The purposes of this study were to replicate the effects of question placement, either before or after, on the acquisition of critical and incidental material with grade school subjects and to determine the effects of paragraph length on learning with children. Two variables, question placement (BA) and pacing (PL), were combined in a 2 x 4…

This study was made to assess the relative effects of individual learner characteristics on the prediction of academic success in a traditional course and an independent study course in science, and to predict achievement for individual students. Variables from personality and intellective areas were employed in conjunction with biographical data.…

This research focuses on a major characteristic of mass-education: the requirement that each child in the classroom perform the same learning tasks at the same time. Little is known about consequences of such instructional uniformity on learning, emotional growth and interpersonal relations. Three basic experiments were conducted. The first study…

Six groups of disadvantaged, unemployed adults in vocational training centers were measured for cognitive performance gain, attitude change, and self-reported behavior change after a televised course in consumer information. The course consisted of 16 half hour programs which used a non-classroom format followed by discussions. General conclusions…

The behaviors manifested by mothers of readers and mothers of nonreaders were observed as they taught their children two cognitive tasks. As a methodological control, both groups of mothers were required to teach two other children, one similar to and one different in ability from their own child. The subjects consisted of 40 first grade children,…

EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAMS CONDUCTED IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE SURVEYED. SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS WERE SELECTED FOR FURTHER STUDY. THE REPORT INCLUDES (1) PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING THE PROGRAMS AND THE RESULTS ACHIEVED, (2) METHODS USED TO SELECT THE PROGRAMS STUDIED, (3) COMMON AND…

Thirteen different research reports related to mathematics education, plus a set of five studies by one investigator and his associates, are abstracted and analyzed. The set of five studies is primarily concerned with how students deal with ratio. Of the other studies, one focuses on the longitudinal effects of inservice teacher training; five…

The principles, rules, and directions needed for an introduction to learning the art of organ playing are presented in this guide. It is directed toward the needs of volunteer, part-time organists, such as church organists, who might not have had the opportunity for concentrated study. A series of ministudies is included which enables the teacher…

The process of resident education in an internal medicine practice was examined through interviews with 14 residents, who discussed their educational experience while caring for ten patients. Study results suggest that resident education in this setting depends upon feedback during patient care, reviewing cases, and reading. (Author/LBH)

The psychology of learning is used to analyze learning difficulties of educationally sub-normal (severe) children. Implications for more effective teaching strategies in dealing with number concepts as well as general considerations are given. (MN)

Studies of differences between male and female performance in mathematics are reviewed. The authors concludes that the stereotyping of mathematics as a male domain has a subtle but powerful effect on women, especially as it effects decisions to continue or terminate the study of mathematics. (SD)

Discusses: (1) the nature of an attitude toward science; (2) why people have attitudes toward science; and (3) how attitudes toward science can be improved. Also differentiates attitudes from beliefs and behaviors. (DH)

Viewing curriculum as an academic plan permits development of parallel course and program planning models that are dynamic, conceptually related to student learning, and familiar to institutional planners. Opportunities gained by using the academic plan umbrella for curriculum are described. (Author/MLW)

Advanced is the hypothesis that students organize their beliefs about mathematics to resolve problems that are primarily social rather than mathematical in origin. The contextuality of cognition, meaning-making, and learning in interactive situations are each discussed. (MNS)

Student outcomes were assessed by quantitatively combining results of 57 reported evaluations of three major curriculum programs in elementary school science. Thirty-two percent of the comparisons were statistically significant, favoring activity-based programs; six percent favored control groups. (DH)