Some successful students were asked to reflect on their experiences with the high school curriculum, commenting on their sources of motivation, how they explained their school success, what they enjoyed learning, and what they wished they could have learned. School administrators defined the nature of the students' success, and five students were…

This document contains the third volume of the "International Series" of the "American Journal of Education." The "International Series" is devoted to the completion (as far as practicable) of subjects presented in the previous Series and a "Historical Survey of National Systems, Institutions, and Methods of…

Describes the development of an educational institution created in response to the urgent need to provide new and more flexible approaches to education for New York State. (Author/RK)

Defines learning and memory and presents experimental evidence that indicates that learning and memory are chemical in nature. (JR)

A systems approach provides planning by which counselors can (a) specify what they are trying to accomplish in operational terms, (b) develop specific procedures to promote these objectives, (c) monitor the client's progress continuously, and (d) determine empirically whether or not the counseling goals have been accomplished. (Author)

The Tri-Cycle Process described in the model permits for the first time an integrated system for designing an individualized instructional system that would permit a rational, diagnosis-prescription-evaluation system keyed to an accounting system. (Author)

No significant difference was found between the perceptual-motor performance of the white advantaged and disadvantaged children. The disadvantaged black children performed significantly more poorly than either of the white groups. Perceptual-motor proficiency was also examined in relation to sex, intelligence, visual discrimination, motivation,…

Article describes the computer-based project in Barstow, California. The project seeks determination of students' learning achievements and whether these learning levels are rising at an acceptable rate to meet predetermined goals. (HB)

Discusses the characteristics, especially the commonalities, of four innovative educational methods: audio-tutorial systems, guided design, programed instruction, and the Keller method. Indicates that content materials still play the major role in student learning at present. (CC)

Article attempts to explain some basic information about standardized tests-test jargon, facts on test construction, administration, use and abuse. (Author/RK)

It is argued that the attribute-organized passage (as opposed to name-organized passage) yielded superior recall because it allowed for a hierarchically organized information retrieval scheme. (Authors/CB)

Eight of the hypotheses supported by the Harvard data were again supported in the Montreal sample, though only two of the replications reached statistical significance. (Authors)

The most important result of this study was simply the illustration that the systematic analysis and experimental study of the learning of principles from text is possible. (Author)