Reported is the development and testing of a program designed to encourage individual creative mathematical activity in first grade students. Initially some characteristics of the creative process and creative thinking were examined and six criteria describing certain aspects of mathematical creativity were identified and validated. An instrument…

Reported is research involving the development and testing or a program designed to encourage individual creative mathematical activity in first grade students. Initially, some characteristics of the creative process and creative thinking were examined and six criteria describing certain aspects of mathematical creativity were identified and…

This is one of several papers issued in cooperation with the National Association for Research in Science Teaching to analyze and synthesize research related to the teaching and learning of science completed over a two-year period. The research reviewed is grouped according to the standard categories used by the ERIC Science and Mathematics…

This study investigated the effects of offering three instructional options (lecture, lecture-discussion, and independent study) to students in a large psychology lecture class. The purpose of this study was to determine whether students do better when given their preferred method of learning, and whether the different methodology affected…

Two separate subject matter areas were selected for investigation which were felt to represent two distinct types of learning situations. One was a kind of logico-mathematical procedure; the other was a visual form discrimination task. Two separate courses were developed for each subject matter area. One reflected an inductive instructional…

Reported are the results of a study designed to determine the most efficient learning sequence appropriate for preschoolers in learning three set relations. The efficiency of a particular ordering of the relations, equivalence (E), greater than (G), less than (L)) was evaluated in terms of time required to reach criterion, and amount of transfer.…

This study was designed to determine (1) if teacher use of specified teaching behaviors leads to the identification of differences in the learning outcomes of pupils in group and independent learning situations; and (2) if knowledge of teacher use of specified teaching behaviors relates to the prediction of variance in pupil post-unit scores. The…

Investigated were the proportions of concept types used by fourth through ninth graders to explain scientific terms. Data were collected and analyzed to relate the types of concepts used by students in their explanations to the variables of sex, grade level, and intelligence. An analysis of the types of concepts used by groups of students to…

Criteria and guidelines are suggested for evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of inservice training programs for use in administrative review of staff development in state and local departments of public welfare. Inservice education is treated as an essential, integral, and continuous part of agency administration. The content of orientation…

Behaviors often regarded as diseases are in fact, normal events. Growth, both physical and mental is discussed, including a list of learning modes ranging from ontogenic to verbal transaction. Autistic children are considered. Causes, effects and characteristics such as: (1) irregularities in sleep, (2) irregularities in the environment, (3)…

This pamphlet describes the process of human growth from conception to adolescence and is designed for use in grades four through six. Chapter One discusses growth and Chapter Two discusses the beginning of life. Chapter Three is concerned with growth from conception on to birth. The birth of the babies, both human and other mammals, and helping…

Professor Stake feels that Professor Glaser's paper does not give adequate attention to how descriptions and judgements of the instructional process can be used to facilitate educational decisions. He also asserts that behavioral specification, as it is usually defined, is often impractical and unnecessary, and he challenges the primacy of goal…

Professor Postman is in agreement with Professor Gagne's view that valid measurement of learning outcomes is an essential part of the evaluation of educational systems. The paper stresses that the categorization of outcomes and measuring operations should be regarded as flexible heuristic devices, and that it is desirable to guard against the risk…

The purposes of this study were: (1) to compare the effectiveness of two teaching methods having two distinct levels of emphasis on mathematical structure in organizing and presenting the same mathematical content, and (2) to identify the effect of the cognitive ability of reflective intelligence on four cognitive levels of learning a second-order…

This paper discusses the reading diary study--a method that involves frequent observation and detailed note-taking of the strategies employed by a child while learning to read--and the problems of data reduction, limitations of methods employed by researchers, and analysis of data. The sections include "Miscue Analysis," which can be…