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BLOOM, SOPHIE – 1964
THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AMONG THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED IN PHILADELPHIA ATTEMPTED TO FILL THE FOLLOWING NEEDS--(1)COMMUNICATION SKILLS, (2) EXPERIENCES TO EXTEND AND ENRICH CULTURAL BACKGROUND, (3) PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE POSITIVE INTERGROUP UNDERSTANDINGS, (4) ENCOURAGMENT TO DEVELOP PRIDE IN…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Education
DAVIDSON, HELEN H.; AND OTHERS – 1962
THE FOCUS IS ON PERSONALITY TRAITS OF YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ACHIEVE IN SCHOOL DESPITE ENVIRONMENTAL HANDICAPS. THE SUBJECTS WERE TEN "GOOD" AND TEN "POOR" ACHIEVERS FROM THE FOURTH GRADE IN A SCHOOL LOCATED IN A SEVERELY DEPRESSED URBAN AREA. THE CHILDREN WERE CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF ACHIEVEMENT SCORES AND TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, High Achievement
DEAN, STUART E. – 1964
THE TWO INFLUENCES THAT INITIATED EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE NONGRADED SCHOOL WERE THE QUINCY GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF BOSTON IN 1848 AND CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT WAS THE NONGRADED TYPE OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION THAT ALLOWED A FLEXIBLE SITUATION AND A PERMISSIVE CLIMATE IN WHICH TEACHERS COULD ADJUST THEIR PROGRAMS IN…
Descriptors: Flexible Progression, Individualized Programs, Learning Processes, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
MACKLER, BERNARD – 1965
RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN DEPRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE URBAN NORTH WERE COMPARED WITH RELATIVELY AVERAGE AND FAILING PUPILS FROM IDENTICAL SETTINGS. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ILLUMINATE THE INTERPLAY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, FAMILIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE EDUCATION OF…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
BROWN, JOHN H.; HENRY, GEORGE H.
AN ENDEAVOR TO PULL TOGETHER FINDINGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES ON THE NATURE OF THINKING, CREATING FROM THESE A HYPOTHESIS ON THE TEACHING OF THINKING AND THEN TESTING TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS VALID IN THE CLASSROOM, IS PRESENTED. A DEFINITION OF METHOD IN EDUCATION IS GIVEN. THE SPECIFIC ASPECT OF METHOD PROBED HERE IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, English
Download full textMASSAD, CAROLYN EMRICK; AND OTHERS – 1966
ELEVEN ENGLISH-SPANISH BILINGUAL COLLEGE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A WORD-ASSOCIATION STUDY. EACH SUBJECT WAS PRESENTED 35 STIMULI IN EACH OF FOUR CONDITIONS--PRINTED ENGLISH WORDS FOR ENGLISH RESPONSES, PICTURES FOR ENGLISH RESPONSES, PRINTED SPANISH WORDS FOR SPANISH RESPONSES, AND PICTURES FOR SPANISH RESPONSES. THE SPANISH-PRINTED WORDS WERE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingualism, Concept Formation, English
GROPPER, GEORGE L.; KRESS, GERARD C., JR. – 1964
IN A SERIES OF THREE STUDIES, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PACING MODE AND PERFORMANCE BEHAVIOR WAS INVESTIGATED. (REFER TO ACCESSION NUMBERS ED 003 199, ED 003 200, AND ED 003 201 FOR THE DETAILED REPORTS.) THE INVESTIGATION POINTED OUT THAT SELF-PACING CAN BE NONADAPTIVE, AND THAT UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, INSTRUCTION CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN IT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Television, Individualized Programs, Learning Processes
NEIDT, CHARLES O. – 1964
PROCEDURES WERE DEVELOPED TO MEASURE LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN ATTITUDES TOWARD FORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES INVOLVING VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. THE ATTITUDES INVESTIGATED WERE--(1) ATTITUDE TOWARD METHODS OF INSTRUCTION EMPLOYED IN THE LEARNING SITUATION, (2) ATTITUDE TOWARD EXPECTATION FULFILLMENT, (3) ATTITUDE TOWARD SUBJECT MATTER CONTENT…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Audiolingual Methods, Educational Television
WITTROCK, M. C. – 1965
FOUR EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO STUDY EFFECTS OF VERBAL CUES ON LEARNING RETENTION AND TRANSFER. CUES INCLUDED RULES AND ANSWERS PROVIDED BEFORE RESPONDING AND RULES AND ANSWERS PROVIDED AS FEEDBACK. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT INVOLVED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO USED RULE AND ANSWER PROMPTS. THE SECOND EXPERIMENT CONSIDERED PROMPTS AND FEEDBACK.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Feedback, Learning Processes
BILODEAU, EDWARD A.; BLICK, KENNETH A. – 1965
THIS STUDY WAS MADE TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF STIMULATION AND NONSTIMULATION ON RECALL OF WORDS FOLLOWING TIME-DELAY PERIODS. THE SUBJECTS (670 AIRMEN) WERE TRAINED WITH AN EXAMPLE WORD LIST AND TWO WORD LISTS CONTAINING FIVE OF THE SECONDARY WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH RUSSELL-JENKINS STIMULUS WORDS. AFTER TIME DELAYS OF 2 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES, 2 DAYS,…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Learning, Learning Experience, Learning Processes
FERSTER, C.B. – 1960
STUDENTS WERE PRESENTED 61 LESSONS BY MEANS OF SEMIAUTOMATIC TEACHING MACHINES. LESSONS WERE ARRANGED SO THAT EACH PARTICIPATING STUDENT STUDIED PART OF THE COURSE MATERIAL WITH A SINGLE REPETITION AND PART WITHOUT REPETITION. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM TWO TESTS SHOWING TEACHING-MACHINE RESULTS AND ONE FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION. NO SIGNIFICANT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials, Learning Processes, Medical Students
SMITH, PHILIP D. – 1963
THIS RESEARCH EFFORT WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF (1) TWO DEGREES OF IMMEDIACY OF KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS AND (2) THREE METHODS OF PRESENTATION ON THE RETENTION OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSMITTED BY A FILMSTRIP. A FILMSTRIP WAS PRESENTED FRAME-BY-FRAME, IN SEQUENCE, AND IN TOTAL WITH TEST ITEMS ON THE FILMSTRIP ADMINISTERED ACCORDINGLY. PUBLIC…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Films
MOORE, J. WILLIAM; SMITH, WENDELL I. – 1965
TECHNIQUES OF PROGRAMING WHICH ALLOW FOR A MORE SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF RELATING THE DIFFICULTY OF A FRAME TO THE ABILITY OF THE LEARNER WERE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED IN FOUR SEPARATE STUDIES. EXPERIMENT ONE TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT ACHIEVEMENT IS A FUNCTION OF THE INTERACTION OF THE ABILITY OF THE LEARNER AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN…
Descriptors: Achievement, Concept Teaching, Grade 11, Grade 8
Riege, Walter H.; Williams, M. Virtrue – 1980
The impact of age effects on nonverbal memory for auditory or tactual patterns has been largely neglected in research studies. The effects of age on nonverbal memory were investigated by comparing subjects (N=120), divided by age decades into six groups (N=20), through tests using visual, auditory, and tactual items which were resistant to verbal…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Learning Modalities
Nesbit, Larry L. – 1978
Research on the use of eye movement indices (such as number of fixations, the average fixation duration, and saccadic movements) as a measure of cognitive processing is reviewed in this paper. Information is provided on the physiology of the eye, computer applications to eye movement study, the influence of stimulus materials and intelligence on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Science, Educational Research, Eye Fixations
