How can schools effectively prepare students for life after high school? With the accountability standards set forth by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), there are many theories regarding standardized testing. Many schools today are adopting the goal of preparing all students for the college or the workplace. This review of current literature…

The majority of middle school teachers are prepared in either generalist elementary programs or subject-specific secondary programs, yet researchers and teacher educators have little understanding of the ways in which these divergent pathways prepare teachers for working at the middle school level. In this study, preservice teachers from an…

This paper examines task design that affords deep changes in mathematical thinking in the context of peer interaction. We describe a study in which 60 low-level high-school students solved a proportional reasoning task, the "blocks" task as individuals and/or in dyadic interaction. We show that we could tailor the design of the task in order to…

This paper describes the teaching skills workshops at Purdue University (Indiana), which were originally developed in 1980 to train graduate assistants to teach college classes but are now being used by the faculty--instructors through full professors--to improve their teaching. It is noted that the workshops have been successfully modified for…

This guide describes practical methods for testing and teaching handicapped children and youth, in either segregated or integrated classrooms, with the focus on developing countries. The first chapter discusses: features of a suitable curriculum; use of a task importance rating scale; and curriculum content, including home environment tasks,…

An individualized program using programed materials, diagnostic testing, and self pacing was developed to accommodate the wide variety in mathematical backgrounds of junior college students. Results of this program are discussed. (SD)

Reviewed and evaluated are six instructional programs, materials or techniques for use with learning disabled children. (Author/DB)

The use of the Remote Associates Test (Mednick & Mednick 1967) is recommended as a way to increase student involvement and enthusiasm in a beginning psychology course. The procedures and results of the test are analyzed as a classroom model for the teacher. (Author/DE)

The pedagogy of chemistry education in the Soviet Union is discussed in a series of articles on inculcating social attitudes and ethics in chemistry instruction, teaching methods, school-leaving and higher education entrance examination results, and the role of the chemistry teacher in vocational guidance and instruction. (JH)

Twelfth in a series of catalogues of documents related to the teaching of foreign languages obtainable from the Educational Resources Information Center. (RL)

In an integration of listening research with other areas of language arts, this monograph presents a framework for understanding listening skills and outlines classroom activities that are based on scientific data. Stressing the priority and value of listening instruction, the introduction discusses the need for more attention to listening and…

Both the forms and the content of current classroom practice fit into a generally repressive socialization pattern for students. The formal constituents of typical classroom practice in American higher education include grades, tests, grade distribution, syllabi and schedules, all of which contribute to a generally repressive socialization pattern…

A comparison was made of the effectiveness of two direct methods of vocabulary instruction with college freshmen in compulsory remedial reading classes. The two methods tested were a programed approach, "EDL Word Clues," and a more conventional approach using the dictionary with lessons patterned after the format used by H. C. Hardwick in "Words…

This notebook was designed to provide general guidelines for beginning teachers who are establishing a Latin program. Prepared by Latin teachers in independent schools, the notebook offers suggestions and information on the following: (1) reasons for studying Latin, (2) the age for beginning Latin study, (3) methodology, (4) testing, (5)…