Describes how the field experience for students of educational administration at Northwest Missouri State University was restructured, by defining responsibilities, adding a research component, and clarifying the evaluative process. (SR)

Nineteen high school students in an experimental self-directed learning class were interviewed about their out-of-school learning projects: number completed per year; time spent; subject(s) studied; setting (individual or group); preferred project method; and motivation (desire for credit or other reason). (SJL)