THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING AND MANY DIFFERENT METHODS OF LEARNING. FOR MAXIMUM LEARNING, TEACHING STYLES AND LEARNING STYLES SHOULD BE CONGRUENT, THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH THE DISADVANTAGED LEARNER. THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD COMES TO SCHOOL WITH A CERTAIN PERSONALITY, WITH CERTAIN NEEDS, AND WITH CERTAIN BUILT-IN MECHANISMS. HE…

THIS INVESTIGATION STUDIED THE EFFECTS AND INTERACTION OF SELECTED PRACTICE, TASK, AND SUBJECT VARIABLES ON LEARNING PERFORMANCE. SUBJECTS SELECTED WERE RETARDED, NORMAL, AND SUPERIOR CAUCASIAN PUPILS. EACH WAS ADMINISTERED EIGHT TASKS FORMED BY COMBINING THE TASK MEANINGFULNESS AND RECITATION TYPE VARIANTS. THESE TASKS WERE ADMINISTERED IN…

THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE HOW A PARTICULAR CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR WOULD APPEAR WHEN IT WAS VIEWED FROM FOUR EVALUATIVE FRAMEWORKS--DEVELOPMENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANTIVE LEARNING, AND GROUP PROCESS. THE FIRST STAGE WAS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR SCHEDULES FOR USE IN SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION OF THE SAME SAMPLE OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR. IN…

KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WERE USED AS SUBJECTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER WHETHER CHILDREN WITH SHORT AND LONG MEMORY SPANS USE DIFFERENT CUES TO RECOGNIZE WORDS AND WHETHER MEMORY SPAN TESTS ARE EFFECTIVE PREDICTORS OF DIFFICULTY IN LEARNING TO READ. IT WAS HOPED THAT CHILDREN WOULD EXHIBIT A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF CHOICES OVER TRIALS, WHICH MIGHT…

INDIVIDUALS LEARN AND RETAIN MATERIAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WHEN THEY ATTEND TO THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ABOUT WHICH THEY ARE TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION. TRADITIONALLY GESTURAL AND SITUATIONAL ATTENTION DEVICES HAVE BEEN USED IN CLASSROOMS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ATTENTION FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. IT IS POSSIBLE HOWEVER THAT MUCH MORE SUBTLE…

THE EXPERIMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS UPON CRITERION PERFORMANCE OF THE LEARNER'S TEST-ANXIETY LEVEL AND THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF FEEDBACK IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. FOUR EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED DURING THE PROJECT. THE PROCEDURE EMPLOYED IDENTIFIED EXTREME GROUPS ON A MEASURE OF TEST ANXIETY, AND THEN…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO KINDS OF CONFIRMATION IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION--RESPONSE CONFIRMATION AND EXAMINATION FEEDBACK. EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS OF HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW STUDENT MOTIVATION AND HIGH AND LOW ERROR-RATE WERE UTILIZED. RESPONSE CONFIRMATION REFERS TO THE CONVENTIONAL METHOD OF CONFIRMING EACH ONE OF…

THIS STUDY INVOLVED 74 EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS AND THEIR YEAR-LONG WORK ON A PROGRAMED COURSE IN GENERAL SCIENCE. THE SUBJECTS WERE DIVIDED INTO FOUR TREATMENT GROUPS VARIED AS TO IN- OR OUT-OF-CLASS USE OF THE PROGRAM. TWO MEASURES WERE TAKEN--AN ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE OVER THE SUBJECT-MATTER CONTENT OF THE PROGRAMED COURSE, AND A PERFORMANCE MEASURE…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE FEEDBACK TECHNIQUES IN TELEVISION TEACHING--"MICROPHONE FEEDBACK,""VICARIOUS FEEDBACK," AND "ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FEEDBACK." THE TECHNIQUES WERE STUDIED IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIVE EFFECTS ON LEARNING, RETENTION, AND ATTITUDE TOWARD TELEVISED INSTRUCTION.…

THIS MONOGRAPH BRINGS TOGETHER A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING AUDIOVISUAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION. THE AUTHORS POINT OUT VARIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE. NINE CHAPTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLICATION--(1) CURRENT CONCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF AUDIOVISUAL DEVICES IN LEARNING, (2) THE IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH ON…

To test whether the process of learning mathematics involves the effect of a hierarchical concept (as opposed to a "snowball" effect, in which one set of concepts becomes the basis for a new set), a matrix of correlations of progress test scores from a self-instructional high school algebra course was analyzed. The form of the matrix did not…

Fifteen recognized leaders in the interpersonal relations area were asked to identify the interpersonal competencies that are related to the facilitations of learning processes for pupils, teachers, and teachers of teachers. Their reports were analyzed and a category system developed which would encompass four major dimensions: interpersonal…

J. Piaget's theory of developmental epistemology; is used to raise questions about the conduct of special educaton, particularly in four areas: the predominant view of the nature of learning in handicapped children, emphasis on perceptual aspects in instruction, attempts to reduce or eliminate errors in the responses of handicapped learners, and…

This paper briefly discusses the use of item sampling for student evaluation in a summative evaluation context. Its proposition is that item sampling is a means of achieving better and broader student evaluation because it leaves room for individualized evaluation. Item sampling can be implemented properly by associating it to the concept of item…

How well items of information which comprise a text are learned may depend upon the semantic and syntactic relationships (ideational bonds) which exist among those items. To determine if the ability of learners to recall text information is influenced by the location of the information within the text and by syntactic contrasts among informational…