The most important job of the teacher educator is to link results of educational research to classroom application in a given school room with a given group of children and a specific teacher. (JD)

The "dictee" as a method of language testing is discussed. Commonly made mistakes are described, and ways to help the student perform well discussed. (RM)

Taba objectives seek to modify teaching methods so that directive, teacher-dominated techniques, which encourage primarily the recall of cognitive information, are replaced by supportive instructional techniques, which encourage more complex levels of thinking such as drawing conclusions and inferences. (JD)

Relates the central ideas of Wilhelm Vietor to their historical context, since he was the dominant figure of his time, in the history of applied linguistics. Author shows how Vietor's reforms of foreign language teaching found acceptance in subsequent language teaching, particularly in Germany. (SL)

Describes and evaluates an introductory sociology course at the University of Rhode Island which utilized the Teaching Information Processing System (TIPS). Findings indicate that students involved in TIPS perceived it to be a valuable learning aid and scored considerably higher on the course exams than did a comparable control group. (Author/DB)

Describes a social psychology experiment at the University of New Hampshire involving the use of skits to demonstrate concepts. Findings indicate that students in the experimental group perceived the skits as valuable and interesting. Results are compared with the original hypotheses. (Author/DB)

A study was conducted to determine how student grades and student perceptions of instructor style affected their overall evaluations of the target course. This was part of a larger effort to study how student evaluations can be used to improve instruction. Participants were 258 students from 5 sections of an undergraduate human development course…

The purposes of this book are to help teachers understand the rationale and nature of the current emphasis on U.S. education on standards and to provide classroom teachers with guidance on the many ways the standards movement might affect their classrooms. Approaches to implementing standards may be organized into two general categories, indirect…