Contract grading is seen as a way to enable instructors to assign written work and respond to it helpfully so that their students will learn from the experience. Experiences with contract grading in a sophomore literature class are described. (MLW)

A department chairman from Denison University offers a reminder that to educate means to lead or guide, rather than what teachers have mistakenly believed or practiced. Various pressures for professorial role change are cited, including the Dalton Plan and contract learning. (Editor/LBH)

A study to assess student attitudes toward the grade contract in order to determine if students do view it as a positive procedure to aid learning is presented. The study questionnaire sought student opinions on the grade decision process and results, course interest and learning outcomes, and their perceptions of the professor's role. (JMD)

A system for grading student work based on contracts is examined. Types of contracts, methods for controlling quality as well as quantity of work, advantages of the contract grading system, and the results of research into the use of grade contracts--including student reaction to the system--are some of the topics discussed. (JMP)

Social and political changes that have been brought on by technological advances have also had a great effect on education. Education today must have the capacity to create a new renaissance man, who is knowledgeable in many aspects of his social and natural environment and who has the additional capacity to adapt and revise his knowledge. (LBH)

A beginning course in teacher education offered by the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Arizona is described. The course features team teaching with large and small group instruction and directed study, student contracts, and observation/participation in the local schools. (JMD)