The purpose of this study was to examine how midterm student ratings feedback and consultation on instructional practices affected teaching practices, ratings of teaching effectiveness, learning, and motivation. Thirty-seven teaching assistants (TAs) for undergraduate computer science and chemistry courses were randomly assigned to either a…

How teachers can help students overcome resistance to the language of Shakespeare. (CH)

Results of this study indicate that behavior-modification learning techniques, as used in this study, facilitate auditory recognition in culturally deprived children. (Authors)

Describes a self-directed, individualized program using performance contracts to improve reading skills in both developmental and remedial reading areas. (RB)

Describes a program employed for teaching a science methods course. The goal of individualized instruction may be achieved by adopting a learning contract system. The appendix includes examples of contracts used in this program. (PS)

This study demonstrated that an individual's ability to perceive affect in others can be ameliorated solely as a result of the individual's having acquired certain knowledge. (Author)

Alternatives are suggested to force a reevaluation of grades as a measurement of learning. (RY)

Suggests that a buddy system of pairing remedial students may introduce positive attitudes toward reading activities. (MD)

"This paper consists of three sections--(a) the relation of theoretical analyses of learning to curriculum design, (b) the role of information-processing models in analyses of learning processes, and (c) selected examples of the application of information-processing models to curriculum design problems." (Author)

The influence of task explanation on strategy transfer was studied. When educable mentally retarded adolescents were trained to rehearse and given a minimal explanation of a directed forgetting task, the majority were found to maintain the strategy on trials identical to rehearsal, but they failed to generalize the strategy in other trials.…

Challenges the tendency of instructional developers to dwell upon systematic processes of Instructional Development (ID) and argues that ID is more an art in which the end results must be worthwhile, relevant, and capable of justification. Sixteen references are listed. (MER)

A methodology for designing rating scales which will maximize diagnostic feedback by students to college professors is presented. Mid-semester and end-of-semester administrations allow for judgment of changes in instructional strategies during the semester. (JMF)

Results indicate that interview training was effective in transmitting interview skills and was the major contributing factor in the increase in the desired direction in interview performance. A purely didactic approach seems to be as effective as a combined treatment package. (Author/BEF)