There is a void in instructional materials which extends basic patterns in jazz into individualized or creative channels. This article investigates the parallels between improvised music and normal speech and explores the possibility of applying the principles of linguistic methodology to the teaching of jazz improvisation. (Author/KC)

Three studies of peer teaching were carried out using first-year students in a compulsory anatomy course in an occupational therapy school. The performance of the experimental peer teaching group was compared using mastery tests with a control group having lecture and discussion sessions. The experimental group continually scored higher, with…

In 1976 a nationwide survey of social science instructors in community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and universities was conducted to determine whether community college instructors were using more innovative teaching methods than their counterparts in universities. Few differences were found in the use of innovative methods among these…

Educational psychology undergraduates were taught in alternating instructional sequences; one sequence was a conceptually oriented lecture followed by a factually oriented self-study, the other sequence was a factual self-study followed by a conceptual lecture. Results more closely supported the predictions derived from the educational set…

Investigates the relationship between evaluations of the teaching effectiveness of discussion group leaders and (1) teaching status (undergraduate or graduate), (2) sex of section leader, and (3) sex-typing. Results show that undergraduate teaching assistants are respected and successful section leaders, possibly because of their closeness in age…

The principal goal was to determine if significant differences existed between special and developmental education programs offered by private and public institutions in Ohio. The programs were examined, comparing such variables as rationale and objectives, instructional methods, and supportive services in order to determine their relationship to…

Brown's 1933 diagnostic test was used as a screening examination for 79 psychology students to determine their areas of weakness in statistical calculations, and to see whether the difficulties of a previous era have been changed by methods of teaching mathematics today. General similarities were found. (LBH)

Elementary students can learn to appreciate their own and other cultural backgrounds through a four-stage process of observation. The process involves taking a careful look at home environment, participation in food exchange with classmates, observation at friends' homes and other schools, and followup discussion. (AV)

This article is a brief discussion of some exercises in guided translation and comparative analysis designed not only to increase students' competence in translation and knowledge of French but also to make them more attentive to their English. (CFM)

Students in undergraduate surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston participated in a comparison study of bedside teaching and small group seminars. No special advantage for bedside teaching could be documented when two very similar groups of students were evaluated. (LBH)

Values clarification, a relatively new form of humanistic education, was compared with a traditional lecture-discussion approach to teaching a survey course in health science to undergraduates. It was concluded that the objectives of a survey course in health science may be equally attained by either of the instructional procedures. (Author)

So as to compare predicted achievement based upon WISC-R IQs and observed achievement by the WRAT standard scores, both instruments were administered by the same school psychologist to 282 urban students referred for psychological evaluation. The correlations obtained were substantial. (Author)

A heterogeneous group of elementary school children referred for psycho-educational diagnosis were rated on the Devereux Child Behavior Rating Scale and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, scoring for Koppitz Emotional Indicators. Findings suggests that certain DCB factors may be more predictive of emotional problems than others in the scale.…

In a continuation of a previously published article, this paper presents the results of a study comparing programmed learning techniques with traditional methods of teaching the Telugu language to Hindi sixth grade students. Some advantages of programmed instruction are reported. (LBH)

Five distribution-free alternatives to parametric analysis of covariance are presented and demonstrated: Quade's distribution-free test, Puri and Sen's solution, McSweeney and Porter's rank transformation, Burnett and Barr's rank difference scores, and Shirley's general linear model solution. The results of simulation studies regarding Type I…