Assesses the possible effects of lossening up fixed time requirements and rigid patterns of instruction on the economic efficiency and instructional quality of higher education. (Editor/PG)

Article presents a critical position on education as a necessity for life. (RK)

Article gives the results of a multiple-probe recognition memory investigation examining the importance of relationships between items in a memorized series (positive set). (Editor)

Videotaped discussions were utilized to enhance communication between students and teachers. (RK)

Board members of Instructor have an informal discussion about important educational issues that affect each child's learning proficiency. (Author/RK)

This paper attempts to clarify the scope of performance contracting, to speculate about its genesis in terms of socio-economic forces, and to review current opinion among those who will likely influence its future. (Author)

Author defines accountability, its use in the educational system, and offers a set of questions to check on its effectiveness. (RK)

Describes the Open University of the United Kingdom, established by Royal Charter to serve adult students. (Author/RK)

Article attempts to describe a program which seeks to foster the development of persons who can respond constructively, responsibly, imaginatively and humanely to life's vicissitudes. (Author/RK)

The hypothesis that knowledge about nations is acquired selectively to validate the evaluative learning that has occurred is tested. Preferences for 10 foreign nations were assessed in 60 English children, and information about one nation (Germany) was elicited. Results of the findings extend and support the hypothesis. (SM)

Examines recent studies that indicate that schools should not restrict themselves to goals that maximize the kind of intelligence IQ tests measure. Suggests that alternatives in education could possibly identify and nurture some of those skills and talents that have more influence on adult success than does IQ. (Author/DN)

Discusses the attributes of the behavior system and a model that suggests the feasibility of the development of a new and required analytic capability for systems of human behavior. (Author/RK)

Author looks at behavioral objectives in terms of how well they solve classic educational probelms. There are problems of individual differences, problems of failure, problems of content and process, problems of goals, and problems of human beings in institutional settings. (Author/CB)

Article discusses selected observations on behaviorally oriented approaches to counseling, defines behavioral counseling, and examines current techniques. (Author/RK)

Research supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education to the Harvard Project Zero. (DS)