An experiment in which secondary school French, German, and Spanish classes at a large comprehensive high school were conducted in three different kinds of classroom settings is described, with emphasis on student rating of machine-guided language practice. Classroom settings included (1) a conventional classroom with a few weekly half-periods in…

This document provides summary descriptions of a dozen ESEA Title III programs using behavior control techniques on various populations of school-age youth, for different objectives. Each program summary gives the title, population served, approximate annual cost, procedures, a brief evaluation, and whom to contact for further information. (EM)

GUIDELINES FOR INITIATING A RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION UNIT WITHIN A SCHOOL WERE PRESENTED. THE PROGRAM FOR ESTABLISHING THE UNITS WAS DEVELOPED TO (1) SECURE MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING BY STUDENTS (2) ENCOURAGE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, AND (3) PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH, CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. A…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF CLASSROOM SIMULATION FOR THE PRESERVICE EDUCATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TO CONDUCT A TEST OF THAT PROGRAM. A SINGLE SIXTH-GRADE CLASSROOM WAS SIMULATED THROUGH THE USE OF FILMS AND PRINTED MATERIALS. A TEST GROUP OF 40 STUDENTS, DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS, WAS PRESENTED WITH 60…

An experimental team-teaching program in 10th-grade English and social studies at El Rancho High School (Pico Rivera, California) is described in this publication. Included are (1) a report of the summe r planning sessions held voluntarily by interested teachers; (2) topics of lectures, delivered to students, on literature, language, history, an d…

The effectiveness of the instructional team approach as opposed to the self-contained classroom approach was investigated by the Atlanta Public School system from 1966-1969 (under a funding by Title I, Public Law 89-10). The achievement levels of first grade and seventh grade pupils were evaluated, using both techniques at each level. The…

The first and major portion of this report of a film study project in Evanston, Illinois, lists films selected for use in grades 1-8, together with plot summaries of varying lengths, special uses for the films, suggested study questions and activities, sample student responses to questions and assignments, running times, appropriate age levels,…

The development of children's language skills was studied in an experimental research project involving programmed versus incidental instruction in a prekindergarten program. It was hypothesized that children who attended a prekindergarten with programed instruction would score significantly higher on language skills tests than would a comparable…

Active literacy is the ability to inject one's own thoughts and intentions into messages received and sent, the ability to transform and to act upon aspects of the world via the written word. Five things are not working for literacy in Australia; formularistic exercise texts and kits, the media, experts with solutions, habits, and national…

In 1973, the Education Development Center (EDC) received a grant for the production and support of 65 half-hour television programs. Aimed primarily at eight- to eleven-year-old minority children, the programs were to teach supplementary mathematical topics through real situations, drawing examples from science, technology, and the arts. Hands-on…

RESEARCH HAS NOT YET YIELDED CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE SUPERIORITY OF THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH TO LANGUAGE TEACHING OVER THE TRADITIONAL, GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD. COLLABORATION ON EXPERIMENTATION BY TRAINED PSYCHOLOGISTS AND LANGUAGE TEACHERS COULD YIELD THE RELIABLE AND USEFUL DATA NEEDED TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS ABOUT IMPROVING…

In an experiment in distance education conducted at the University of Lund, Sweden, students taking a course in educational technology studied at home with the aid of correspondence material. To help the students, telephone instruction with a tutor was provided. Each telephone conversation was recorded as part of the study. Students had positive…

Supplementary teaching activities at the junior- and senior-high school level on issues and topics involving food are provided. Topics include food production and distribution, nutrition, food shortages, food habits, and meal planning. Students are encouraged to develop perspective on global food concerns as well as understand their own family…

Supplementary teaching activities at the junior- and senior-high school level on issues and topics involving population factors are provided. Topics include population growth, demography, graphing, population distribution, and population control. Community and national census factors as well as world population are studied. Students are helped to…

The Experiment at Butte was a demonstration project designed to determine the effectiveness of the Joseph Tussman education model in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. Its major purpose was to combine in lessons the teaching of reflective skills with the teaching of ordinary ABE skills. To implement the Tussman model, three experimental…