Three studies attempted to assess the relative effects of two methods of instruction: (1) teaching by a carefully structured sequence of questions (intermediate guidance) and (2) teaching by stating each concept with illustrations and then having the students practice the behavior embodied in these concepts (maximal guidance). One of the studies…

This paper is an attempt to analyze and critique the major issues and methodology of Black family literature, noting trends and changes from the 1960's through 1975, emphasizing primarily issues and methodology of the 1970's. Finally, it points out implications of the current literature for future theory and research. (Author)

The framework presented in this paper uses an organizational perspective to describe and compare alternative approaches to teacher education. Alternatives in teacher education such as competency-based teacher education, humanistic education, or programs typified by academic-oriented, liberal arts teacher education are discussed from the viewpoint…

The results from two informal measures (a cloze test and a group reading inventory and a standardized reading test were compared in a study of instruments available for measuring adult reading performance. The three instruments were administered to 158 undergraduates enrolled in reading improvement classes. From this group, 75 subjects were…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether individualized study, as compared to conventional classroom study, would effect significantly greater immediate and prolonged retention of both education and English content. Subjects for the experiment were 44 students enrolled in four sections of two language arts methods classes at Northeast…

This study investigated the validity of the research methodology which sought to compare methods of instruction through the application of univariate statistical procedures, to contribute to the development of the theoretical position which contended that students of different abilities, needs, preferences, and attitudes should be differentially…

This study was designed to develop and evaluate new methods of helping college students increase their academic reading efficiency. Three new one-unit courses--identical in reading content, tasks, and skills development, but differing in format, amount of structure, and delivery mode--were developed. The teaching methods in these courses were…

Important lessons can be learned from the educational programs of the military services that can be applied to civilian education. The U.S. Air Force vocational-technical training program is geared to "learning outcomes" which makes it possible to measure job entry capabilities. The Utah Department of Vocational Education studied the potential for…

This report contains a summary and analysis of the evaluation component of Project Follow Through Programs by the 1970-71 Follow Through sponsors. Part 1 (the major part of the document) is a sponsor-by-sponsor summary analysis of the 19 Follow Through Model Programs. Each summary analysis is divided into five parts: nature of the program, process…

Since Students in Freshman English face the problem of feeling that they cannot begin to match the professional writers whose essays they read, an experiment was designed in which instructors used well-written themes of fellow students as examples of good writing on a level more attainable than the professional essayist. Pairs of themes--one well…

A comparative analysis was made of Experimental World Literacy Program projects in 17 nations (Algeria, Brazil, Chile, Equador, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Iran, Mali, Jamaica, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Venezuela) after 18 months of operation. Included were functional literacy projects in 10 nations, literacy programs…

A statistical analysis of data on Michigan, New York City, New York State, and Project Talent schools found evidence of schools that consistently produce outstanding students even after allowance is made for the different initial endowments of their students and for chance variation. Methodologically, like many previous studies, this report uses…

An investigation of student achievement gains in remedial Algebra I studied the relationship between achievement and the following variables: instructional technique (programed vs. conventional), student age, sex, and previous level of ability. An analysis of the equality of means of paired samples, made by a t-test, revealed that the variable of…

This study compared the effectiveness of a training procedure involving groups of elementary school students to an individualized training procedure, both of which utilized the Raven Learning Potential (LP) measure to assess improved performance. The development of a group training procedure using the Raven Progressive Matrices aimed at an…

Presented in this report are the results of the feasibility testing of selected micro-teaching and video recording feedback techniques in a laboratory setting designed to simulate vocational teacher education. Volunteer teachers were selected and randomly assigned to three treatment groups in a repeated measurement design to compare the relative…