False Consciousness,Developmental Writing,and the Community College

The community college continues to deal with the challenging of educating developmental writers. The challenge becomes more daunting with the failure of many to see this as a social and political endeavor. This article delves into the need to teach developmental writing in a way that empowers writers to see themselves as authors and their lives as relevant to the writing context.     

Translanguaging in a middle school science classroom: constructing scientific arguments in English and Spanish

Cultural Studies of Science Education - In this article, we investigate translanguaging in an English/Spanish dual language, urban, middle school science classroom as the teacher and students...     

Explanatory Style,Ego‐orientation and Primary School Mathematics Achievement

This project was concerned with the relationship between children's explanatory style (optimism vs pessimism) and achievement in mathematics indexed by the Progressive Achievement Test. A total of 145 children from Grades 4, 6 and 7 (aged 8 to 12 years) participated as subjects. The Children's Attributional Styles Questionnaire (CASQ) correlated significantly (r= 0.34) with current achievement and scores on the negative subscale of the CASQ correlated with achievement data collected 2 and 3 years previously. On a further questionnaire concerned with motives for learning, optimistic children endorsed task‐orientation goals, whereas ego‐orientation goals were endorsed by both optimistic and pessimistic children. Significant sex differences were found on the CASQ, with a greater number of boys displaying a relatively depressogenic pattern.     

ETS Replies to Golden Rule on "Golden Rule"

In a second response to J. Patrick Rooney, the author counters Mr. Rooney's criticisms and defends the role of Educational Testing Service on the test bias issue.     

Value of the Geobased Information Systems to State Information and Education Departments

Abstract

The responses of 544 10th grade students to a questionnaire indicated that informal/nonformal science activities (discussions, watching TV, listening to the radio, reading, and other activities, such as visits to museums and field trips) were positively correlated with the following: the extent to which school science is conceived to be related to everyday life, attitudes toward science and science learning, parents' occupation, school environment, intentions for further study, and career aspirations. After-school discussion of what was learned in school was rated the most popular science activity, followed by watching TV, reading, engaging in science-related activities, and listening to the radio, respectively. Informal/nonformal science activities were found to be associated with a strong commitment to science and science learning.