"Mental work" recorded in primary mathematics classes as part of the Classroom Interaction Process is not a simple, single activity of drill or quiz but a set of overlapping activities with different functions. A more analytical approach to mental work is advocated to enhance its usefulness as a classroom activity. (Author/SJL)

The purpose of this paper is to examine critically the research to determine the lecture method's strengths, weaknesses, and uses; and to explore possible ways of improving it by altering the lecture itself and by combining it with other modes of instruction. (Author/SJL)

In-basket exercises provide the tool whereby the learner's potential for handling applied problems made up of many interacting variables can be measured. (Author/HD)

The study reported here was concerned with the relative effectiveness of the Ohio Rapid Adjustment Farms in southeastern Ohio as a means or device for transferring technology and management practices to other farmers in the community. The variables related to this transfer were identified. (WL)

Summarizes research-based principles of learning, which include underlying assumptions, outcomes-based learning, objective-referenced assessment, the facilitation of higher-level thinking, and cognitive/affective/psychomotor learning. Suggests strategies for applying these principles to course development and delivery. Adds that most of these…

Medical writing is virtually devoid of reference to the use of humor as a teaching aid. Research into the role of humor in medical teaching is made difficult by such matters as the complex nature of the perception of humor, by difficulties in contriving humor in controlled settings, and by difficulties in establishing outcome measures for humor…

In 2010-11, the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) framework was piloted in six districts, a teacher network, and a network of schools. In most cases, school districts applied for and received grants to implement LDC; in others, regional intermediaries served as the grantee and as primary organizer of the work; and, in still others, national…

Frank Aydelotte is best remembered for developing in the 1930s and 1940s the nation's most innovative and influential honors program, based on the education he received as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. As coordinator of freshman English at Indiana University, Aydelotte attacked the dominant Harvard model of instruction while promoting a method…

Based on the idea that certain critical skills mark the thoughtful person, inform the workplace, and provide for lifelong learning, this book provides classroom teachers with the ability to teach various subjects to students in a manner that simultaneously develops students' critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. A…

Pretests and dictation achievement tests were administered to 1,317 first-year shorthand students and 120 second-year students learning Century 21, Forkner, or Gregg shorthand in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area high schools. Forkner shorthand students achieved a higher accuracy and transcription rate during the first year of instruction. Thus, it is…

TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO MODERN METHODS OF OF MODERN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION ARE GIVEN. THE MODERN METHOD TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS A NATIVE ONE IS LEARNED, THROUGH A PROGRESSION FROM LISTENING AND IMITATION TO CONVERSATION, TO READING, AND THEN TO WRITING.…

SOME GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING TEACHER EDUCATION IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SEVERELY DISABLED LEARNERS ARE PRESENTED. THE SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE IMPROVING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SUPERVISORS, AND COUNSELORS AT ALL LEVELS. TRAINING SHOULD INCLUDE THE STUDY OF DYSLEXIA AND THE PREPARATION OF A PILOT…

A 12 WEEK COURSE IN TYPEWRITING WAS PREPARED FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO MET UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS IN THIS COUNTRY BUT WERE DEFICIENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS. FIFTEEN EXPERIMENTAL STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE COURSE WERE COMPARED WITH A CONTROL GROUP. THE UNIFORMITY OF THE STATISTICAL RESULTS IN FAVOR OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OVER THE…

The compilation of this annotated bibliography of selected materials was undertaken to provide a thorough review of the literature concerning the cooperative and project methods of instruction in the field of distributive education to be used in "A Pilot Program Comparing Cooperative and Project Methods of Teaching Distributive Education" (ED 016…