Two studies of the effects of "Sesame Street" are presented. In the first case, the study tested two hypotheses: (1) "Sesame Street" can prepare poverty children for first grade; and (2) "Sesame Street" can narrow the achievement gap between the poor and the middle-class child. Twenty-four pairs of poverty children…

Presents a brief discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using a personalized interview format to administer quizzes in an introductory physics course for nonmajors. (PEB)

Analyzes briefly the results of a questionnaire distributed to secondary English teachers in Ghana, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, concerning the use of objective tests, their effects on teaching, and teacher attitudes toward them. School leaving certificate examinations in these countries are closely linked to employment opportunities. (MSE)

Science is often referred to, particularly in curriculum documents, as one way of knowing, one way of describing, classifying, and understanding our universe. For students to become scientifically literate, they need "to engage in the discourses … about science" (Eastwell, 2002), so developing an understanding of the nature of science…

The authors suggest that how a child learns is as important as what he learns. The school psychologist can help determine the most suitable methods of teaching for those students who are having difficulty learning, and pupil instruction can then be individualized. (HMV)

The hypothesis that lessons which demand student involvement through leading a short discussion of required reading would result in greater attitude change in a liberal direction than would lessons taught by the lecture/discussion method was tested. Using members of four sections of a university course in communication, three sections received…

Three new teaching techniques, using established principles of learning, were combined to teach an introductory digital computer course to college students. The techniques were: 1) programed instruction; 2) Fields-type teaching tests, "a discrimination method to teach concepts by modifying the examination procedure to emphasize similarities…

The concept of Delphi technique was presented in a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) module designed for educational administration classes or inservice training of administrators. Instructional Dialogue Facility (IDF) Author Language on a 2000F Hewlett-Packard time-sharing system was used to write the sequence. Instructional objectives,…

Discusses the use of the cloze procedure in teaching Latin. This type of exercise is appropriate for Latin because the language's inflected endings permit freer word order and because the cloze exercise focuses the student's attention on the inflections and on the general shape of the sentence as well. (SED)

Describes a teaching method called Announced Repetitive Tests, in which students are allowed a number of times to master test questions similar to ones assigned as homework. (MLH)

This collection of essays focuses on educational testing, showing how testing encroaches on teacher freedom and how narrow standards can actually reduce student achievement. The chapters are: (1) Testing Is Not Teaching; (2) The Freedom Factor; (3) Sharing Power with Intelligent Expectation; (4) Everyone Has a Story To Tell; (5) Lets Change the…

Specific proposals for improving listening skills. (CH)

The author describes a pilot study designed to determine the validity of examination practices at the University of Keele. The research procedure is detailed and results of the study are analyzed. (SM)