A discussion of educational philosophies and practices found by teachers in two Texas counties to be pertinent to successful coeducational classes in home economics. (JT)

Presents a study of science teachers (n=5) who serve as cooperating teachers. Discusses the impact of gender-sensitive cooperating teachers on student teachers' teaching strategies, questioning patterns, and interactions during their teaching practicum. Contains 47 references. (DDR)

Describes learning-disabled algebra classes offered at Bergen Community College, their structure, teaching and learning strategies used in the classes, and successful outcomes. Concludes that students with learning disabilities can learn algebra when their environment focuses on their needs and learning styles. (KHR)

Explains the rights of all students, no matter what their background, to have the opportunity to attain scientific literacy. Points out the challenges and opportunities teachers face in a diverse student environment and how culturally diverse students speaking different languages perform worse than native English speakers. Presents instructional…

Provides capsule reviews of a number of publications related to multicultural education and minority students in the United Kingdom. Focuses on five treatments of multicultural education and antiracist education and comments briefly on 14 other books related to issues of minority education. (SLD)

Discusses the goal of eliminating long-standing disparities in mathematics achievement between girls and boys, between white students and students of color, and the economically disadvantaged and advantaged. Explains how everyday mathematics classrooms use cooperative groups and inquiry-based learning in order to help all students. (ASK)

Describes the development of a program for providing young girls at an all-girls school opportunities to problem solve by constructing their solutions using tools and materials unlikely to be part of their home or school experiences. The program combines analytical and problem solving skills with basic engineering concepts. Notes problems…

This investigation explored the ways in which English language learners (ELLs) included in an English-dominant, mainstream second-grade classroom gained access to classroom activities and to the language that conveyed them, and the ways in which these students came to participate in the classroom context. These questions were investigated through…

This article describes the curriculum design and development of an online Master's degree program in Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of South Carolina. The use of Bloom's Taxonomy as a method for selecting distance education techniques and teaching methods to ensure equivalency of the educational experience to traditional classroom…

Although many studies have been published about inclusive education there is still a prevalent displeasure around the world with the inclusive capabilities of many schools and teachers. Despite the fact that teachers generally follow the rules suggested by the literature that lead to inclusion it seems that something is still missing. In my…

In this article, we propose to infuse multicultural concepts into the technology core courses that are taught in undergraduate teacher education programs. The need to do so was realized as a result of participation in a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) grant and the subsequent formation of an equity team that ultimately…

What difference do teacher educators really make? This paper explores the role of mathematics student-teachers' pre-training dispositions (habitus) in reproducing classroom practice, and the effect of different training contexts (habitat) upon what Bourdieu called "dispositional harmonisation". These Bourdieuan concepts are mobilised to…

The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…

Given the prevalence of reading and writing difficulties among students with disabilities, coupled with the high number of these students accessing the general education curriculum and instruction for the majority of their school day, providing access to general education curriculum and grade level academic content is a challenging task for…