Recently added articles from The Journal of Educational Research:

It says in the JER.(Journal of Educational Research)

Nov 01, 2007 ... THE NEED FOR SUPERINTENDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR PRACTICES FOR HIRING PRINCIPALS was called for by Rammer. If superintendents want to influence student achievement, they must systematically design processes to hire principals who possess the 21 responsibilities identified by Waters, Marzano, ...

Call to action for superintendents: change the way you hire principals.(Report)

Nov 01, 2007; Rammer, Robert A. ... Public education is facing significant scrutiny, coupled with demands for accountability and increased student achievement. Much of that attention can be traced to the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB; U.S. Department of Education, 2002). The federal government has historically provided ...

Impact of attitudes of peers on language achievement: gender differences.(Report)

Nov 01, 2007; van de Gaer, Eva ... Over the last 2 decades, discourse on gender and schooling has shifted dramatically. Although in earlier literature girls' achievement and subject choice were the main focus, concern has moved to the underachievement of boys (Whitelaw, Milosevic, & Daniels, 2000). The concern for boys' ...

Dunn and Dunn model of learning-style preferences: critique of Lovelace meta-analysis.

Nov 01, 2007; Kavale, Kenneth A. ... In a meta-analysis investigating the Dunn and Dunn Model of Learning-Style Preferences (DDMLSP), Dunn, Griggs, Olson, Beasley, and Gorman (1995) concluded that "providing educational interventions that are compatible with students' learning-style preferences is beneficial" (p. 357). Ten ...

Recommendations to improve primary school physical education: classroom teachers' perspective.(Report)

Nov 01, 2007; Morgan, Philip ... In most New South Wales (NSW) primary schools, the classroom teacher is responsible for the design and delivery of physical education (PE) programs. However, research literature over the past 20 years has identified difficulties that many classroom teachers experience when teaching PE ....

Factors affecting problem finding depending on degree of structure of problem situation.(Report)

Nov 01, 2007; Lee, Hyejoo ... Creativity is the integration of cognitive and affective aspects and indicates an individual's potential ability to (a) acquire information clearly and rapidly and apply it correctly, (b) create new information, and (c) make an appropriate decision. Creativity is expressed as various ...

Puckett, John L., Harkavy, Ira, & Benson, Lee. (2007). Dewey's Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform.(Critical essay)

Nov 01, 2007; Magolda, Peter M. ... Puckett, John L., Harkavy, Ira, & Benson, Lee. (2007). Dewey's Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. I have noticed a trend with students who enroll in my School of Education graduate seminars. Their passions ...

Westheimer, Joel. (2007). Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America's Schools.(Critical essay)

Nov 01, 2007; Roe, Mary F. ... Westheimer, Joel. (2007). Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America's Schools. New York: Teachers College Press. Joel Westheimer addresses a timely topic--the role of patriotism in today's schools--in this edited volume. Although this text targets a school ...