This project involved the development of a manual for science teachers to use in improving their use of selected inquiry teaching behaviors. The behaviors are asking observation questions, asking interpretation questions, acknowledging and reinforcing pupil responses, extending pupil responses, and probing pupil responses. The manual, Handbook on…

The monograph discusses the establishment of a basic learning philosophy by staff involved in educating preschool physically handicapped children. Focused on as important topics to be considered in the formulation of a basic philosophy are communication systems and educational goals and procedures as they relate to all personnel involved. The…

This study examined the effects of a specified set of activities on the ability of educable mentally retarded (EMR) children to use the transitive property and conserve the three relations "same number as,""more than," and "fewer than." Thirteen EMR students, aged 12 to 15, were taught eleven lessons on establishing and conserving these relations,…

Advantages and disadvantages to writing behavioral objectives, especially for teachers of language arts, are discussed. The three commonly accepted domains of learnings--cognitive, affective, and psychomotor--are presented in relation to verbs used to indicate learning in those domains. Steps in identifying evidences of learning are: (1) State…

This project used as an individualized model in the training of specialists in educational change. The individualized education approach consists of planning and conducting, with each student, general programs of study and day-to-day lessons that are tailor-made to suit his learning needs and characteristics. The rationale for using an…

This is the first of several reports on the "Study Methods in Mathematics Project;" the goal of the project is to describe and develop practical study methods which are especially suitable for adults' study of mathematics. In this report, the background of the project is discussed in terms of experience from research on the study habits…

Research concerned with differences in mathematical achievement of males and females is discussed in this document. Variables hypothesized to be related to achievement of women in general and to mathematics learning and studying in particular are considered: verbal ability; spatial visualization ability; confidence in learning mathematics;…

This research has as its basic premise the belief that physical and mental skills are highly similar, enough so in fact that computation paradigms such as the ones used in Artificial Intelligence research about predominantly mental skills can be usefully extended to include physical skills. This thesis is pursued experimentally by the…

Reviewed are 14 studies pertaining to teaching and learning the nature of science. A brief "digest" is prepared of each study, listing author/source, subjects, problem, instruments used, and findings. Conclusions supported by the findings of these studies are made regarding the inadequate levels of understanding of science teachers of the nature…

Various sequences of characterization and exemplification of concepts, and use of examples versus nonexamples, are compared for their effectiveness in teaching inclusive and disjunctive concepts related to algebra and geometry. (SD)

After considering the mathematical system common to various types of measure, the author argues that instruction needs to reflect the common aspects of measure systems as well as the distinctive attributes of different systems. (SD)

An overview is presented of systematic behavioral analysis as a method for modifying both social and cognitive behaviors through reinforcement. Various techniques are explained: response differentiation, shaping, chaining, fading, extinction, timeout, and response cost. (SJL)

Investigates and presents evidence concerning the construct validity of the Test of Higher Cognitive Learning in Chemistry (THCLC), a 40-item multiple-choice test developed to provide assessment of first semester introductory college chemistry students' higher cognitive skills. (Author/GA)

Investigated whether a difference in spatial ability existed among 78 fourth grade boys and girls and whether the spatial ability of fourth grade girls and boys would be differentially affected by instruction using the Spatial Visualization Abilities Test (SVAT) to measure performance. (HM)

Advocates the use of nonparametric techniques, when teaching data analysis to undergraduate life-science students, to circumvent their poor mathematical training. (GA)