Examined the relationship between students' grade level, sex, and attitudes toward the open classroom. Subjects were 2,000 students in grades 1-8. (JMB)

Describes a method of instruction and a system of teaching that befits the role of what is called the "traditional" teacher, pointing out that teaching is an art and not a science. (GA)

The Wallach-Kogan Tests of Creativity and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were administered to 129 second-grade students in either open classrooms or traditional classrooms. No consistent differences in fluency or uniqueness scores were found. Students in traditional classrooms scored consistently higher in vocabulary, reading, and mathematics…

This is an attempt to come up with the intermediate steps for moving from essentially traditional instructional situations toward realization of the ideal models or processes toward which most people in the field of performance/instructional technology are striving at any given time. (VT)

Compared results of teaching courses using the lecture method with courses incorporating televised instruction. Findings indicate no significant difference in the amount of learning (academic achievement) between telecourse students and students in parallel on-campus courses. (JN)

The use of the College Outcome Measures Project (COMP) to compare graduates of traditional and nontraditional programs is described. Results obtained in a study of 96 University of Minnesota graduating seniors suggest greater usefulness in distinguishing among institutions than in comparing outcomes of programs within an institution. (Author/MLW)

The competency-based approach is used in teaching educational measurement during a five-week summer session. (SK)

This study, conducted in Knox County, Tennessee, compared retention scores of students using traditional learning methodologies to retention scores of students taught using cooperative learning strategies. Participants (n=23) remained the same during both phases of instruction. A comparison of posttest scores of a fifth grade social studies unit…

Author calls upon all principals to change existing curriculum and programs in the direction of individualized, continuous progress education. (GB)

Describes reforms at Johnson C. Smith University, a private black institution in Charlotte, North Carolina. (PB)

The present educational system for nursing personnel does not promote or facilitate upward mobility. The university must find a way to increase the accessibility and availability of degree opportunities to the nurse while at the same time preserving the standards necessary for continued legitimacy of the programs themselves. (PT)

"This article is a summary report of efforts to study teachers in existing school systems as a prelude to formulating one or more role models of teacher behaviors for individualized instruction. (Authors)

Described is the change in teaching style--from open and unstructured to rigid and traditional--undergone by a teacher who found his students did not like or understand freedom in the classroom. (KC)

Two methods of teaching computation to undergraduates in a department of technology are described and the results are contrasted quantitatively and qualitatively. Conclusions indicate that a learner-directed discovery approach is best suited to this type of course. (Author/JEG)