This study attempted to develop a system for analyzing the processes students use in solving work problems and to investigate the relationships of these processes to other behavioral measures. The subjects in this study were 56 students of both sexes who had above average mental ability and who had just completed the eighth grade from two junior…

This paper describes and evaluates the implementation of a two-semester course in Century 21 shorthand by an experienced business education instructor. Student characteristics, course organization, learning activities, and difficulties encountered by both students and the instructor are described for each course. Detailed evaluations of the…

This monograph, published by the Science Education Programme for Africa (SEPA), is intended to help teachers and teacher educators with the skills and attitudes relating to learning science through activities designed to make the learner the center of attention. Presented is a review of Bruner's learning theory, Piaget's theory of intellectual…

In this paper, Simon describes contemporary information processing approaches to the study of learning and thinking, and discusses the relevance of these studies to the distinction between rote and meaningful learning. Before defining the basic terminology of information processing research, he provides a brief literature review, describing some…

Instruction technology should be utilized in the creation of innovative teaching methods. The learner's needs must be reconsidered with emphasis placed on the development of inquisitive, creative, critical, and self-directed thinking. (NR)

This paper reviews psychological literature concerned with aging, and includes brief reviews of (a) motor skill work, (b) the phenomena of "slowing," (c) social psychological findings, (d) sensation and perception, and (e) selected learning characteristics. The following teaching and learning strategies were elicited from this study: (a)…

The major objectives of this study were to determine the reception of "In the News" by children within the target audience's ages, to determine if children within the target audience recognize the news program as a program, to determine if children learn from "In the News," and to compare children's learning from hard news…

The purpose of this study was to examine several of the leading journals in science education in order to determine how many of the research studies reported contained followups of a retention nature. Four journals were examined: (1) Journal of Research in Science Teaching, (2) Science Education, (3) Journal of College Science Teaching, and (4)…

Speed and accuracy in adding a colunm of one addend numbers directly down a column was compared to adding by looking for combinations which add to ten. Ninety-two fourth-grade subjects learned one of these two methods for one week and then learned the other method the following week. Using timed tests after each treatment, it was found that the…

Analyzed were the relative effects of two forms of spiral organization (area or topical), and two instructional modes of presentation (inductive or deductive), on the mathematical learning of sixth graders. The learning was assessed at each of six cognitive levels, within three areas, on four topics, over a three month time period. The results…

Reported is a study of the efficacy of mutually aided learning in science, defined as the systematic and long term use of high school students in an instructional role in elementary school science classes. A group of five or six high school juniors or seniors served as instructors in an elementary school science class, with each high school…

The research reported in this project focuses on the effective development, evaluation and individualization of programed materials. The study involved three phases. Phase I was to determine which of four programing methods was most effective for the attainment of science achievement at three levels, knowledge, application, and relationship.…

This status study provides evidence supporting the feasibility of teaching certain probability concepts to fifth and sixth grade students. The study employed an interview technique to analyze the status of three basic concepts of probability--sample space, probability of an event, choosing the most likely of two events. The effects of visual aids…

The report describes a number of experiments designed to compare the acquisition of a compensatory tracking skill in adaptively controlled and open loop conditions. It covers one dimensional tracking and two dimensional tracking. Several one dimensional tasks were employed in order to control the degree of subskill interference and memory load.…

A social simulation game, Consumer, was used to study the effectiveness of simulation in teaching facts about: (1) installment buying; (2) how to compare available sources of credit; and (3) how to recognize the best credit contract. The entire twelfth grade at one high school participated in the study. Ten class sections were assigned to…