This brief, introductory booklet defines what is meant by "performance" and "process" objectives and how each type contributes to the steps necessary for incorporating "accountability" into the evaluation of a given educational program. Further, the booklet provides a set of procedures for developing and writing both performance and process…

This research was based on the assumption that the teaching of broadly generalizable cognitive skills should be a primary goal of education--that students can be taught to be better insight problem solvers outside of school by training in school and that they can be given the skills necessary for efficient discovery learning. The subjects were 116…

Discusses the use of instructional objectives, especially cognitive objectives. (MLH)

To justify monetary support for physical education in our secondary schools, we must educate students to develop an understanding of the scientific basis of exercise and the importance of physical fitness for a quality lifestyle. (Author)

A study of logic enables students to see what constitutes valid arguments and legitimate fallacies and enables them to apply this to situations in their lives so they can make sound decisions. (JD)

This study sought to determine which components of a previously successful training procedure are necessary in modifying children's impulsivity. Impulsive second and third graders of both sexes (n=48) were subjects. Results indicate self-reinforcement is a necessary aspect of training in the modification of impulsivity. (Author)

Everything begins with subjective states,'' is the basic position of Phenomenology, and only through subjectivity can ultimate reality be reached. Behaviorism, on the contrary, sees mind'' as part of the material world and behavior as determining man's essence. Change is attained by altering behavior which leads to changes in attitudes. The best…

In this paper, I should like to consider a humanistic paradigm of communication science not to replace but to truly complement the physicalistic paradigm. My sole purpose is to enlarge the domain of validity for the term science'' in the universe of communication studies. (Author)

Paper attempts to show that the complexities involved in explaining the concept of responsible action have led educational theorists to emphasize certain aspects of that concept at the expense of others. (Author/RK)

Objectivity should be an aim of all historical study despite the difficulty in attaining it. By measuring events, documents, or personalities against the standards of the era in which they occurred, students move one step closer to objectivity. Study of time perspective is a social studies skill. (Author/VW)

Paper presented at a symposium held at Florida State University where various approaches to the use of drama in elementary and secondary schools were considered. (Editor/RY)

Performance in cognitive tasks involves two distinct processes; acquisition of knowledge and cognitive control over knowledge already acquired. A conceptual and analytic framework is presented which allows for the disentanglement of knowledge and control, and for the quantification of each. (Author)