Describes teaching of a physical science course to sophomore and junior nonscience majors through the use of learner's own creative abilities in concept formation. Includes information about corresponding changes in lecturing, experimentation, examination, grading, and definition of science. (CC)

In presenting lessons in music theory by computer-assisted instruction, response-sensitive programing results in greater achievement than response-insensitive programing. (Author)

The adequacy of preventive education modalities in drug and alcohol education programs is questioned. Dilemmas facing students and teachers are discussed with the conclusion that communication must be accomplished within a common frame of reference for both the educator and student recipient. (BL)

Innovation will flourish within a school environment that provides opportunities for teachers to plan, evaluate, and change through a cooperative and democratic process. (Author)

Understanding learning, and how it is encouraged or thwarted, will improve the design of schools, and can best be realized through joint action between behavioral scientist and designer. (Author)

Author describes attempts to encourage students to ask questions in class, in the belief that the more generally accepted Socratic Method, in which the teacher asks the questions, is less effective. (JB)

If human dimensions can be reintroduced into classroom learning as a primary educational function, the learner will become personally involved and his continuing learning will affect a change in his behavior. (IR)

Counselor education currently does not have a training model that is systematically employed and contains provisions for individual differences or promotes the development of programs for facilitating transfer of training. In the proposed model, counselor educators must decide which of the counseling student's behaviors will become the focus of…

Without the restraint of the textbook the teacher can become editor and decision maker, using journal articles, books, laboratory exercises and multi-media packages, to go well beyond the level of any available text. (Editor/IR)