Brings to readers some theoretical insights and knowledge about educating disadvantaged learners, and the possible causes and antecedents of observed learning deficits and practical learning problems. (Author/AM)

The teacher who establishes a relationship of mutual openness and trust with students enables them to set their own goals and realize their full human potential. (JD)

This research examined instructional conditions that underly the learning and retention of a group of three related concepts represented in a taxonomy of behavior management concepts. (Editor/RK)

This article discusses an aspect of the process of learning to read and write which has received little attention, that is, the ability of children to recognize and to distinguish clearly the sounds which correspond to the individual letters within each word. (Text is in Italian.) (CFM)

Lecturing, as a means of conveying information is often an inefficient format; learning demands involvement from the learner and behaviors that maximize audience contact and interaction will enhance attention and facilitate learning. (JD)

Concludes that the immediacy of political conflict in local schools over the last decade has provided a teaching surrogate. The salience of such school issues for the young has been greater than many other kinds of local and national politics, and it should have had greater effect on political learning than traditional classroom instruction.…

School pupils (mean age 17 years) were classified as convergers or divergers on the basis of their performance on the AH5 Intelligence Test and the Uses of Objects test. They were presented with a set of concrete and abstract sentences, followed immediately by a forced-choice recognition test. Considered the interaction between…

States that a rationale, the antithesis of mindlessness, is vitally needed in social studies education. Describes the characteristics of a Deweyian rationale for social studies and other characteristics that Dewey would have thought critical in a rationale. (Author/RK)

Three specific skills are described that the novice psychiatric resident must begin to learn: interviewing techniques, self-observation, and empathy. Curriculum effective in accelerating the learning process, i.e., interpersonal process recall, is also discussed. (Author/LBH)

Notes that recent research shows the significance of ownership of the writing process and explains how teachers can help students own the reading experience as well. (FL)

Describes a study of the use of an integrated communication arts instructional strategy to facilitate comprehension in a high school history course indicating that subjects who wrote following brainstorming activities and text readings generated higher quality ideas and synthesized acquired information better than the groups that did not write.…

Offers suggestions for improving teachers' techniques for questioning students, such as ceasing to ask leading questions or questions that require only a yes or no answer and instead asking questions that require deeper thought. (JC)

Empirical studies of the connection between humor and learning indicate that humor can increase student attention and interest. Presentation of humorous material involves skills that can be learned through practice, and faculty development programs for teachers to acquire these skills should be made available. (MSE)

Embedding samples of items designed for program evaluation in course exams improves student motivation and faculty acceptance of assessment procedures. Sources of information on learning are discussed including: course examinations, course-based observations, locally developed comprehensive examinations, and externally developed comprehensive…

Three articles focusing on microcomputers in education discuss (1) a study that investigated children's spelling mistakes and used microcomputers to help improve their spelling; (2) use of computers to promote conceptual change in elementary mathematics; and (3) inservice computer training for teachers of kindergarten through grade eight. (LRW)