Far too many teacher training programs fail to prepare teachers properly to translate theory and beliefs concerning teaching effectiveness into practice at the classroom level. To improve this situation, professors of education need to be innovative and to take purposeful steps to develop new programs with fresh approaches that will succeed in…

A brief summary of the effects of light on plant germination, growth and development, including photoperiodism and pigment formation, introduces 18 experiments and demonstrations which illustrate aspects of these effects. Detailed procedures for each exercise are given, the expected results outlined, and possible sources of difficulty discussed.…

This bibliography, containing 73 annotated entries, is designed as an aid to researchers who may wish to experiment using automatic speech recognition in programed instruction, computer assisted instruction, or task simulation devices. The bibliography samples recent literature on the technology of automatic speech recognition, on efforts to…

Reports on the development of a sample course in modern mathematics for elementary teachers. The approach to the course was based on three methodological principles--(1) that emphasis should be placed on mathematics as an organization of (experimental and other) information and not primarily as a deductive system, (2) that it is important to use…

This guide is intended to assist industrial arts teachers, school administrators, and architects in planning and designing functional facilities for instructional purposes or in remodeling existing facilities. It was developed under the auspices of the Council for Industrial Arts Education and published by the Missouri State Department of…

Described as one of 34 booklets in a series of promising programs on childhood education, the report presents information on the Boston Public Schools Learning Laboratories (Massachusetts). The special approach for slow learners and gifted students in grades two through four is discussed in terms of purpose and structure, population served,…

Designed to assist the teacher who wishes to use marine organisms for biological laboratory investigations, this manual includes general information on maintaining marine aquaria and collecting marine organisms as well as five tested laboratory exercises. The exercises deal with the measurement of oxygen consumption (giving techniques for…

This manual contains a suggested Oceanographic Field Course designed as a supplement to an eighth grade science program. The three principle objectives of the course are: (1) to stimulate the interest of young students in the marine sciences; (2) to instruct students in the scientific method of field observation and laboratory investigation; and…

In education, the road from research to practice is a long one and includes research, development, and application. The notion of a continuum from research to practice was recognized in 1965 when the provisions of the Cooperative Research Program were incorporated into the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Since that time, however, total…

Robert M. Gagne, Ralph W. Tyler, and Wilbert J. McKeachie, in independently prepared statements made before a summer institute on effective teaching, emphasized that good learning is active rather than passive; stresses the learning of principles; exploits the advantages in newness: exploration of something new, a new practice, a principle learned…

A state-wide study is reported on the utilization of classroom, laboratory, and physical education instructional space in private and state-controlled higher educational facilities in Virginia. The report is quantitatively based and includes a discussion of its scope and criteria for validity, summary statements of findings as well as definitions…

Questionnaires concerning the nature of work performed and the work setting, plans for continuing formal education, and opinions regarding the relevancy of training received were sent to all individuals (3,282) certified by the Board of Certified Laboratory Assistants (CLA's) since certification began in 1965. Some findings from the 970 returned…

Activities reported herein include studies conducted, contracts, and development group work. Technical notes are presented concerning the design of science laboratories for Asian secondary level schools; it is noted that changed designs for curriculum and new methods of teaching science have necessitated new approaches to the design of science…

This guide discusses the people involved in facility planning and the formulation of program plans. Consideration is given to space requirements, equipment, furniture, and utilities, and to the special needs of different branches of science. A bibliography and planning aids are appended. (RH)

The rationale behind the use of mathematics laboratories is stated, then directions for organizing and implementing a math lab are given. Topics such as housekeeping, keeping an inventory, noise level, record keeping and assignments, giving grades, correlating textbooks with a math lab, and finding meaningful laboratory problems are each discussed…