A minicourse that uses a problem-solving approach to teach physical therapy skills was developed for the Physical Therapy Program at California State University, Fresno. Clinical supervisors and faculty helped to identify competencies and write behavioral objectives, and physical therapy students provided input to help design the minicourse. An…

This document on technology-related social issues has two parts. The first part is an essay which defines technological literacy and considers the relationship between society, culture, and technological innovations. In this essay the impact of technological innovation on nine strands in the socio-cultural system is examined. These strands are:…

The Bangalore Communicational Teaching Project (CTP) in India operates on the central tenet that in English instruction, form can be acquired through a focus on meaning alone, that a grammatical system can be assimilated unconsciously if the mind is engaged in trying to understand or convey meaning. Linguistic specification is not used in CTP, and…

Since negotiations are continually taking place around the world, speech communication departments would be wise to update their curricular offerings by adding a course in negotiation theory and practice, or by supplementing courses with a unit in negotiation. An initial technique for introducing students to negotiation involves brainstorming. As…

A study was conducted (1) to investigate factors that influence an instructor's choice of behavior when confronted with incidents of students' poor communication performance, and (2) to demonstrate how attribution theory can be used as a vehicle for describing and understanding the causes of instructor reactions or behaviors. The study sought to…

The negative reaction to the disadvantaged in the United States is discussed in the light of the protestant ethic in this paper based on the author's dissertation. The question "Who are the disadvantaged and what sets them apart from the rest of American society?" is addressed. The extent to which business education teachers employ…

The Conceptions of Reading project is examining the role of teacher beliefs and predispositions within the classroom, a complex task that has required modification of both conceptualization and research methodology. This paper discusses the original goals of the project, changes that have resulted from the first year of pilot studies, and proposed…

Five open-ended problems are suggested which lead students to investigate basic number properties and numeration characteristics. (JP)

A study examined whether using a tree diagram (a graphic, multidimensional classification device) as a prewriting organizer would provide students with a systematic method of searching for and organizing the content of their descriptive writing to meet some communication goal. One-hundred twenty-three seventh grade students were classified as…

Sixty-four fifth and sixth-grade pupils were taught number series extrapolation by either an algorithm, fully prescribed problem-solving method or a heuristic, less prescribed method. The trained problems were within categories of two degrees of complexity. There were 16 subjects in each cell of the 2 by 2 design used. Aptitude Treatment…

Presented is a graphical approach to teaching higher degree, rational function, and absolute value inequalities that simplifies the solution of these inequalities and thereby reduces the amount of classroom time that has to be devoted to this topic. Applications are also given for signum functions, maximum-minimum, and points of inflection…

The monograph contains 15 papers (many given at a 1977 Arizona State University conference) on children with severe behavior problems. Among the topics addressed are implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act; identification of early infantile autism; the effectiveness of behavioral strategies in teaching…

Typically, teachers approach ambiguity in student writing by suggesting that students focus on diction, syntax, and writing format; however, the works of modernists (including T.S. Eliot, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Marx, and Pablo Picasso) suggest the importance of conceptions of semantic clarity. Transformational models for syntactic elements in…

Teacher responses to problem student behavior was studied. Responses were coded for teachers' attributional inferences, concerning both problem students and their own ability to handle the problems. Attibutional inferences differed according to problem ownership. For problems owned primarily by teachers themselves, students were seen as acting…