Several problems in teaching science to the urban child are identified. A systems approach to develop a meaningful science education program for these students is suggested. The proposed systems model of the educational sciences is presented and discussed. The author was the director of the Urban Adult Education Institute in Detroit. (LC)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to examine the performance of three distinct socioeconomic groups on several dimensions of resemblance sorting. (LC)

Comparisons between teaching fifth-grade arithmetic problems with immediate feedback plus candy reinforcers and 24-hour feedback support previous research conclusions that the first two methods are more effective than the last. Counselors can use this information when working with student learning difficulties. (CJ)

Results of a study involving 13 color-deficient and 15 color-normal pupils in grades three through six, show no evidence of relationship between color vision and achievement. Supports findings of previous studies by Lorenz and McClure (1935), and Shearron (1965). (CJ)

Six studies on school field trip learning are reviewed. Among the findings reported are those indicating that students' perceptions of the novelty of the trip affects what they learn, and that imposed learning will be inhibited in settings where novelty is either extremely great or small. (Author/JN)

The two and one half week workshop on television literacy for teachers that is described covered the historical development of television, advertising and the "hidden message," news programing, sociological and psychological perspectives, the development of critical viewing skills, and classroom applications. Course objectives, requirements, and…

Two sections of a course in physical science for elementary education majors used the balance beam. When taught to transfer from that material to others, students did much better than those who did not receive training. (MNS)

Analyzes the factors that contribute to the satisfaction of adult learners from an instructional design perspective. A general profile of the adult learner is provided, and the factors that enter into learner satisfaction--including learner involvement, learner challenge, self-direction, and rewards--are outlined. A 17-item reference list is…

Looks at the commercialization of sandpainting by the Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico with minimal division of labor to see how important sex was as a factor in its development. (ERB)

Special education for handicapped adolescents is discussed within the framework of four developmental-educational goals: (1) learning competence, (2) social participation, (3) community preparation, and (4) career preparation. School programs and interventions directed toward these goals are described. (Author/PN)

Seven theses are proposed concerning the nature of knowledge, the knower, opinion, learning, truth, the organization of disciplines, and the nature of the university. Systematics, the study of classification, has guided the organization of the university through the disciplines since Plato. (MSE)

Used Situational Leadership Theory to design and conduct two training courses for managers. Varied appropriate Situational Leadership styles during the course, according to students' task maturity. Found managers in the experimental groups (N=30) scored significantly higher on final examinations than controls. (Author/RC)

The quantitative relationship of measured ability to measured science learning was synthesized from reported correlations in 34 studies on grade 6-12 students over a 16 year period. Findings indicate a stable central tendency and deviation of correlations across ability and cognitive outcome categories and across several study variables.…

Suggestions for chemistry teachers in their attempts to teach and inspire students are provided. (HM)