Describes a three-month study of literacy development in the home and in nursery school. Discusses the results, which indicated that children engage in literacy events far more at home than at school, and offers classroom suggestions for narrowing this discrepency. (HTH)

The major purpose of the study was to determine if a kindergarten child could be made aware of the world of work. A second purpose was to determine if kindergarten children could be made aware of how their parents use money for family expenditures. Results are discussed. (Author)

Asserting that the ability to compare is basic to any cognitive process, this paper draws on Reuven Feuerstein's theory of mediated learning experience to guide teachers in encouraging the development of young students' spontaneous comparative abilities. Teachers are to provide students with concepts, labels, operations, and relationships to…

Organizational theory suggests great pessimism about the potential of school districts for supporting educational improvement. The traditional view is that educational organizations--and school districts, in particular--are loosely coupled organizations where the main resources for central leadership are insufficient to penetrate the isolation of…

A discussion of the traditional strategy of teacher-controlled instruction as opposed to student-controlled instruction in order to determine the proper instructional sequence. A comparative study applying the pre-test/post-test design with regard to the efficiency of these two instructional procedures. (Author/HB)

Describes a study comparing a combined system of lectures and problem sessions with a recitation class in engineering mechanics. No major differences were found in performance of students in either method. A significant difference in achievement was found with class size. The smaller the group the better the student performance." (Author/TS)

Two experiments indicate that underlining is no more effective than repetitive reading in facilitating review of material before testing. (MB)

A discussion of the correlations found between scores received on (1) the Teaching Area Examination in English Literature and Language, National Teacher Examination, and (2) the Illinois Teacher Evaluation Questionnaire, and the grades given by University of Illinois (Urbana) student teaching supervisors to that population of 56 1968 English…

Law schools should incorporate more training in scientific method, and social scientists could benefit from study of the subtleties of the law. (Editor)