This mixed-methods study compared teacher candidates' (TCs) perceived preparedness in a clinically oriented teacher education model, Clinical Experiences and Practices in Teaching (CEPT), to a traditional model. Eighteen TCs participating in the CEPT model and 22 non-CEPT TCs were surveyed and interviewed after 1 year of the program. Clinical…

This article reports on the results of an empirical study of student expectations and mathematical anxiety among first-year students who must study mathematics as a supporting discipline. The article describes the model of support we have developed mixing, as it does, the more traditional ideas of "filling knowledge gaps" with an exploration of…

Students keep a diary of reactions to any course ideas which are personally significant and comment on class lectures, relevant newspaper articles, television, films, and experiences. Preliminary research indicates the log has a positive impact on student motivation, interest, and self perception. (Author/JK)

Classes of students whose teachers utilized various teaching models in differing proportions differed in self-concept of academic ability but not in attitude toward the teacher. Teachers who used positive reinforcers abundantly and/or information processing models were associated with higher student self-concept of academic ability scores.…

Professionals as well as parents will find here an argument and model for implementing humanistic education in public schools at all levels. Steming from the Elementary School Teaching Project by the Ford Foundation which found that the student's feelings influence his ability to learn, this book attempts to develop a model which will utilize the…