THE USE OF AUDIOTUTORIAL TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE BOTANY IS DESCRIBED. SPECIFIC PRACTICES USED AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO ILLUSTRATE DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE APPROACH ARE ANALYZED. INCLUDED ARE INDEPENDENT STUDY SESSIONS, SMALL ASSEMBLY SESSIONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSIONS, AND HOME STUDY SESSIONS. ILLUSTRATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS…

Using the "How to Solve It" list developed by Polya as a vehicle of comparison, research findings and key concepts from the psychological study of problem solving are applied to mathematical problem solving. Hypotheses concerning the interpretation of psychological phenomena for mathematical problem situations are explored. Several areas…

In the final article of a series, the author discusses two fundamental components of education--teaching and learning. Teaching means communicating to students facts, ideas, skills, or techniques so they are clearly understood. Learning is about attitudes, being prepared to receive information, and searching for knowledge when we lack it.…

This article builds a rationale for continuing and community education, based on current social trends in the United States. (RC)

This study examines object construction and the ages at which children developing under various environmental conditions achieve five of the landmarks in the Uzgiris-Hunt (1974) scale of object permanence. (Author)

What was once a fitting expression of revolt against the wild growth of indiscriminate imitation and excessive reliance on bookishness is today, according to the author, all too often a symptom of the extolling of the empty mind. (JT)

Reports research findings that student achievement can be enhanced if teachers use more questions related to application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, convergent production, and divergent production. (LS)

The effects of several variables on the ability of students to solve open sentences involving multiplication and division were examined. The variables considered were sex, grade level, position of the unknown in the sentence, and operation. (SD)

When two methods of transforming numbers from one base to another were taught sequentially, the first interfered with learning of the second. (SD)

Provides an introduction to cognitive, learning, and teaching styles and their educational use by describing two instruments used for cognitive style mapping the Oakland and Canfield approaches. (Author/GA)

Investigates the possible relationships between the ability of introductory college genetics students to perform Piagetian formal operational tasks and their ability to solve problems requiring genetic analysis. (Author/GA)

The article reviews methods by which classroom teachers can identify academically gifted students (including a discussion of common learning characteristics of gifted students); considers classroom implications; and identifies goals and objectives for gifted students in reading, language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science. (CL)

Investigated high and low entering behavior levels and different cognitive levels of behavioral objectives across four treatments. Findings indicated that preassessment of student knowledge is a useful educational tool and that educators should be cognizant of learning variables that interact in the learning process so that unfounded…

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum uses such quaint teaching tools as the Gila monster and the boojum tree to tell the story of its vast and fascinating but often misunderstood desert environment. (Editor)