This study compared the effectiveness of verbal and candy reward on the learning of 72 lower class, black preschool children. A combination of the two reward conditions was included to investigate if material reward had a distracting effect. The informational value of the two types of rewards was manipulated to determine if they differed in…

The author summarizes and reviews seven research studies which seek to determine the role of individual modal preference as related to learning to read. The seven studies are by Bateman (1968); Robinson (1968); Jones (1970); Bruininks (1968); Cripe (1966); de Hirsh, Jansky, and Langford (1966); and Bursuk (1971). Of these studies, only Bursuk…

The role of negative instances in the acquisition of the mathematical concepts of commutativity and associativity of a binary operation was examined. Two levels of instruction (positive instances, and positive and negative instances) for commutativity and for associativity were crossed to form a 2 x 2 factorial design with 16 ninth grade subjects…

Efforts to create instructional materials which would be cognitively appealing to students demonstrating aptitude for figurally, verbally, or symbolically oriented materials are described. Students enrolled in preservice freshman level mathematics content courses for prospective elementary school teachers were given a battery of tests designed to…

Three experiments were conducted to determine the effect of several instructional variables on concept attainment. In Experiment I, the effect of presenting a rationally chosen set of positive and negative instances was contrasted with the effect of presenting either a rationally chosen set of positive instances alone or two randomly selected…

This document presents instructional modules of the competency-based elementary teacher education program at Norfolk State College. A three-fold criterion formed the basis of the instructional module: 1) knowledge of criteria, which are employed to assess only the first level of learning; 2) performance criteria, which are used to assess the…

Discusses the results of a test asministered to preschool children to measure the impact of Plaza Sesamo on their gains in learning skills. (MH)

Describes a heuristic model that facilitates the conceptualization of linguistic-imaginal processes and forms the basis for a method of relating learner aptitudes to specific instructional stimuli in science education. (MLH)

Advance organizers may fail to promote learning even though they are approximately related to the main learning experience and internally meaningful and logical. If they are to optimize the likelihood that new materials will be readily and properly subsumed, they must also be constructed to conform to the cognitive preparedness and scholastic…

Discusses Novak's views that Ausubel's meaningful learning can become an alternative to Piagetian psychology and argues that Ausubel does not provide a theory that can be an alternative to Piaget's developmental psychology. (HM)

Examines the processing of physical and nominal features of letters by children from grades 1, 2, and 6. Examines processing strategies in relation to reading ability. (BD)

Student behavior measures were shown to be highly predictive of achievement, adding support to the notion that student behavior during instruction is strongly linked to student learning. (Author)

A research study analyzed the nature of one teaching modality, programmed instruction, as it relates to the teaching and training of older people, concluding that it is a viable mode for the transmission of information to older as well as younger learners. (ABM)

The first part of this research study examines how elementary students discover and understand certain relationships in nature. The second part investigates how pupils operate with overlapping concepts. (Author/RM)