This research empirically tests collaborative course development (CCD)-a pedagogy presented in the 2016 "Marketing Education Review Special Issue on Teaching Innovations". A team of researchers taught experimental courses using CCD methods (employing various techniques including syllabus building, "flex-tures," free-choice…

The effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in terms of increasing students' educational attainments has been extensively studied for higher education students and in nonexperimental settings. This paper tests the effectiveness of PBL as an alternative instruction method in secondary education. In a controlled experiment at the class level,…

The aim of the study was to measure the performance reached by students (N = 138) when aurally identifying musical harmonic intervals (from m2 to P8) after having experienced a teaching innovation proposal for the Music Conservatories of Catalonia (Spain) based on observational methodology. Its design took into account several issues, which had…

This study compared selected college/career readiness outcomes for students attending an urban high school who voluntarily participated in an academic support program, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), to demographically similar/same school peers who completed the traditional academic program (TAP) of study. Grade point average,…

Research supported by a grant from the Cooperative Research Branch, U.S. Office of Education.

Project Apex, an expeimental elective English curriculum at Trenton (Michigan) High School, is evaluated. The evaluation compares the Trenton program with those of two control schools of fairly similar size and located in communities of approximately the same social and economic backgrounds. The evaluation procedure consists of various achievement…

A study was undertaken to determine whether four commercially prepared language programs would bring about better gains in the language achievement of disadvantaged preschool children than would activities planned by teachers themselves. The four commercial programs included the Peabody Language Development Kit: Preschool (PLDK-P); the Ginn…

ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASSES IN THREE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE USED FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LAY READERS IN GRADING STUDENT PAPERS. THE PROGRAM WAS SPECIFIED AS "CONTRACT CORRECTING," OR STATED IN ANOTHER WAY, IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF AN ADEQUATE WRITING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHOUT…

Mindfulness meditation is increasingly recognized as a health promotion practice across many different kinds of settings. Concomitantly, contemplative education is being integrated into colleges and universities in order to enhance learning through reflection and personal insight. The confluence of these trends provides an opportunity to develop…

STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SEQUENTIAL, CUMULATIVE CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH FOR COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS WAS COMPARED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF SIMILAR STUDENTS TAKING TRADITIONAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. THE STATISTICAL STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A VALID BASIS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CURRICULUM AND WHAT…

AN EXPERIMENTAL 8-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR GIFTED CHILDREN IN RURAL AREAS AND TOWNS WAS TESTED FOR EFFECTIVENESS. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN ACHIEVEMENT OR ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM AND STUDENTS WHO HAD THE SAME INTELLIGENCE BUT NO SPECIAL TRAINING.…

A pilot study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of five curricular methods used in a summer Head Start program designed to develop perceptual-motor skills. Three hundred and seventy-three inner-city children in 15 Head Start centers were given the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Brenner Developmental Gestalt Test of School…