Examines an alternative method for teaching typewriting skills--the Automated Instruction Touch Typing System, an individualized self-paced instructional method using the principles of response conditioning. (Author/RK)

Explores the use of games designed for the PLATO IV system in teaching mathematics skills to students required to complete Basic Electricity/Electronics (BE/E) School at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. It was hypothesized that ongoing game competition between the student and the PLATO IV system would be more effective than…

Short-term and long-term studies of teacher effectiveness were categorized according to characteristics facets such as type of teacher, students, occasions, and subject matter to identify conditions over which these measures generalize (i.e., conditions in which teacher effects on pupil outcomes are stable). This review suggests that…

A class survey is suggested as a way to stimulate students' interest in applying mathematics to a real-life problem that will require them to collect, organize, and interpret data. How to proceed from selection of topic to using the data to estimate and predict is discussed. (MNS)

Describes the Monthly Data Grapher, a microcomputer program which helps visualize data to discern patterns and which is suitable for use with elementary school children. Some of its uses are noted and the microcomputer program itself is included. (MBR)

A long-term follow-up study of an experimental method evaluated the lasting effects of that method using preclinical and clinical grades, as well as an assessment of dental students' clinical technical performance. (Author/MLW)

Reported are results of a survey of college students undertaken to determine their level of awareness of current events. Findings indicate low awareness. The author recommends creation of innovative methods for developing student awareness. For journal availability, see SO 505 192. (Author/DB)

Survey results of 440 educators who designated preference for one of these social studies approaches: history, experience, critical thinking, social science, involvement. Although critical thinking was the first preference, over 70 percent of the teachers expressed belief that history was the most frequently used approach in American public…

This report presents findings from two investigations of the use of classroom artifacts to measure the presence of reform-oriented teaching practices in middle-school science classes. It complements previous research on the use of artifacts to describe reform-oriented teaching practices in mathematics. In both studies, ratings based on collections…

The purpose of this work was to obtain further information as to the practicality of behavior modification procedures in the classroom. (Author/RK)

Article investigated teaching methods that stimulate students toward learning content in an introductory American government course. (RK)

This paper analyzes common practice and the difficulties children encounter and outlines an entre to mathematics learning which may make the child's task easier. (Author)

This paper attempts to illustrate the usefulness of simulated test taking (STT) in personality and abnormal psychology courses. (Author)

Results of the study lend support to the contention that the interview method is superior to the conventional lecture method is promoting achievement. (Authors)