The characteristics, attitudes, and abilities of creative students are discussed. (CK)

This paper identifies the teaching/learning strategy preferences of candidates for the degree of Master of Educational Administration offered by the Flinders University of South Australia. Results are examined in light of age-group differences and by interest in andragogical theory. (CT)

Guidelines are offered for teachers facing a class of students with wide differences in ability. (JD)

Presents a proposed unifying relationship between instructional methods and cognitive operations, and argues that it is the location of the processing of the learning task that defines the function, type, and extent of the instructional method required. More than 50 references are listed. (MER)

Individualized instruction is defined and the distinctive elements common to the various modes of individualized instruction are presented. (CS)

Shows how ethnographic classroom research contributes to an understanding of children's response to literature, providing opportunities for the study of response in context, for the analysis of unsolicited expressions of response, and for observation of how expressions of response to literature fit into larger developmental patterns. (ET)

Identifies possible similarities in an array of 16 instructional models available to teachers and teacher educators and reveals three large categories of models. Analysis of factor scores on 33 instructional parameters suggests which characteristics educators attend to in perceiving models, e.g., affective orientations, application emphases,…

Literature in simulations and games reveals a lack of research in the area of effects of simulations on personal characteristics of participants. Cross-cultural simulation scores yielded a significant effect for creative ability and revealed significant interaction of creative ability and sex. (Author)

Briefly reviews the literature on instructional interactions and introduces the Mega Interactive Model of Instruction, the variable dimensions of which are instructor, learner, instruction/content/context, and time. (RAO)

Suggestions are made for applying research findings to the teaching of physical education. (JD)

Describes the problems and the approaches taken to solve those problems in teaching programming skills to students in Saudi Arabia. (IRT)

George Mason University conducted a nursing education program for Saudi students. Cultural differences necessitated creative strategies to accommodate learning. Didactic and clinical methods of knowledge acquisition were used. Communication and flexibility were key elements. (SK)

Focuses on the importance of helping students develop intercultural competence and suggests ways to integrate activities for this purpose into instruction. Activities are presented to promote effective student strategies for intercultural competence. Stresses the importance of providing opportunities for students to reflect on interpretations or…

Uses feminist post-structuralist interpretations of a story about an Australian early childhood teacher to explore why "seeing gender" has proved to be so difficult in early childhood education and why feminist reconstructions of the pedagogic gaze are central to addressing the marginalization of gender issues in the early childhood…