This study explores the integration of the arts into the teaching of science nonfiction texts during literacy instruction. Sixty-one elementary students (15 second graders, 25 third graders, and 21 fifth graders) attending schools of differing socio-economic levels participated in this study. The study examined the effects of arts-integration on…

Mass media have numerous effects on children, ranging from influencing school performance to increased or reduced aggression. What we do not know, however, is how media availability in the bedroom moderates these effects. Although several researchers have suggested that bedroom media may influence outcomes by displacing other activities (the…

Reports a recent survey of 380 students (Grades 4-l2) from four central Iowa schools on what adjectives they would use to describe the world and what sources teach them about it. The survey was conducted as part of an evaluation of classroom use of the Associated Press wire service. (Author/SJL)