Based on a year's work with 16 second grade students, this two-part paper reports the successful use of the Marathon Writing (continuous writing for short periods on a regular basis) strategy in encouraging beginning writers to write independently. The first part of the paper explains the technique of marathon writing, and notes that even though…

The study compared the results of group and individual training methods on the acquisition of a roll-on-deodorant self care skill by 16 profoundly retarded adults residing at a residential institution for the mentally retarded. The deodorant skill was divided into 11 teaching steps and an initial performance baseline was obtained for each subject.…

Already available inexpensive computers with fast printers could significantly reduce the size and complexity of the task of individualizing instruction. A computer-based system could be designed to store and analyze student characteristics, compare relevant factors with instructional objectives, and prescribe learning activities selected from a…

Defines the need for a more vocationally-oriented elementary school curriculum. Several principles and propositions concerning the implementation of career education programs are presented and discussed under the following categories: educational objectives, behavioral objectives, curriculum development, student experiences, teacher role, learning…

In order to determine the most effective clinical teaching behaviors for small group settings, investigators at the Universities of North Carolina and Alabama factor analyzed student questionnaire responses and identified several behaviors and factors in six teaching dimensions. Procedures and results are reported including recommendations for…

Investigation supported in part by Research Grant 5-8470 from U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

A framework is given for providing comprehensive health education services within a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) setting. In order to be effective, an HMO's health education program needs to be administrationally and organizationally approached as an integral component of the HMO and not as an adjunct service. Three service units of the…

In the student-oriented approach to writing business letters, students work in small groups to write a series of letters. For the first letter, the groups take the role of consumers, writing letters to order merchandise. The letters are written on overhead transparencies and are then critiqued by the other teams, with an emphasis on constructive…

In this program for college students the goal is to help students learn more efficiently and effectively. Designed primarily to aid the under-prepared student, the program attempts to fill in gaps in the student's background and help him or her learn those techniques that are necessary to college survival. A diagnostic survey is conducted with the…

Sixteen kindergarten children were instructed in grapheme-phoneme correspondences according to two methods that were identical except that in one method the children were instructed individually and in the other the children received group instruction. The number of learning trials given to each child was the same in both situations. However, in…

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS IN GROUPING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SECTION HAS EXAMINED NUMEROUS RESEARCH STUDIES ON GROUPING. DISCUSSED ARE QUESTIONS CONCERNED WITH RELATIVE VALUES OF GROUPING CHILDREN ACCORDING TO NEED, SPECIAL ABILITIES, AND ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS. PREDICTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF…

COUNSELING TREATMENT METHODS WERE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT OF UNDERACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED OVER 200 MEASURED UNDERACHIEVERS FROM GRADES 10-12 AND 16 COUNSELORS. THE STUDENTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF FIVE TREATMENT CONDITIONS--(1) INDIVIDUAL…

Efforts by the Navy in the early 1960's to reduce training time and costs with instructional technology resulted in efficient technical training, but at the expense of motivation and "espirit de corps." A Group Assisted Self-Paced (GRASP) program was initiated at one technical school in an attempt to overcome the previous drawbacks.…

A study of 74 elementary classrooms in Chicago was undertaken to see how the management and organization of instruction impinge on student involvement during reading instruction. The objectives were to determine whether student attention was higher when the teacher directed instruction to the entire room than when the teacher directed instruction…

This guide is designed to assist those helping professionals responsible for the development and implementation of sex fair counseling services and programs within their particular educational setting. Two designs for workshops are described with samples of all materials included. One is a full-day session which is both awareness- and…