This study investigated the instructional practices of three high school teachers perceived as successful in implementing a new rhetoric and writing course in an ethnically diverse high school district in the Southwest United States. Using qualitative research methods over a three-month period, researchers examined teacher practices related to the…

The purpose of this study was to (a) examine the employment concerns of postsecondary students with disabilities and (b) develop strategies for improving their post-graduation employment outcomes. Utilizing an established methodology grounded in the ideals of participatory action research, the researchers surveyed a 208 students with various…

Several studies have been done on the effect of school music instruction on the self-concept of students, as well as on student perceptions of school music experiences, but few researchers have undertaken an in-depth inquiry of individual students to attempt to understand their possibly unique perceptions of school music. This case study used…

In this qualitative teacher-researcher one-year classroom study, the author focused upon the literacy strategies that four low-achieving writers used while creating and interpreting music video compositions. The students read a variety of musical and video texts as they composed their own music video project. The guiding question of this research…

Although there have been numerous studies that indicate the benefits of teachers and students working with scientists, there is little research that documents scientists' views of science education, science teacher preparation, and the goals of science education. Furthermore, little is known about how scientists' views of science education may…

Data presented relate to the attitudes of elementary/secondary school teachers and students concerning standardized testing. Additional data provide a comparison of the attitudes of these groups with those predicted or expected of them by members of the National Council on Measurement in Education. The data are based on previous surveys, and…

Multiliteracies theory, with an emphasis on literacy as diverse and negotiated social practices involving multimodal work, is particularly compatible with collaborative research, as such research enables researchers and teachers to consider students' multiple perspectives and intentions for their work. This article discusses three collaborative…

From this data it would appear that teacher ratings are only partly due to individual differences in teaching abilities but also vary with posi tion within the social structure of the university. Some of the conflicting implications of the research findings for university policy are considered. (Editor/PG)

Reports on the relationship of research activities, teaching effectiveness and rank of faculty members in seventeen academic departments at Carnegie-Mellon University. Results indicate teaching quality is unrelated to assignment and promotion and that research activity is strongly related to promotion. (JM)

Seeks to explore learning, development and academic success, using postgraduate research students' experiences and relating them to submission and completion rates. Examines the perceptions and circumstances of a sample of postgraduate research students via questionnaire and interviews. Significant associations between data are presented, together…

Describes the effects on the teacher and students of a collaborative teaching/research project in which the basic-writing students researched their own writing with the teacher. Notes that the basic writers became more interested in their own writing and learning. (RS)

The study on which this paper is based examined the experiences of students in order to develop a theoretical and empirically grounded account of the dynamic social forces of inclusion and exclusion experienced by youth in their unique contexts of North American urban schooling. The ethnographic scenes, organized into four "beats,"…

Information gathered in Sweden concerning student post-high school aspirations, gifted students, work values and choice of continued education, attitudes toward science and research, and perceptions of researchers and research is summarized, and its implications for the distribution of the sexes in graduate study and research careers are…

Describes a study which investigated student attitudes toward firing good teachers for lack of publications, differences in classroom performance between researchers and nonresearchers, awareness of professors' research interests, and whether research plays an important part in students' education. (KC)

This study explores variation in postgraduate students' and supervisors' conceptions of research. Based on earlier work, a Conceptions of Research Inventory (CoRI) was trialled on a mixed sample of postgraduate students and supervisors (n = 251). Exploratory factor analyses of resultant data yields a five-dimensional empirical model, the…