A checklist, devised from a chart illustrating the purpose, method, and content characteristics of three social studies teaching traditions, was administered to 55 preservice teachers in Nigeria and 84 preservice teachers in Indiana to compare their teaching style preferences. (ND)

The article outlines the nature of behavioral instruction, evaluates research on the effectiveness of behavioral instruction, evaluates research on the contribution of the components of behavioral instruction, and discusses critical issues with an eye to future developments. (RC)

Compares student performance in self-scheduled instruction (SSI) and lecture-discussion sections of a college level introductory sociology course, all of which used the same textbook material. Findings indicate that SSI students receive higher mean course grades and demonstrate greater improvement when compared with lecture-discussion students.…

This paper reviews more than a decade of investigations undertaken to determine what motivates and what discourages faculty participation in distance education. The presenters describe the evidence that faculty extrinsic and intrinsic conditions both influence willingness to participate. The researchers compare the findings of this study with…

This paper reports on a survey of public and Catholic elementary schools in southwest Pennsylvania. The purpose of the study was to find out the extent to which various educational practices, association with those two types of schools, have been adopted in the schools and whether Catholic and public schools differ along a continuum of…

The see-saw pair is a technique for perceptually contrasting the two realizations of the third tone, viz. the low-level half third and the low dip full third. (DD)

Examines some of the basic assumptions of the Bay Area Writing Project and contrasts the model with the institute model developed at the University of Vermont and by the New Hampshire Writing Program. (HOD)

Suggestions are given for teaching Russian conventions for the general question intonation, and it is proposed that instruction is clearer if students are encouraged to make comparisons within and among English intonation patterns. (MSE)

Students were taught pelvic examination methods either by use of an inanimate model or use of the model and examination of volunteer gynecological teaching associates (GTAs). Students in the latter group were superior in communication and manual skills, and scored better on recognizing deviant pelvic anatomy. (MSE)

The author compares the basic features traditionally ascribed to aesthetic experience with the basic features of humor. He suggests that humor is best understood as a kind of aesthetic experience and that it should be valued as such in life and included in education. (Author/SJL)

Study compared teachers' attitudes toward human nature (trustworthiness, altruism, independence, and strength of will) with their interest in using affective methods. "Typical" prospective user of affective methods was female, with strong negative belief in the altruistic characteristics of people. (DS)