the way that mediating devices regulate coordination with the environment. If research on reading is to make a difference, it will have to start with an understanding of how contemporary…

Competition in sport and physical education programs has been used to motivate the learning of skills, increase physical fitness, and to create environments purportedly conducive to the development of desirable personality qualities. However, the way in which competition is conceptualized is of great importance. In direct competition, achievement…

Describes how one student improved his mathematics performance by keeping a journal of class activities and homework assignments. (FL)

Private tutoring is a phenomenon that has escaped the attention of researchers, educational planners, and decision makers. Very little is known about its scope, scale, and effects on pupils' achievement and equality of opportunities. Because of its size in a number of countries, and due to it nature--that of a private service oriented at improving…

Lists reading materials that can help students learn more about topics in which they are interested, learn to do new things, and entertain themselves. (FL)

Offers strategies for improving student scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Covers three areas: improvement in instructional quality in high schools; analysis and refinement of opportunities for students to demonstrate and practice test-taking skills; and enhancement of understanding and support among parents, community, and staff. (PGD)

Examines efforts to improve the educational environment for an ethnically and economically diverse student body which help to increase student learning. Using a middle school in San Francisco (California) as an example, the classroom, the structure of the educational program, and student support services are described as conditions for increasing…

There is a widespread perception that urban public school education has failed: a perception that has attracted the concerned attention of businessmen and government officials. The crux of the problem is our nation's failure to do enough for children early enough to make a lasting difference in their lives. Too little too late seems to be the…

Designed to help poorly prepared students perform better in college and to help prepared students perform at higher levels, this paper presents a series of specific suggestions for students regarding study activities, course choice, thinking behavior, and time allocation. The suggestions include the following: (1) eliminate diversions during study…

The Perry scheme of student development, as determined by William G. Perry, Jr. and his associates at the Bureau of Study Counsel of Harvard University, is discussed. His nine levels of development include dualism, multiplicity, and commitment. A study by Mary F. Belenky showed that Perry's students were almost exclusively male, and she noted that…