This study examined font and layout alternatives for mild special education children in third through sixth grade. Of this group, twelve were boys and two were girls, seven were suburban students and seven were urban students. During the first phase, the students were observed reading four different fonts, then the participant named the easiest…

Describes a study focusing on the role of chalkboards in classroom science talk. Discusses similarities of the overall structure of the whole-class conversation with scientific laboratory talk. Suggests implications for design of technologies that allow larger numbers of students to participate in whole-class sense-making conversations.…

Describes a two-year design experiment in which sixth and seventh grade students designed hypermedia documents to be used by their classmates. Consensual patterns of students beliefs emerged. Presents information on how teachers assisted with the longitudinal transitions in students' critical standards for judging research questions and evaluating…