Part of the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America," sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

The extent to which kindergarten children are able to solve simple quantitative problems merely through the application of counting procedures, before they receive formal instruction in any basic arithmetic operations, is investigated. The study indicates that most kindergarten children can comprehend simple story problems of the type used in…

A number of processes and practices relevant to the improvement of multicultural education are discussed: (1) length of time spent on multicultural studies; (2) orientation of multicultural education; (3) field trips and classroom visitations by outside resource persons; (4) multicultural versus multiethnic instructional processes; (5) class…

A study was conducted to compare the effects of study skills instructions on students' study behaviors and attitudes when such instructions were offered through study guides, class instructions, and discussions, or via computer assisted instruction (CAI). Undergraduate students were separated into three groups which (1) read study skills guides…

This report is a review of current literature on the relation of aptitudes to learning outcomes under different instructional methods or conditions. Included are: (1) aptitude-instructional treatment interaction studies; (2) notes on new methodological problems; (3) and studies of individual differences in laboratory learning arrangements.…

Positive approaches to the administration and management of programs for culturally diverse gifted and talented children are suggested. An administrator offers five suggestions for building an atmosphere for culturally diverse gifted students. Teaching dimensions for this population are identified, and curriculum planning and teaching strategies…

Potential differences in the learning abilities of adults and children, how they affect learning, and how to maximize adult education effectiveness are explored. The discussion of the differences and changes in the ability to learn covers such changes as those of physical attributes and mental abilities, as well as the role of both the…

This study investigates the effect of word frequency on reading comprehension, in relation to type of content, vocabulary instruction method, student sex, and question type. Subjects, 120 sixth-grade readers, responded to three types of comprehension questions after reading two types of stories. Each subject had previously received one of three…

Investigated were the effects of sex, ability and training method on the musical instrument playing ability of 16 institutionalized severely and profoundly retarded persons ages 7 to 20 years. Ss were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups, and the time required to reach criterion playing a familiar tune was recorded. Data indicated…

An introduction to instructional strategies is offered. The author uses the term to refer to prescriptive rules for designing instructional events which create the learning experiences for the mastery of behavioral objectives. The intention is to familiarize the reader with properties of behavior to which instructional events must be responsive…

The effects of conventional classroom instruction, television instruction alone, and the combination of classroom and television instruction on the learning of science content and vocabulary by 470 sixth-grade students was tested. The three treatment groups were pre- and posttested to determine the degree of achievement each group attained. The…

A study was devised to determine which of two instructional methods (conventional instruction or videotape presentations of structured material in addition to classroom instruction, discussion, and demonstration) would be more helpful in teaching prospective teachers how to teach work recognition skills to children. The videotaped materials…

Showed that the female students preferred oral reports and participation in science projects; males preferred small groups and the performance of particular tasks. (MLH)

The marginal social situation in France of immigrant laborers is aggravated by their ignorance of the language. This survey of the situation includes statistics, a description of educational programs and methodologies for immigrants, and useful information for French teachers desirous of returning to France. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Ways to motivate shorthand students are presented as a review of nine principles governing student motivation, in order to instill long-term interest in shorthand while providing short-term remedies to improve learning. The author states that student individual differences are so varied that teachers should formulate their own motivation methods.…