The authors describe several types of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and cognitive scaffolding procedures that they have developed over the years. They then bring the procedures together in a sample lecture/group learning class presentation.

Examines students' motivations for participating in literacy tasks. Finds that grade five students responded positively when the context was perceived as autonomy supportive, and grade three students reported more intrinsic motivations when they perceived the context to be socially supportive than nonsocial contexts. (CR)

A Mississippi study examined the effects of two instructional techniques using the Ford power train unit as an instructional aid. Eight schools were randomly selected from a population of 33 vocational agricultural departments. Three schools with 10 students from each school were randomly selected and assigned to treatment A, traditional…