This article discusses the school's role in motivating students to understand themselves and in stressing how important such understanding is to the achievement and maintenance of high quality health. (Author/LA)

The Continuous Progress group showed greater acquisition, greater transfer to a related course, and greater retention 1 year later. A low correlation obtained between acquisition and retention measures for the CP group raised some questions about the effect of continuous progress procedures on retention. (Authors/CB)

Convivial society is a defined as a society in which modern technologies serve politically interrelated individuals rather than managers. Excerpted from Tools for Conviviality'' published in 1973. (DS)

Research supported by the U.S. Office of Education.

In current evaluation practice, the implicit philosophy of value, appraisal, and action is seen as a form of Benthamite utilitarianism. A domain of value called "educational worth" is described. Ways of detecting the presence of educational worth in liberal learning programs are identified. (MLW)

Interviews were conducted and tests were administered to determine if students found chemistry or physics easier. Reasons for their choices (including the fact that physics was perceived as relating to the life/world domain) and type knowledge used by the students are discussed. (JN)

Outlines a framework for analyzing research and development trends in classroom management and school effectiveness in terms of (1) learners and learning, (2) teacher education, (3) educational programs, (4) classroom management, (5) school effectiveness, (6) a network of schools, and (7) school systems. Eleven sources are appended. (EJS)

Addresses various issues in educational computing, suggesting that the real crisis facing schools is not a software shortage but a hardware crunch accompanied by misconceptions about how computers can help children learn. (Author/JN)

Suggests that students are able to learn science processes and skills using microcomputers. Discusses a program (used in a research project) recording estimates students make of "popping balloons" and time taken to make estimates, and making presentation easy/difficult so skill processing could be varied. (JN)

Research linking teacher behavior to student learning is making significant progress in developing a scientific basis for teacher education. (Author)

Discusses an educational research study undertaken to investigate the effects of feedback of test results on learning among junior high school students in Bangkok, Thailand. Findings indicated that testing accompanied by maximal feedback increased achievement more than testing alone for students at all different ability levels. (Author/DB)

Reviews science education research in grades 6-12 related to the constructs of student motivation, home or family environment, and peer-group environment. Science education literature (1964-1979) from several sources was examined and correlations made between construct variables and science learning. (CS)

Investigates the cognitive functioning of 106 college freshmen using six paper-pencil Piagetian-based tasks. Results show that only 25 percent of the freshmen tested were reasoning at a formal level. (HM)