Individualized instruction in industrial arts may be used as a self-teaching method for remedial work and to make possible voluntary, in-depth study in an area of interest to the learner. (MS)

Presents the plans and objectives of the Canada Studies Foundation which is designed to improve the quality of studies about Canada in the school systems of the ten provinces. (Author/RB)

African musical traditions are as diverse as its cultures, and the author learned that music education was compounded by that diversity. (RK)

Does cognitive style differentially influence performance under either an expository or discovery method of instruction? The authors found that neither cognitive style or methods of instruction had an overall effect on the acquisition of knowledge. (Editor)

The presence of an observer was hypothesized to heighten self-focused attention for college students rehearsing interviewing skills in a classroom setting. Results supporting the hypothesis were marginally significant. A supplementary finding indicated that differences between the sex of an interviewer and observer did mediate self-focuses…

Describes the three methods of teaching reading commonly used in Italy: the natural method, the phonic syllabic method, and the global method. (FL)

Proposes possible content boundaries for intercultural communication courses and discusses specific teaching methods. (PD)

Suggests cognitive style as a conceptual approach to older adult instruction. Summarizes data on younger learners obtained through this approach. Results of initial research indicated older adults prefer the field-dependent cognitive approach to content and methodology. Implications for elderly education are discussed. (RC)

Maintains that males and females have physiological and psychological differences which cause differences in perception and learning patterns, and that educational and curricular approaches should be geared to those differences. (CM)

Tests the hypothesis that systematic variations in listener behavior can have an important influence on both speaker behavior and communicative success among children. Subjects were 82 first and third graders. (MP)

Suggests a diagnostic-prescriptive approach to teaching social studies to culturally different elementary school children. The diagnostic prescriptive approach is defined as a case review of an individual child, a hypothesis (diagnosis) based on that child's history, and a suggestion of activities and treatments geared to the child's needs.…

For the most part, American television has failed to provide realistic programming about our many cultural groups for children. "Rebop", a weekly half-hour Public Broadcasting System program that has been airing around the country recently, introduces children from many diverse cultural backgrounds, young American people and the stories…