Discusses ways of identifying and helping gifted-disabled students--students who possess high intellectual abilities but also have some learning disorder. (FL)

Discusses resources available to help teachers and administrators in serving multicultural student populations. Stresses the importance of parent input into programs for such populations. (FL)

Describes the salient attributes of adult cognitive functioning and supervisory styles and integrates them within the systems of developmental and clinical supervision to create an individualized professional development plan. (FL)

Argues that teachers should lead their students to a broader study of people and their needs. Offers strategies that can be used in social studies classes to help students become aware of crisis situations and how to deal with them. (FL)

Reports findings of a study that examined the extent to which the variability observed in reading levels of common junior high textbooks was also present in four popular high school social studies texts. (FL)

Describes the program developed by one California school district to meet the requirements of legislation concerning the training and evaluation of probationary staff. (FL)

Presents a mixed picture of the influence of classroom drama lessons on students' oral language growth. Demonstrates that time can be taken from the regular language arts program and given to drama without adverse effect in the development of students' oral language. (EL)

Addresses some of the major issues discussed in the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. Discusses possible reasons for student avoidance of math and science courses. (EL)

Describes an experiment designed to measure the effectiveness of a schoolwide intervention strategy for changing the attitudes of classroom inhibitors--students who disrupt instruction. Concludes that schools can deal with such students without having to hire special staff. Finds also that inhibitors do not have classroom anxiety. (FL)

Describes the educational program in Micronesia, showing how it incorporates local customs and lore into its curriculum. Gives an example for a social studies unit on the power of magic. (FL)

Reports on a survey of seventh- and eleventh-grade students showing that students want both love and authority from their teachers. (FL)

Presents a classroom activitiy in which students scored each others papers using a holistic technique. Explains the benefits of holistic scoring. (FL)

Argues that early adolescents are a distinctive group, and that educators must take the time to analyze their development and construct a framework for studying that development. (FL)

Concludes that although student teachers receive training and preparation in some or all competency areas necessary in teaching the handicapped, there is a need for teacher training programs to offer more preparation in at least some competency areas. (FL)

Reports the findings of a study that assessed teachers' perceptions of (1) how and when they were supervised or evaluated, (2) what effect teacher unions had on these processes, (3) how they learned how well they were doing in the classroom, and (4) what direct or indirect effects supervision or evaluation had on their teaching activities. (HOD)