A sample of 30 male and 124 female prospective teachers were given a battery of inventories prior to teacher training. Included in this battery was a 300-item Educational Opinion Inventory (EOI). On the day immediately following the administration of each inventory, each subject taught a 40-minute lesson to 20 to 30 secondary school students.…

In judging poetry, even trained readers are influenced by the name and reputation of the poet. (JH)

This study correlates high school students with different exploration preferences with classrooms having different social exploration climates, finding that in high exploration classrooms, students high in exploration preference were more satisfied and better adjusted. (JMF)

Comprehension and interest were high when children read stories where nontraditional sex role behavior was perceived to be appropriate to the action of the story. (MKM)

Describes the stages that students go through when they are first introduced to self-directed learning and lists specific strategies teachers can use to help students through the crises. (IRT)

This study was designed to assess listeners' ability to judge a taped speaker's age and to measure the extent to which personality ratings are affected by perceived age. In two experiments, undergraduate subjects demonstrated that speaker age can be reliably estimated over a wide age range for both female and male voices. (Author)

An elementary school child's perceptions of his teacher's nonverbal behavior is presented to illustrate how those behaviors are interpreted both correctly and incorrectly, and how--regardless of the validity of the interpretation--they affect pupil response. (MJB)

Interviews of students working on a social studies project about New York City. (RL)

School-based sexual abuse prevention programs implemented in grades K-6 are summarized according to mode and content of presentation, audience and trainer characteristics, and program length. Means for conducting systematic evaluations of these programs are needed in order to enable educators to decide relative advantages and disadvantages of…

Four classes of children, aged 12 to 18, responded to drawings of teachers' nonverbal signals on a questionnaire. Analysis of the responses produced four factors: dour/helpful, affable/serious, unhelpful/boring, and calm/easygoing. Implications for teachers are discussed. (Author/MT)

Describes how computers were integrated into freshman writing classes at Middlebury College without shifting the emphasis of the class away from writing. (AEW)

Defines the form, subject, structure, language, and feeling of haiku, a Japanes verse form in which a short poem captures the essence of natural events. Provides guidelines for using haiku in nature education. (LFL)

Intelligent computer-assisted instruction (ICAI) allows both student and program a flexibility resembling a one-on-one interaction between student and teacher. This paper reviews the components of artificial intelligence, describes the structure of ICAI systems, and examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of such systems. (MT)

Elementary school students evaluated compositions that had been written by peers, then discussed the factors upon which their rankings were based. Results indicate that the bases for evaluation fall into four categories: feelings aroused by text, responses to surface features, responses to text as understood, and responses to craftsmanship. (FL)

Preparation of adventure games for educational purposes is discussed with regard to program structure and educational advantage. Two educational games are described, PILOT and BASIC are compared as languages for beginning programmers, an outline of one program structure and word-handling routines are presented, and educational goals and benefits…