Four areas of application of audiovisual media in university teaching are considered, and some of the contributions that an educational technologist can make to teaching and learning in these areas are outlined. The role of an educational technologist in a traditional university is briefly discussed. (Author/LBH)

A student evaluation of learning rather than teaching has generated some suggestions for teacher behavior that would encourage more participatory roles for students in their learning and in the evaluation of their learning. (JMD)

Three studies of peer teaching were carried out using first-year students in a compulsory anatomy course in an occupational therapy school. The performance of the experimental peer teaching group was compared using mastery tests with a control group having lecture and discussion sessions. The experimental group continually scored higher, with…

Psychology as a discipline can support claims for the objectivity and necessity of values as well as point to some effective modes of values transmission. The problem today in higher education is size, lack of consensus in ideals, and conflicting purposes. The solution is to form small groups within the mass. (JMD)

Describes the development, content, and rationale for a high school physics course, called Electronic Systems. It can be useful for college-bound students as well as for vocational education students. (GA)

This examination of the educational purpose in the kibbutz and issues of creating a common ideology illustrates how deeply learning is a part of the larger environment in the society and how the special features of the kibbutz educational program work. Includes an honest assessment of advantages, strains, and problems of this program. (Author/RK)

Investigates the effectiveness of two conflict-producing procedures: (1) Peer interaction and conflict training; and (2) Teacher conflict training in promoting the development of logical thinking of fifth-graders as measured by the acquisition of conservation of area. (HM)

Study goals may be less effective when the sequence of the list of goals does not match the sequence of goal-relevant information in a reading passage. In a study using undergraduates, learning of goal-relevant information was lower when the study goals and text sequences did not match. (Author/GDC)

The intention in this research was to collect instances of study skill in different situations, and to relate study activity to levels of understanding and academic performance. Also reanalyzes data described by Marton and Saljo (1976a) which led to the concepts of deep-level processing and surface processing as explanations of qualitative…

Florida International University, a new upper level public university established in 1972, implemented a philosophical and programmatic objective of service to the community and fostering international understanding through the education of students. Its students are comprised of adult graduates of community colleges and older continuing education…

An abridged version of the inaugural address delivered by Ms. Herzog on January 13, 1976. (SK)

The author proposes that computer programs which are designed to make algorithmic structures accessible and comprehensible be employed as advance organizers in mathematics instruction. These programs would bring clarity and structural integration to mathematical, instructional, and cognitive structures important to the mastery of mathematical…

The school as a political entity is described as a center of power relations between persons in authority and persons under authority. The process of education for independent thinking is seen to continually initiate alienation from existing authority and tradition. (AV)

Twenty severely retarded adults performed on the pursuit rotor apparatus in a study of the relationship between intelligence and motor task complexity. (CL)

Children between the ages of 10 and 13 were asked to write stories to accompany five computational problems. Stories were scored for suitability and it was found that students were most successful on subtraction and least successful on multiplication stories. Scores on this test correlated with mathematics achievement scores. (SD)