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In This Issue, Mary Laycock

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Matters Of Consequence, Mary Laycock

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Words And Music: The Relationship Between Group Signing And Literacy Learning, Brenda S. Engel, Nancy Langstaff, Mary B. Snow

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Critical Thinking In The Early Years Connecting Language And Thought, Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Book Review Of The New Literacy: Redefining Reading And Writing In The Schools, Susan Harman

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Decoding Teaching: The Rhetoric And Politics Of Narrative Form, Robert J. Graham

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Educational Technology And The Technological Mindset: Friend Or Foe, Robert Boody

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Men At The Crossroads: Beyond Traditional Roles & Modern Options (Book Review), Charles Veenstra

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Reviewed Title: Men at the Crossroads: Beyond Traditional Roles & Modern Options, by Jack Balswick (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1992). 218 pages.

Calculus Workshop Groups As A Humanistic Experience, Martin Vern Bonsangue

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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On Attracting Mathematics Majors, Kazem Mahdavi

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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The Basis For The Success Of The Potsdam Program, Rick Luttmann

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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A Humanistic Academic Environment For Learning Undergraduate Mathematics, Clarence F. Stephens

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Liberal Education In The Liberal Sense, Annalisa Crannell

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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On Learning In The Mathematical Sciences: Statistics 200 As A Paradigm Of Everything Wrong In Mathematical Education, James M. Cargal

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring 1993, Chad Litz

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 20, no. 2, Spring 1993

Lateral Entry To Teacher Education: Impact On Labor Quantity, Quality And Student Equity, Bettye Macphail-Wilcox, Lynn K. Bradshaw

Educational Considerations

At one extreme are those who contend that the successful completion of a teacher preparation program is an indicator of quality.

Dealing With Diversity: School Choice, Race, Sparsity, John A. Brown, Jess E. House

Educational Considerations

To the extent that our nation continues to grow farther apart economically and racially, the practical implication for education is that all reforms become more difficult.

A Rhetorical Legacy For Leadership: Humor ., Jane Clark Lindle

Educational Considerations

This article treats humor as one of the rhetorical arts which educational leaders must possess to facilitate problem solving among teachers, students, and parents.

Educational Leadership And The Development Of The Moral Imagination, Robert Craig

Educational Considerations

Programs in educational leadership ought to include processes to develop the moral imagination, as well as courses which offer the theoretical and practical underpinnings of educational leadership.

Legislative Commentary: An Analysis Of Kansas Due Process Hearings 1977-1992 Support For Special Education Inclusion, Jane Adams

Educational Considerations

School administrators are challenged to respond and meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population, including minority, poor and disabled students. Now is the time for school administrators to apply their knowledge of the law and their understanding of democratic principles to support school diversity and lead staff in developing equity within their own classrooms.

A Historic And Current Sketch Of Indigenous Education In Hawaii: With Emphasis On Funding, John A. Thompson

Educational Considerations

While it is unfair to blame education for all problems, there seems little doubt that the drive to Americanize the schools had an effect on a native culture which varied greatly from a western style.

Educational Considerations, Vol. 20 (2) Full Issue, Chad Litz

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 20 (2) Spring 1993 - Full issue

Second Career Teachers: Work Motivations, Nancy H. Ellis

Educational Considerations

Although attention has been focused on the projected teacher shortage caused by the lack of bright young people entering the teaching profession, little has been written about those people who leave positions in other professions to pursue teaching as a second career.

Requirements For Collaboration With Schools: Public And Private Leaders Speak Out, Kathryn S. Whitaker, Richard A. King, James A. Lowham, Mary Norby-Loud, Paul Sueltenfuss

Educational Considerations

If organizations are truly to collaborate, rather than merely cooperate, there will necessarily be a sacrifice of autonomy as they share visions, resources, decisions, and accountability.

Not "Rambo," Not "Hero": The Principal As Designer, Teacher And Steward, Richard Andrews, Bill Berube, Margaret P. Basom

Educational Considerations

If we are to create schools that are generative and proactive places designed to fulfill the dual purpose of enculturation and equal access to knowledge, we must attend to the leader behavior of school principals.

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Basic Communication Course Annual

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The Effect Of Computer-Generated Instructional Feedback And Videotape On The Speaking Performance Of College Students In Basic Speech Course, Bruce W. Russell

Basic Communication Course Annual

1992 Award Winning Paper in Basic Course Pedagogy

This study examines the effect of computer-generated feedback and videotapes speech performances on the speech skill improvement of college students. Subjects are evaluated on "total" speech performance and on: (1) organization; (2) development; (3) style; (4) vocal quality; and (5) gestural quality.

Results indicate: (1) computer-generated feedback appear to be as effective as handwritten feedback; (2) providing instructor feedback before self-analysis of videotaped performances; and (3) providing computer-generated feedback appears to improve subjects' delivery speech skill performance.

Are You A Real Teacher? Student Perceptions Of The Graduate Student As Instructor Of The Basic Communication Course, Lynda R. Willer

Basic Communication Course Annual

This essay explores students perceptions of grad of the basic communication course. The primary purpose of this research was to identify and examine items of teacher effectiveness applied to graduate student instructors. Results suggest graduate student instructors are positively perceived on items evaluating teacher effectiveness of the graduate student instructors. A factor analysis suggests the emergence of two factors which relate to the task and interpersonal dimensions of teacher effectiveness. An alpha level of .88 established the reliability of the eight items which addressed these two dimensions as a measure of the perceived effectiveness of the graduate student as instructor. …

Student Perceptions Of Teaching Assistants (Tas), Nancy L. Buerkel-Rothfuss, Donn S. Fink

Basic Communication Course Annual

TAs perform a variety of teaching tasks in basic communication courses, but little empirical data exists to document the effectiveness of TA teaching ability or provide insight into how basic course directors and others involved in TA training might enhance their ability. The two studies presented herein provide descriptions of undergraduate students' perceptions of TAs as instructors. Results suggest that professionalism and communication skills are perceptions. Suggestions are provided for how to focus TA training on those critical variables.

Adopting A Transformational Approach To Basic Course Leadership, Dawn R. Weber, Nancy L. Buerkel-Rothfuss, Pamela L. Gray

Basic Communication Course Annual

Transformational leadership focuses on communication aspects of leadership and vision, two concepts fundamental to the study of leadership in organizations. Basic courses function as subsystems within institutional organizations, making them appropriate contexts for application of organizational leadership theory. This paper presents strategies for using organizational theory to improve basic course leadership.