A review of research on student note taking shows no evidence that note taking activities have positive effects on learning. Recent findings are presented which bring previous negative conclusions into question. Suggestions of further research needs emphasize types of note taking strategies and the use students make of notes. (JT)

An elementary school in Sofia, Bulgaria, was chosen for a long-term research study of the Lozanov Suggestopaedic System. This paper describes the results of math instruction in a third grade class. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (CFM)

Reports findings of a study conducted to determine whether the amount of training and experience readers have had in using a particular grading scale correlates with their judgments about the quality of an essay, and whether the amount of training and experience affects the consistencies of their judgments. (EL)

Reports research into the relationship between compressed motion pictures and the learning of psychomotor tasks. Concludes that an instructional sound film demonstrating a simple psychomotor task can be compressed to rates up to 33 1/3 percent for immediate measures and 50 percent for delayed measures without significantly affecting students'…

Reports a study to analyze relationships between noverbal skills acquired by preservice science teachers in a methods course and their application during student teaching. Microteaching format was used in the experimental group to develop nonverbal cues and silence. Analysis indicated experimental preservice science teachers differed significantly…

Results revealed a disordinal interaction such that while the teacher-centered mode optimized learning for high-anxious students, the student-centered approach resulted in superior exam performance for low-anxious students. (Authors)

Purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a hierarchically arranged instructional program in multiple classification, which refers to the ability to define a class by two or more attributes simultaneously. (Authors/MB)

Examines research dealing with methods of teaching punctuation that go as far back as 1900. Believes findings explain why English teachers are not in agreement on any one specific method of teaching this skill. (RB)

A survey indicated that British teachers still use vocabulary learning in second language instruction. These two studies suggested that 11-year-olds are quite capable of using the keyword method, modified for group presentation, to learn English meanings of French words and vice versa, for both immediate and delayed tests. (Author/SJL)

This study introduced to 88 selected adults (aged 60 and older) eight combinations of art curricula and teaching approaches encompassing three components of art education: productive; historical; and critical-appreciative. All eight experimental groups made similar improvement in the aesthetic quality of their art products. (Author/SJL)

To identify an easy and effective method by which the classroom teacher can expand student art preferences, this study examined three suggested approaches: habituation; art criticism (Feldman-Mittler Methodology); and art production (studio activities). Combinations of these approaches were studied in interaction with students' grade level. (SJL)

Results of an experimental study to compare telelecture with traditional lecture methods in a teacher education program. (Editor/TA)

Results of an experimental study of 46 field-independent and 39 field-dependent undergraduates indicate that immediate testing after a lecture resulted in no performance differences on a delayed test. However, without immediate testing, field-independent students performed better. All students reviewed notes before delayed testing. (IAH)

Reports on research on parental teaching strategies with children aged three and four years. Findings support Dweck and Elliott's view that adults who are process oriented rather than product oriented act more as resources than as judges; focus children on learning rather than outcome; and respond to errors as natural and useful rather than as…

Explores the way a high school teacher's intuitive teaching principles developed over time through an autobiographical analysis. Employs a tennis metaphor to describe feelings about the teaching process. Opines that it takes "not thinking too much" to teach well. (DSK)