Describes an experiment with a special section of a terminal" physics survey. The experiment consisted of systematically removing as much structure as feasible while using a lecture format. Evaluation indicates student enthusiasm and performance increase as structure disappears. (Author/TS)

Kindergarten children who were taught in a structured, sequential program achieved significantly more than kindergarten children taught the regular curriculum. (WY)

Presents the procedures, results and conclusions of an experimental project conducted to provide remedial reading experiences coordinated with physical science activities to 20 socially disadvantaged students in the 8th grade of a special service school. A description of some of the science activities and innovative teaching methods is included.…

Describes an experimental course in communication arts covering reading and language arts from kindergarten to grade l2 designed to promote cooperative learning between the special educator and the classroom teacher. (CM)

Presents a college calculus program based on the discovery method and the educational psychology literature used to develop it. Lists departmental, educational, and calculus reform goals, and describes characteristics of the program, including relaxed atmosphere, use of visualization, and supplemental teaching techniques. (13 references) (MKR)

Discusses the present reform movement in mathematics education centered around the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics'"Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics." Describes different ways that the movement can become out of balance (oob). (MDH)

Outlines a strategy attempted as an alternative to the traditional instruction in intensive sessions of English at the Institut Universitaitre de Technologie in Nancy, France. Included were six basic activities (films, TV, press, tape library, games, and language laboratory) in a minimally-structured three-day session. (MSE)

BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) CAN BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN GERMAN WAS DESIGNED WHICH COULD MAKE USE OF COMPUTER CAPABILITIES IN A LANGUAGE LABORATORY SITUATION. RESEARCHERS CHOSE TO EXPERIMENT WITH A FAIRLY LONG, LESS CONTROLLED BEGINNING LANGUAGE…

Although every student has a right to expect well informed teachers, many college biology instructors cannot keep up with the new findings in their own and related fields. This model program shows a technique demanding continuing faculty education and greater participation by the student in the educative process. Being comprehensive, the model…

This is a summary of the second and third years' work on the research project on training teachers for the culturally disadvantaged, reported fully in SP 004 110, SP 004 111, and SP 004 112. The project was based on the hypotheses that students with academic difficulties could be made more academically successful, their grade-point averages could…

This report attempts to assess Articulated Instructional Media (AIM), a special degree program for adults which existed from 1964-68 at the University of Wisconsin. During 1964-66 a special sequence of interdisciplinary advanced courses in humanities, social studies, and the sciences were developed, which were an expansion of the school's…

The Association for Graduate Education and Research in North Texas (TAGER), interconnects nine colleges and universities over a 2,000 square mile area. Approximately 100,000 post-secondary students and about 5,000 faculty members use on-campus studio classrooms offering credit courses and other academic programs desired by member institutions. The…

An experimental program was designed to raise mathematics achievement of socially and emotionally handicapped boys between the ages of 10 and 15. The program used a laboratory approach and resulted in significant test score gains. (SD)

Reports on an experimental teaching approach, based on an innovative video series, used in an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) class for beginning learners. The tapes, which focused on students as they learned (with the viewers learning along with them), showed generally favorable results for ESL students. (Author/CB)