Since the 1950's a number of large-scale intervention programs have been created to promote equality of educational opportunity among diverse social groups through the provision of additonal resources to the educational environments of selected students from disadvantaged backgrounds. At the secondary and postsecondary levels, such programs have…

This conference paper discusses two factors which seem to be responsible for the lack of clear progress in research dealing with motivation and learning in the schools: first, an overemphasis on the presumed influence of motivation on learning, which has resulted in a neglect of the many other processes that are directly influenced by motivational…

In an effort to find a greater source of motivation and incentive in an activity in which the students would go beyond the textbook to use their foreign language skills, a total immersion German-speaking weekend camping excursion was undertaken at the Mexico Academy and Central School in Mexico, N.Y. The activity was organized by one language…

This study evaluated the use of three systematic reinforcement techniques and measures (a carrel, teacher attention, and a contingency contract) to increase the on-task and task completion behaviors of a first-grade child. The carrel and teacher attention increased on-task behavior (from a mean of 27.6 percent to 45.0 percent) but did not affect…

Prepared by an instructor and a curriculum development specialist, this course of study was designed to meet the individual needs of the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth by providing skill training, related information, and supportive services knowledge about offset printing. The course provides training in offset printing and related…

This paper examines the organization, major functions, and general characteristics of Peruvian teacher education programs, as well as some recent attempts to effect qualitative changes in these and in teacher inservice education programs, which point the way to a more rational and modern normal-school system. The first normal schools, established…

The rational model of classical economic theory assumes that the decision maker has complete information on alternatives and consequences, and that he chooses the alternative that maximizes expected utility. This model does not allow for constraints placed on the decision maker resulting from lack of information, organizational pressures,…

A study was undertaken to determine the degree and nature of expectancy of reinforcement in high school underachievers, and to evaluate a method for modifying the internal versus external expectancies which relate to motivation for achievement and attainment of success. A computer instructional program was used to impart immediate reinforcement…

Studies in two areas of college reading research and their implications for secondary reading teachers are discussed: (1) the effectiveness of reading machines and (2) the effectiveness of techniques recommended for student use. Several studies evaluating the effectiveness of reading machines are reviewed, and weaknesses of research in this area…

Utilizing acting as the main teaching method to promote artistic understanding and skills with a focus on the individual, this course guide explores the "process" of theatre. Outlines for student and teacher are provided for each of the five course sections: Discovering an Approach to Theatre, Discovering the Process of Acting, Exploring a Drama…

This course guide for black literature recommends three specific themes for each of three literary genres: (1) the junior novel--Man's Relations to Mankind and to Self in "The Troubled Summer" by Ben Haas (grade 8); (2) drama--Human Relations and Values in "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry (grade 9); and (3) biography--Character and…

Continuing education of the clergy includes, in addition to theological education, sociocultural disciplines, training in professional skills, and personal development. Institutional provisions are many and varied--theological schools, universities and colleges, conference and study centers, institutes, interseminary centers, denominational…

Originally prepared for the Workshop to Increase and to Improve University Teacher Training Programs in Adult Basic Education, Chicago, March 1969, this paper reviews a five year project, begun in 1966, on adult age differences in cognitive performance and learning. One purpose of this project is to determine differences in cognitive abilities,…

A booklet of a programmed-instruction type was developed to obtain the measures needed to test Carroll's model of school learning, including ability, aptitude, quality of instruction, opportunity for learning, perserverance, and time criterion. Simple rules in an artificial foreign language were taught by means of the booklet to sixth-grade…

This annotated bibliography presents materials related to the problem of retaining students in vocational education programs. Such factors as student attitudes, abilities, motivations are considered as possible factors related to retention. Sources include journal articles, doctoral dissertations, books, and ERIC materials. The literature dates…