The effect of ninth-grade general mathematics students signing contracts for achievement grades on their mathematics achievement and on their attitudes toward mathematics was investigated. Four classes were used in the study; each of two teachers taught one experimental and one control class. The Test of Mathematical Skills and Concepts and The…

The Competency-Based Teacher Education program at San Diego State University is a self-paced, individualized program utilizing learning modules designed to develop specified, critical teaching skills in reading, social studies, and the learning process. Media and materials are available in an Individualized Study Center where the student is…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent to which the conditions of auditory lead and auditory synchronization have an effect on student performance, and to investigate the extent to which the strength of grip of the learner has an effect on manipulative task performance. Fifty-two seventh grade boys without prior instruction in…

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between differential instructional methods, attitudes, belief systems, and performance skills of student teachers trained in different ways to use multi-racial language arts materials which encourage and implement classroom discussion of racial concepts. Three groups (a total of 69 college…

This research focuses on a major characteristic of mass-education: the requirement that each child in the classroom perform the same learning tasks at the same time. Little is known about consequences of such instructional uniformity on learning, emotional growth and interpersonal relations. Three basic experiments were conducted. The first study…

In training people to perform auditory identification tasks (e.g., training students to identify sound characteristics in a sonar classification task), it is important to know whether or not training procedures are merely sustaining performance during training or whether they enhance learning of the task. Often an incorrect assumption is made that…

A course in introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is presented. The approach used is a laboratory approach in which pupils will develop skill in playing wood-wind instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis on identification of elementary concepts of mode and form. Course objectives include: (1) pupil will select…

The article reports on a critical incidents study of effective and ineffective teacher behaviors in the instruction of college-level beginning shorthand, to provide data which would lead to more effective teaching. The report includes a list of 44 effective teaching behaviors, discusses the findings, and offers five concluding statements. (AJ)

Examines a number of teaching techniques used in social science courses at a community college to determine relationships among student performance, enjoyment of a course, evaluation of teacher performance, and course evaluation. (Author/DB)

Outlines and discusses the implications of student reaction to different teaching methods in British colleges. Presents student evaluations, organized into sections on subjects, courses, and teaching techniques. Discusses the great emphasis on lecture based teaching. Suggests the need for new teaching approaches. (Author/AEM)

Twelve learning-handicapped elementary students were exposed to synthetic speech. Subsequently, the children identified a higher percentage of stimulus words presented by a speech synthesizer than did children in a limited exposure group. Both groups correctly identified more words presented by a tape recording than presented by the speech…

Proposes that deficiencies in instruction exist in higher education. Discusses the trend toward simplified evaluation check lists that do not permit students to make constructive comments. Describes a set of information given to students at the beginning of a course to promote more student involvement. (TW)

This study sought to determine the association between global teaching dimensions suggested by Ryan (teacher creativity, organization, and understanding) and perceived instructional outcomes. Ratings on 25 college instructors were collected over a three-year period. Results indicated that teacher organization may have potential influence on…

Addresses the question of the degree of importance which accuracy of form has for the second-language learner. Effective techniques for focusing on form and correcting errors are discussed. The techniques are based on a grid that matches learner variables and instructional variables. (SED)

Research results of some difficulties of teaching English as a second language at the University of Compiegne (France) indicate that the target group was not well researched, their motivations and needs were not precisely analyzed, and the pedagogical approach used was nearly equivalent to that of the secondary school system. Includes response to…