Considers the effects of gender on the way high school students respond to literature. Provides results of a study designed to measure how gender differences affect reader response to a poem by Marla Ropchan. Shows how the female students read "against" themselves. (HB)

Studies and identifies those teaching behaviors that foster critical thinking in an outdoor physical education environment. Discusses the roles a teacher must fulfill to stimulate critical thinking. Provides additional implications of the study for teachers in all areas, including nontraditional classrooms. (HB)

Integrates existing literature with the authors' research that examines resiliency (students in danger of dropping out of school who are able to develop stable, healthy personas and are able to recover from or adapt to life's stresses or problems). Suggests a model to explain resiliency that can be used to better understand why these students have…

Explains how and why the Key Concerns in Team Teaching Rating Scale was developed. Suggests how the scale can be used by others who become involved in training for team teaching. Includes the scale. (RS)

Considers the ways that conceptual mapping as a classroom technique can help students reflect critically on complex conceptual relationships. Shows how teachers can use conceptual mapping in the classroom. (HB)

Argues against condom education and distribution in the schools. (SR)

Rebuts an article in this issue against condom education and distribution in the schools. (SR)

Reviews the teaching method called "Directed Reading-Thinking Activity" and shows how it might be employed in mathematics instruction. Expands the concept to include directed reading and thinking. Provides practical lesson plans and classroom methods which utilize these teaching concepts. (HB)

Discusses a study which sought to discover the traits and characteristics of exemplary school administrators, especially principals. Identifies the 11 qualities and characteristics necessary for principals to become effective leaders, as most often mentioned by the leaders themselves. (HB)

Describes modifications to the four original requirements of the foreign language program at the International School of the Americas, an experimental school located 150 miles from the Mexican border. (SR)

Argues that international tests of student achievement cannot be trusted to deliver the final word on students' ability or progress. Argues that educators need to support local movements to redesign curriculum and reconceptualize teaching for particular communities. Supports the "benchmarking" and "standards" movements in the management field. (SR)

Describes a collaborative learning community called the Professional Development School Network in Social Studies and Global Education, in which university professors and social studies teachers from six school districts worked together to create a professional-development program and a certification program for teachers. Reflects on several…

Argues that change in education requires a big-picture mentality of systemic reform. Discusses important issues and factors in the change process, common barriers to educational change, and an eight-stage process for producing lasting organizational change. (SR)

Describes how students in a general secondary methods course responded to a gender-neutral exam question by consistently assuming that the student in the hypothetical scenario was male. Describes the follow-up class discussion, noting students' assumptions, defensive responses, subconscious decision making, and awareness/nonawareness of their own…

Presents an interview with pediatrician and adult and child psychiatrist Dr. Lawrence Greenberg, researcher, clinician, and expert on attention deficit, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and related concerns. Discusses the TOVA (Test of Variables of Attention), a continuous performance test for clinical use developed by Dr. Greenberg; diagnostic…