Modern colleges can better serve their students if they strive to create a warm community that revolves around education and meets man's basic need for affiliation. The University of Denver is striving to develop community residence halls around the dogma of a philosophical approach to learning. The university has initiated residential programs…

This study tested the hypotheses that, following training in concept learning strategies, subjects would tend to follow the strategy taught and would perform better than untrained subjects. A sample of 60 graduate students was randomly assigned to three groups. The experimental task, administered via a computer teletype terminal, required subjects…

Research has indicated that there is no teaching method superior to others in promoting reading skills, improving attitudes, or creating interests, and that different types of children evidence varying responses to different methods. Studies such as those of Jung and Myer regarding personality and learning styles provide clues that are useful in…

As emphasis on intensive educational training increases, effective gerontological curricula and content planning to assure learner satisfaction are becoming more important. This article considers four key variables related to learner satisfaction, and six guidelines for increased training effectiveness are suggested. (Author)

Provides a short review of the application of the Keller plan to chemistry teaching, including how the Keller plan works, where it is used, and reports on its effectiveness as a teaching method. (MLH)

When students were given calculus instruction based on the nonstandard defintion of limit, achievement was comparable to that of a control group using regular text materials. Attitudes of teachers regarding the use of the nonstandard approach are reported. (SD)

Presents a simple pedagogical model to teach the importance of antiparallel complementarity in nucleotide pairing when replication, transcription and coding are initially introduced. (HM)

Gives a summary of the proceedings of the third conference on integrated science education that was held in the Netherlands, in 1978. Lists some of the specific problems that were addressed during the conference. (GA)

This article draws attention to the use of color in mathematics instruction. Several examples are given, such as Cuisenaire rods, number lines, magic squares, and combinatorial problems. (MP)

Deals with Piaget's research and theory over the past five decades. The purpose of the paper is to identify important aspects of Piaget's work and to refer the reader to sources readily available in books and periodicals. These are outlined in the annotated bibliography at the end of the paper. (Author/MA)

This study of young men from two-child families shows that birth-order effect and level of ability were not influenced by length of interval between firstborn and secondborn. (MP)

While responses permitting no change in location are learned very slowly, responses that allow unambiguous flight from a dangerous location are learned very rapidly. Two experiments examine the possible reinforcing properties of the flight response in avoidance acquisition. (Author/RK)

This study is necessarily exploratory with regard to action-oriented dimensions in educational contexts. Author hypothesizes that those subjects rated most highly functioning on selected dimensions will be rated as making the most significant contribution to learning of other group members. Those rated least effective will be least helpful in…

Examined was the time response effect of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on the learning task performance of 53 hyperactive children (mean age 10 years). Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. (CL)

The occurrences of beginning reading strategies outside of official classroom reading time reveals that children are more advanced in reading development than is generally assumed from the curricula, the materials, and tests usually given to first graders. (JD)