Examined were the subjective reactions to group counseling of 176 black remediation students at a predominantly black Eastern university. The data was obtained through the use of a 13-item evaluation instrument administered during the 11th week of the 15-week program. The data were analyzed in terms of chi square analysis of response rates to…

Course instruction was manipulated to yield two different levels of structure in an exploratory analysis of the effects of course structure on student satisfaction in 166 introductory educational psychology students. Results suggest that student satisfaction for different degrees of course structure depends on personality attributes. Seven…

An important issue with regard to film audience is the salience individuals attribute to a variety of film-specific variables which, in turn, determine their particular movie-going experience. This study details the results of an investigation of the importance of 28 potentially influential variables in movie attendance decisions. Respondents to…

The transcripts of interviews with 115 physics students from ten different British universities are analyzed. Each student was encouraged to tell about one good learning experience and one bad learning experience. The characteristics of the good and bad stories are discussed and some general comments are made. The interview model explained in this…

This brochure, designed to acquaint teachers in Kansas City area public and parochial schools with the Inquiry Role Approach (IRA) to Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) courses, prepares for their cooperation with the Mid-Continent Regional Development Laboratory (McREL) in testing an IRA model during the 1968-69 school year. Four program…

The American Council on Education Freshman Information Form was administered to the 1,486 full time freshmen entering Orange Coast College in the Fall of 1968. Information included in this report includes: (1) the age and sex of respondents; (2) secondary school grades; (3) high school achievements; (4) plans for academic degrees; (5) probable…

The document provides an example of the integration of career awareness into a half-year elective English course at the senior high school level. The project was designed to increase: knowledge of careers in general and specifically in the Boothbay Harbor, Maine area; awareness of how personal characteristics relate to job requirements, skill, and…

The Protocol Materials in English (PME) project was set up to study literature and the teaching of literature in an effort to determine whether it is possible to discover hierarchies of concepts and to create materials to illustrate those concepts. In the film series "Responding to Literature," the category system presented has as its…

The Protocol Materials in English (PME) project was set up to study literature and the teaching of literature in an effort to determine whether it is possible to discover hierarchies of concepts and to create materials to illustrate those concepts. This guide--second in a series--focuses on the acts that the reader performs in responding to a…

During teacher-administered tryouts of an instructional program, staff observations of classroom lessons are an important data source for making later revisions. However, such data are often unavailable when needed because of a lack of systematic procedures for data collection and documentation. This paper suggests certain procedures for reporting…

To determine preschool children's responses to various television program formats, and to discover which would be most effective in holding attention, observers recorded children's reactions to 115 lesson segments viewed in their homes. All behavior responses to elicited and unelicited stimuli were recorded, using a printed form and coding system.…

The study sought to determine the industrial arts experiences relating to information about industry, industrial processes, materials, skills and procedures that students indicate are important for them to have during their school experience. A list of 157 student experiences were rated on a five point rating scale by 234 College High students,…

This study examined the nature of and major differences between certain expectations held by the adult education, occupational, and transfer students and their instructor counterparts--expectations of the instructor as director of learning in a community college setting. Data were collected by means of Instructor Behavior Questionnaires developed…

A study is designed to assess the relative effectiveness of two types of teacher supervision--that by a colleague-supervisor team and that by a single supervisor--both using videotape in a series of microteaching sequences. In each of four teach-reteach sequences, a specific teaching behavior is selected for emphasis in the supervisory conference.…

Although knowledge of form, structure, and historical periods enrich the study of literature, the English teacher must always keep in mind that the essence of any great work lies in its communication of "peaks" of experience, and that the author's human insights should be transmitted to students. Some principles can aid the teacher in achieving…