MANIPULATION OF FRAMES WITHIN PROGRAMED MATHEMATICS TEXTS IN ORDER TO STUDY FOUR VARIABLES YIELDED, IN A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PAPER, CORRELATIONAL DATA (FOR RELATIVELY SMALL TREATMENT GROUPS) THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE. FIRST, THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF PROGRAMED MATERIAL (BEFORE, AFTER, AND WITHOUT CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION) HAD NO EFFECT ON…

Seven mediational strategies for use in verbal associative learning have been discovered. They range from the simple to the intermediate to the complex. The subjects of this study were 173 fifth graders, who were administered a paired-associate (PA) task and asked to identify the strategies they used. On the basis of this data, they were then…

The comparative efficacy of overt and non-overt practice responses in programed instruction was investigated under a variety of practice and test conditions using a paired associate learning task. Proponents of operant learning models have consistently questioned the relative effectiveness of passive viewing in programed instruction. An…

It is necessary to "cultivate problem-solving attitudes and skills as well as relevant direct learnings" in order to maximize transfer of learning. Therefore, the persistent life situations curriculum is best equipped to promote transfer of learning. This view suggests two major guidelines for teacher education programs: (1)…

The research interests of developmental and educational psychologists concerned with children's learning appear to be converging. Simultaneously, the study of children's learning is at a significant crossroads. In the last decade, research has progressed rapidly and has moved from a problem to a variable orientation. If there is to be a…

The author is concerned that teaching strategies based on the values clarification approach (VCA) and on Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development might be premature. The VCA has been adopted widely despite concerns about threats to privacy of participating students, infringement on rights of parents to shape their children's values, and…

This study was conducted to determine the generality of the automatic encoding phenomenon. It was hypothesized that elaborative facilitation of paired associate learning would be induced by mere inspection of conjoined referents without instructions to remember. Subjects were 120 kindergarten and 120 second grade children who were tested…

This paper summarizes what the author considers to be the best advice available at this time for applying Piaget's theory in the chemistry classroom to understand the difficulties that some students have. The identification of students who are operating at the concrete operational or formal operational level is discussed along with the actual…

Metatheoretical analysis of Ausubel's Theory of Meaningful Verbal Learning and Gagne's Theory of Instruction using the Dickoff and James paradigm produced two instructional systems for basic statistics. The systems were tested with a pretest-posttest control group design utilizing students enrolled in an introductory-level graduate statistics…

Some aspects of a general systems theory of second language acquisition are as follows: the system is greater than the sum of its parts; each component has a distinctive role in the overall operation of the system; some components may be entire systems themselves; the workings of the system proceed according to patterns, and rules for any given…

The paper briefly reviews the argument for bridging the gap between the behavioral and humanistic schools of education and considers a teacher education model compatible with P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). A synthesis model is described that looks at the need for a change in the system of training teachers and school…

This study was designed to provide Widener College with data to determine whether videotape instruction was more effective for learning than the traditional didactic approach. Thirty-one students, enrolled in the junior year of the baccalaureate program in nursing at Widener College, participated in the study. A criterion-referenced pre-test was…

This document presents a plan which would integrate theoretical considerations of sport and movement activities with actual student experience in movement. Emphasis is placed on the experience of self in movement, the experience of self in relation to others, learning about others in movement, and understanding movement itself. Activities used to…

This bibliography is based on the author's thinking and experience with implementing the unified education concepts through the team-taught Unified Studies Program at Boston State College, 1972-75. The purposes of the bibliography are to test a new approach to user-oriented bibliographical notes, provide information about how to find information…

The study was designed to determine if chronological age is the main factor in a child's ability to develop a particulate concept of matter. Four demonstrations were organized which consisted of a graded series of particle mixing, gas diffusion, dissolving and smoke investigations. The individualized interviews with children were tape recorded. On…