This study was concerned with whether or not subjects rated as highly authoritarian demonstrate a significantly greater tendency to model neutral teaching behavior than do subjects who were rated as less authoritarian. Results indicated a significant relationship between ratings on the authoritarian variable and tendencies to model observed…

Research on error analysis indicates that the learner develops an ordered system of language which is frequently erroneous, but which represents a transitional stage in his progress towards mastery. A brief analysis of some textbooks provides information about the selection and presentation of material to the learner. (SW)

Review procedures for examinations were investigated by questionnaire in a group of first-year pre-clinical medical students. Their own notes were the preferred source of review material, and lectures were the main source of those notes. It is concluded that the students have a functional rather than inquiring approach to learning. (LBH)

The objective of this analysis on use of time in the classroom was to show whether or not students who spend more time in a particular content area also show higher achievement in that content area; the qualified conclusion is that more time yields more learning. (JD)

Examines both educational and neurological literature in an attempt to assess the relevance of cerebral lateralization as presently understood to education. (Author/RK)

This article describes a series of experiments concerning the relationship between cognitive processes and learning a second language. Similarities and differences between first language acquisition and second language learning by children and adults are discussed. (CFM)

Brings to readers some theoretical insights and knowledge about educating disadvantaged learners, and the possible causes and antecedents of observed learning deficits and practical learning problems. (Author/AM)

Suggests that if psychologists of learning are to be of assistance to the teachers in open learning classrooms, they will have to reconsider the effect of assuming associative connections as a valid unit for the foundation underlying human learning. (Author/AM)

The teacher who establishes a relationship of mutual openness and trust with students enables them to set their own goals and realize their full human potential. (JD)

This research examined instructional conditions that underly the learning and retention of a group of three related concepts represented in a taxonomy of behavior management concepts. (Editor/RK)

This article discusses an aspect of the process of learning to read and write which has received little attention, that is, the ability of children to recognize and to distinguish clearly the sounds which correspond to the individual letters within each word. (Text is in Italian.) (CFM)

Lecturing, as a means of conveying information is often an inefficient format; learning demands involvement from the learner and behaviors that maximize audience contact and interaction will enhance attention and facilitate learning. (JD)

Concludes that the immediacy of political conflict in local schools over the last decade has provided a teaching surrogate. The salience of such school issues for the young has been greater than many other kinds of local and national politics, and it should have had greater effect on political learning than traditional classroom instruction.…

The use of simulation in the classroom has a lot to offer for the social studies teacher. It motivates students to a higher interest in the topic they are studying and causes them to be actively involved in the learning process. (Author/RK)