In this study posttest performance resulting from total feedback, partial feedback, and no feedback in a multiple-choice test was compared. (RC)

This book explores what constitutes good and meaningful math homework, what the purposes of math homework are, and how teachers and school administrators create a culture in which math homework assignments are more inventive and meaningful. Many examples of math homework assignments in this book show how homework can reinforce skills, prepare…

Transcripts of a videotape of sixth-grade pupils in their classroom, both before and after class begins, show how the pupils cue in to the order that their new teacher desires. The pupils assist their teacher in the elaboration of the order of their classroom. (Author/RM)

A longitudinal evaluation of the utility of a screening battery administered in kindergarten is shown to retain a high utility for predicting current achievement outcomes of the sample at the end of grade six. The use of discriminant functional analysis and statistical decision theory is discussed. (Author/CM)

The hypothesis investigated is that understanding of the long division algorithm requires a higher cognitive level than understanding of fundamental division concepts. Sixth-grade children were tested on performance and understanding of a given algorithm and concepts of division. (MP)

Concludes that there is a strong positive relationship between an elementary school's organizational climate (whether the school is "open" or "closed") and student reading performance, with achievement being greater in the more open schools. (FL)

A study of children's preferences in book format factors revealed that children are not as concerned with the eye appeal of materials as they are with order and a desire to avoid confusion when reading. Suggests that designers place illustrations at the top or bottom of a page. (FL)

The author describes three "icebreaker" activities she uses to help a class of students get acquainted with one another--learning names and personal information--during the first days of the school year. (SJL)

The Conceptual Style Test, a mathematics achievement test and an intelligence test were administered to grade 6 children, 206 boys and 212 girls, in five urban Jamaican elementary schools. Mathematics achievement had significant positive correlations to analytic conceptual style and intelligence; girls had higher mathematics achievement than boys.…

The combination of intelligence with measures of related academic success self-concepts accounted for more achievement variance than did intelligence alone for the content areas of reading, language, and mathematics. Achievement was related to academic self-concept, but not to physical maturity, peer relations, or school adaptiveness…

Situational teaching is defined, illustrated with examples of the use of the present perfect progressive tense and its boundary with the simple past. The "playful arrangement" is explained. A plea is made for more imaginative teaching. (IFS/WGA)

This study was designed to establish the generalizability of the claimed effectiveness of several prereading instructions in enhancing either specific types of comprehension or overall comprehension. (HOD)

Good readers in grades 5 and 6 read material changed to include particular types of orthographic anomalies to determine if the perceptual unit in reading was the letter or some other unit larger than the letter. (HOD)

By building a memorial to Edwin Pratt, a slain civil rights leader, Seattle sixth-graders learned valuable lessons in grantsmanship, public speaking, and public art. They also grew to understand the meaning of civil rights, commemoration, and community giving. Next year's class will work with the Shoreline Historical Museum to create an exhibit on…

A fun logic game to introduce several classes of sixth-graders to advanced mathematical thinking allows even students who previously fared poorly in math to arrive at the destination with their peers. (Author/MLF)