Projects a greater degree of success in developing management abilities in trainees by modifying and controlling human behavior. (EK)

More demanding than assigning chapters, perhaps, but it should appeal to the ingenuity of teacher-coordinators in cooperative office education. (Editor)

States that language teaching materials aimed at producing competence in a language must be based on a knowledge of the rules underlying the language and considers transformational generative grammar as essential in developing such materials. (FB)

A teacher recalls her experiences with three "Unteachable" students and concludes that for a little while, at least, some well-known principles of teaching and theories of learning made a difference in the lives of real students. (Author/WD)

Teachers are practically unanimous in their opinion that the benefits derived from a mandated testing program are less than the costs in teacher/pupil time and money, the same information might be obtained from fewer tests, and teacher evaluations are more accurate than mandated tests in assessing pupils' abilities. (Author/CM)

The effects of a test in contrast with no test on learning and retention were investigated. Also focused upon were the students' feelings when they did or did not have to study and take a test. Results indicate that testing is valuable in the learning process but not popular with students. (Author/GK)

Evaluates the effectiveness of using motion/sound, slide/sound, and story boards in teaching a specific motor skill. Performance tests indicated that learners using motion film performed significantly better than those using either slides or workbooks, and required significantly less time. Thirteen references are listed. (Author/MER)

The usefulness of individual reinforcement schedules in maximizing the attending to task and math percentage correct of 12 behavior disordered/learning disabled (BD/LD) adolescents is examined. Results indicate that individual reinforcement schedules are important to the academic success of some adolescent BD/LD students. (Author)

The article discusses a study in which dissonance theory was applied to college and high school social science classes. Topics discussed include social psychological factors which inhibit the teaching-learning process, the students' search for cognitive/evaluative balance, and the relationship of student appraisals of teacher performance to…

Discusses relationships among teaching, research output, financing, and academic achievement at large universities. Findings and recommendations for improvement in teaching and research are discussed. (Author/DB)

Reviews studies that address the gender gap in primary and secondary science classrooms concerning interest in the subject as well as academic performance. Suggests strategies to encourage female participation in science. (KHR)

In this study, 24 individuals (ages 6-37) with down syndrome had to learn a symbolic conditional discrimination task. Participants showed better terminal accuracy and faster learning of the task when the alternative correct responses were each followed by unique different outcomes than when nondifferential outcomes were arranged. (Contains…

Proposes that literacy learning is social, recursive, personal, and idiosyncratic. Suggests that learning contracts orchestrate child centeredness and increase independence. Concludes that contracts connect previously isolated content area with the personal interests and needs of students, and establishes a classroom climate in which students are…

Reviews Goetze's dissertation investigating two factors that affect accuracy in young children's singing: the presence of other voices in unison singing, compared with individual singing, and the use of text rather than a neutral syllable. States that the research is of high quality leading directly to classroom practice. (LS)