This book is intended to serve as a supplementary text for the study of the sociology of education at the beginning level. The authors place heavy emphasis on the work of ten foremost authorities in the field of sociology of education and draw on the theories of more generalized sociologists as well. Throughout the book, the practical implications…

The relative effectiveness of including behavioral objectives, classified according to the major levels of cognition, in independent study materials for high school juniors is analyzed in this brief summary of the author's dissertation. The three major questions under consideration are whether: (1) the use of behavioral objectives has an effect…

This research is based on a survey of teacher-practitioners of individualized instruction in member colleges of the Council of North Central Community-Junior Colleges. The survey was mailed to the presidents of 307 colleges in September 1974, with results tabulated in November 1974 based on responses from 726 practitioners from 120 colleges in 19…

The focus of the 16 essays in this book is the physical environment of learning, specifically the man-made or built environment. The authors contend that educators have tended to overlook the influence of built environments on the learning process--a process not confined to schools, but involving play areas, tree houses, and the city itself. The…

Our judicial system has upheld the rights of all young people, no matter what the severity of their learning problems, to equal treatment, education, and opportunity. It is proving possible to accommodate a broad range of exceptional children in the educational mainstream, with emphasis not on how a child is disabled but on the specific…

This document outlines the need for manpower training and discusses the components of adequate training as provided by the Industrial Training Act of March, 1964, in order to set guidelines and standards for industries involved in the training revolution in England. Besides training and what it entails, the document presents the philosophy of…

This book contains 17 papers prepared for a colloquium series on development and related research dealing with conditions and processes of learning, subject matter content and sequence, instructional media, and instructional methods and teacher behaviors: 1) "Organized Retention and Cued Recall" by Endel Tulving; 2) "Developmental Processes in…

Three samples of 58 subjects each, selected from the students of seven eighth grade classes and matched with respect to scholastic achievement, program of study, and sex, were taught a foreign alphabet (Arabic) differently. Sample A was told the principles of the alphabet and applied it to examples; Sample B was given most examples first, then…

Essentially, the COPED project attempted to apply to the public school system knowledge of, and experience with, planned change to create an internal change process that would increase problem-solving skills and improve interpersonal competencies of staffs. Operationally, this meant that each school system would develop its own capabilities to…

This research on factors influencing verbal learning and retention has used new techniques, attacked new problems, and tested new theories while trying to keep the experiments systematic. Studies conducted involved (1) the effect of varying the length of the intertrial interval on the learning and retention of different types of learning tasks;…

A research model is presented which identifies and classifies certain cognitive and affective behaviors of children in elementary school classrooms. The described three-dimensional scheme dealing with content, development, and product suggest role relationships for various support personnel who assist the classroom teacher. Observable pupil…

A theoretical framework of the learning process is presented and then used to evaluate the total educational program in the Fresno City Unified School District as part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. According to this framework, the learner must develop a self-concept by which he feels he can learn. From this self-concept the…

Activities of a 2-week conference dealing with facilitating the learning of the migrant child are evaluated. A brief historical review is presented to explain the reasons for this conference and a previous conference and cites differences between the 2 conferences. Analyses of performance and attitudes of the participants during the conference and…

This experiment was designed to study the value of oral response as opposed to nonoral response in learning by kindergarten children. Approximately 108 kindergarten children were used. About 80 of them were placed in the two experimental groups (that is, the oral and nonoral groups), and the others were placed in a control group. Phase I involved…

Fifteen children from each of three kindergarten classes were randomly chosen to participate in this study and were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) a group that received a perceptual training program; (2) a group that received augmented attention but no program; and (3) a control group that received no special program nor…