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Click, Eulalia Tate; Powell, Judith A. – 1976
This study attempted to investigate: (1) preschool children's positive or negative perceptions of the aged, and (2) the effect of increased interpersonal contact with older adults on these perceptions. A review of related literature is reported. Two instruments, The Perceptions of the Aged Test (PAT) and The Familiarity With the Aged Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Childhood Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Learning Experience
Download full textOhio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1977
This third in a series of five learning modules on guidance is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers skills needed to (1) plan effective student conferences, (2) create a supportive environment and display the kind of attitude that will foster communication and promote useful results, (3) help students identify and…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conferences, Learning Activities
Wickett, R.E.Y. – 1978
A study examined significant deliberate learning activities (as demonstrated in learning projects) which were related to spiritual growth. (Spiritual growth was defined in broad terms within which each interviewee interpreted his or her own concept.) Fifty persons between the ages of thirty-five and fifty-five and representing five groups (three…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Enrichment
Cordier, Ralph W. – Soc Educ, 1969
The 1968 presidential address to the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies (48th, Washington, D.C., November 1968).
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Citizenship, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Omelich, Carol L.; Covington, Martin V. – 1981
An investigation was undertaken of end-of-course reactions of students who experienced varying numbers of test-taking failures during an introductory psychology course presented under two different formats: a mastery structure (multiple study/test options and absolute grading standards) and a conventional structure (one try on each midterm with…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Evaluation, Educational Research, Failure
1965
SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR TWO FOLKTALES, "MOLLY WHUPPIE" AND "THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE," ARE POSED. THE QUESTIONS ARE DELIBERATELY WORDED TO EVOKE DISCUSSION, DISAGREEMENT, AND EVEN ARGUMENT. THE PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER INDIVIDUAL REACTION AND LIVELY DISCUSSION. THE QUESTIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES ONLY FOR CONVENIENCE. EACH…
Descriptors: Books, Discussion, Folk Culture, Language Acquisition
GERSTMAN, HUBERT L.; SIEGENTHALER, BRUCE M. – 1960
AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF CHILD MOTIVATION IN STRUCTURED SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPY BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT CHILDREN WHO NEED THIS TYPE OF HELP HAVE A CONSCIOUS DESIRE FOR IMPROVEMENT. PERTINENT LITERATURE WAS SURVEYED TO ESTABLISH A LISTING OF COMMON MOTIVES, DESIRES, AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE, AND A MOTIVATIONAL PREFERENCE EXAMINATION WAS…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Handicapped Children, Interest Inventories, Learning Experience
HARDING, ALICE C. – 1964
FOUR- AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ATTEND DAILY SESSIONS AT EACH OF FOUR EARLY ADMISSIONS CENTERS. THESE CHILDREN LIVE IN DEPRESSED LOW-ECONOMIC AREAS. THEIR VOCABULARIES ARE VERY LIMITED, AND THEIR RESTRICTED LIVES HAVE NOT PERMITTED THEM TO DEVELOP THE NECESSARY STORE OF BASIC CONCEPTS OR THE SOCIAL MATURITY NEEDED FOR SCHOOL. A CENTER BECOMES A…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Communication Skills, Community Action, Cultural Enrichment
Glass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Trent, Curtis – 1979
This study determines that adolescents' attitudes toward older persons, while not negative as originally supposed, can be changed in a more positive direction through planned educational experiences. Situational and personal characteristics account for variance in pretest attitudes evidenced toward the aged. The study was conducted on ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Attitude Change, Developmental Stages
Ratliff, Gerald Lee – 1979
Jean Piaget's theories of child development and the nature of intelligence are adapted to creative dramatics in this description of two games for children aged 6 through 12. The first game discussed incorporates a "touchy-feely box," a cardboard construction with openings on two sides so that a child may reach inside, select, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Creative Dramatics
Frymier, Jack; Bills, Robert E. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to determine whether terms used in the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS) are appropriate and useful to describe learner characteristics. From the twelve characteristics postulated in the ACCS to describe learners, six were selected for study: experience, intelligence, motivation, emotion-personality,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Woodruff, Asahel; Froyen, Len – 1967
This report of the proceedings of the 3rd Annual Professional Education Seminar of the Central States Colleges and Universities centers upon the implications of technology for teaching and learning and contains addresses delivered, including "Some Concerns Related to Technology in Education," by Len Froyen; and "Implications of Technology for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communications, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
Riegel, Ruth M.; Riegel, Klaus F. – 1968
Eighteen young (almost 16 years of age) and 18 old(average age 70) subjects were assigned to either the control or one of two experimental groups on the basis of their age, sex, vocabulary, and need for achievement scores. All participated in a test session and two experimental sessions. Results indicate that: (1) Items that have been often…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Adults, Experience
Utah System Approach to Individualized Learning Project. – 1978
In outline form, this monograph presents an analysis of specific cues that can assist those responsible for instruction to develop and analyze classroom environments that maximize opportunities for students to grow. It is divided into the following four areas: (1) evidence of effective organization; (2) evidence of effective resource management;…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Group Dynamics
Mills, Earl S.; Wood, Duane R. – 1974
A model of an instructional program which uses principles of effective management to optimize learning for adult learners is described. The model is a result of the authors' work with the Institute for Personal and Career Development which is responsible for the external degree program of Central Michigan University. Most adult learners have…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Feedback
