Article urges wide-ranging, 10-grade music education for all children, taught by professional musicians and aimed to give all children a knowledge and understanding of music, as well as the opportunity and ability to perform on some instrument to the greatest extent of their capacities. (PD)

Reviews three studies that focus on teaching skills needed for successful distance learning instruction. Highlights include competencies for distance education professionals; what the most important teaching behaviors for distance instructors are; and student observations of distance education instructors. (LRW)

The "APA Educational Psychology Handbook" reflects the broad nature of the field today, with state-of-the-science reviews of the diverse critical theories driving research and practice; in-depth investigation of the range of individual differences and cultural/contextual factors that affect student achievement, motivation, and beliefs;…

This study examined the attitudes toward secondary school of 631 adolescents attending 8th, 9th, and 10th grade in Parana, Argentina in 1998. Students completed a scale of 12 questions about the value of school and their teachers' capacity to teach and to establish good relationships with their students. Overall, most Argentinean students showed…

A four year panel study at an ethnically diverse commuter university examines the relationships among assessments of professor performance, GPA, academic program satisfaction, and perceptions of equal treatment of students of varying ethno-racial origins. Repeated analyses of variance indicate that although the first three of these variables do…

The primary objective of the present investigation was to learn what college teachers say and do to create student perceptions of "personalized education," and to identify any meaningful factor structure underlying these categories of personalized education characteristics. Additionally, this study was designed to identify how the…

The issue of negative bias against men in the female-dominated field of early childhood education is explored in three field studies focusing on the opinions of university students in education about male and female early childhood teachers and about selected teaching behaviors of men and women in this specialty. The first study investigated…

A study was conducted to determine differences between teachers trained in the Nebraska University Secondary Teacher Education Projects (NUSTEP) and those trained in a standard program. The NUSTEP program was composed of three classes which were also offered in the standard program; NUSTEP students, however, practiced teaching skills using…

Purpose of the study was to learn to what extent children made discriminations about teachers on a team. (Authors)

Reports results of a survey of new teaching assistants. Finds that the majority of teaching assistants need training as teachers of writing and that nearly half need support in more general matters concerning teaching. Highlights some of the differences between experienced and inexperienced teaching assistants. (RS)

The "Student Evaluation of Instruction" (SEOI) was administered to all full-time and part-time faculty. Approximately 91,530 surveys were sent out in 4,980 envelopes; 58,604 surveys were returned to the Office of Institutional Research. The return rate for the paper surveys was 64% including late submissions. Instructors' reports were…

The "Student Evaluation of Instruction" (SEOI) was administered to all full-time and part-time faculty. Approximately 82,806 surveys were sent out in 4,830 envelopes; 52,464 surveys were returned to the Office of Institutional Research. The return rate for the paper surveys was 63% including late submissions. Instructors' reports were…

The major objective of this program was to maximize probability of success of beginning teachers in Alabama and, thereby, to improve the teaching-learning process for students. In this program, cooperating teachers worked with beginning teachers on a one-to-one basis in the schools. Evaluation of the program's effectiveness was a continuous…

A laboratory teaching experience (L.T.E.) was designed to focus on three teaching behaviors. It was recognized that a behavioral approach to teaching simplified its complexity by isolating specific teaching behaviors. Discusses the development and evaluation of the laboratory teaching experience. (Author/RK)

This study examined middle and high school students' attitudes toward and perceptions of student teachers who worked in their college preparatory school. The students completed one survey with a particular preservice teacher in mind, and then they completed a second survey that was more general and reflected all student teachers they had…