Issue Contents
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| # | Article | Article Summary |
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| 1 | Kudos or cash -- how should schools encourage students to excel? | In more American school districts, students are awarded merchandise or tangible objects for excelling on tests or in general academic performance. James Albrecht warns, a society which relies too heavily on external rewards runs some frightening risks. |
| 2 | Notice to the editors/assignment editors. | Eve Merriam will speak at 10 a.m. in Room 245 of the UNI Education Center. Reference to the "Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education" in the last paragraph of the first page should indicate the Center is housed in the Northern Iowa campus. |
| 3 | Perfectionism can lead to self-destructive behavior in students, according to speaker at University of Northern Iowa talented and gifted conference. | Miriam Adderholdt-Elliott says that extreme levels of perfectionism are often related to suicide attempts, in adults as well as children. |