If physical educators maintain that affective objectives are both desirable and attainable through physical education, then they must understand psychosocial development and influence children in positive ways. An optimal challenge model uses observation, teacher behavior, and personal reflection in an attempt to educate the "whole…

The findings indicated not only that different pictures were picked by the normal and depressive groups but also that the technique discriminated appropriately within the depressive group. (Author)

Explains some of the applications, hazards, limitations, and possibilities of confluent education, the educational approach which seeks to merge the cognitive and the affective into a whole and to educate, as well as train, the whole person. (Author/PR)

I-Step is an individualized secondary-teacher-education program aimed at improving future teachers' self-confidence. (MB)

Schools have been poorly equipped to deal with affective concerns in terms of any prompt solutions to serious problems that effect major problems in curriculum instruction. (Author/ML)

The major goal of this study was to determine the effects of an Affective Competencies Training Program on the development of desirable work behaviors. Procedures included identification of format and content, preparation of affective work competency learning modules, implementation of a training workshop, and evaluation of participants' retention…

A health profile/validation learning exercise is designed to create a balance between cognitive and affective learning by promoting health information through student involvement. The profile identifies health knowledge strengths and weaknesses for each student and involves them in the validation process. (JMF)

Distance education courses must cope with the difficulties imposed by delivering a class at a distance. As most courses only emphasize the cognitive aspects of the class and neglect the course's effect on the students, this gives no help for reaching the affective domain teaching goals. Especially for younger students, in distance education, when…

How students relate to educators' titles or lack thereof is a component of the student-teacher relationship virtually ignored in higher education research. The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of titles in academic relationships, with special focus given to how students respond to forms of address used by faculty in the higher…

Describes an aesthetic educational curriculum created by CREMEL: development, objectives, products, evaluation, field testing, and national traveling exhibition. The program is designed to expose the learner to the aesthetic qualities in both the man-made and natural environment. (ED)

Educational technology involves the application of psychology and equipment to the solution of educational problems. Teaching is facilitated when the interrelationships of variables such as time allowed for learning perseverence, quality of instructional materials, affective behavior and goals, and aptitude are considered. In order for educational…

Both cognitive and affective components in interests, attitudes, values, and appreciations are identified as well as problems in selecting objectives for the affective domain. The suggestions offered on how to best assess feelings draw on a variety of measurement techniques. The possibilities and problems involved in assessing student achievement…