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Herbert, Tom – 1981
Variables which affect the experiential style of learning are reality, risk, responsibility, predictability, and analysis or reflection. Learning retention is dependent on the amount of reality involved, the directness of the experience, and the number of senses involved. The learner must also experience uncertainty. In experiential learning, the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Decision Making, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary Secondary Education
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Council of Graduate Students in Education. – 1980
Papers collected from the Council of Graduate Students in Education's Sixth Annual colloquium on June 14, 1980, in the School of Education, University of Pittsburgh are presented. The program featured Wilma B. Smith, who addressed the colloquium theme, "Education: The 1980's and Beyond." The same theme was the subject of three panelists: Dennis…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
Hesse, M. G., Ed. – 1975
Works by European and American educators from the Renaissance to the twentieth century are presented. A historical re-evaluation of foreign-language teaching combined with the scientific approach of modern linguistics can provide valuable insights for current teaching and learning approaches. Selections are presented from the writings of the…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Conventional Instruction, Conversational Language Courses, Diachronic Linguistics
Cooper, Barry – 1976
This paper empirically examines one aspect of Basil Bernstein's sociolinguistic account of educational failure, a code thesis wherein a restricted code is defined as giving access only to "particularistic" meanings and an elaborated code is defined as giving access also to "universalistic" meanings. According to Bernstein,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Failure, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension
Rose, Andrew M. – 1978
An ongoing series of experiments has extended Rose's information processing approach to job performance assessment. Each study investigated cognitive tasks from the literature on memory, psycholinquistics, and visual information processing, for potential inclusion in the test battery. Each task was then evaluated against three criterion areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Needs
Wallace, R. Duncan – 1979
Underlying mental processes are common to all people in spite of individual differences in capability, intelligence, attitude, and motivation. When these processes are combined to form a single, observable entity, they can be interpreted as a universal action pattern of the mind. Educators, psychotherapists, and other individuals interested in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
ERICKSON, EDSEL L.; JOINER, LEE M. – 1967
THIS IS A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY TO DETERMINE IF RELIABLE AND VALIDLY COMPARABLE DATA CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SCALES DESIGNED FOR USE WITH HEARING IMPAIRED, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND NON-IMPAIRED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE MAJOR INSTRUMENTS ASSESSED SELF CONCEPT OF ACADEMIC ABILITY. IT WAS CONCLUDED ON THE BASIS OF CROSS-VALIDATION AND OTHER ANALYTICAL…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1979
This outline of instruction and student guide for a postsecondary level course for instructors is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. The course is designed to provide the neccesary information that the student will need in planning and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Counseling, Course Descriptions
BARSCH, RAY H. – 1967
THE FIRST OF A 3-VOLUME PERCEPTUAL MOTOR CURRICULUM, THE BOOK DESCRIBES A PROGRAM BASED ON A THEORY OF MOVEMENT WHICH THE AUTHOR LABELS MOVIGENICS (THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT IN MAN AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE MOVEMENTS TO HIS LEARNING EFFICIENCY). TEN BASIC CONSTRUCTS OF MOVIGENICS ARE OUTLINED, AND THE…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education
YEATER, L.W. – 1967
THE CARTERET COUNTY MARINE SCIENCE PROJECT OFFERS THE SCIENCE TEACHER THE MEANS OF PROVIDING A DIRECTED DISCOVERY, FIELD-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF OCEANOLOGY. SPECIALISTS PROVIDE AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, AND DO THE PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, AND DIRECTION OF PRACTIAL FIELD EXPERIENCES. FOLLOWING THE FIELD EXPERIENCE, A MARINE SCIENCE PROJECT…
Descriptors: Biology, Discovery Processes, Educational Media, Educational Planning
Isgar, Tom; Isgar, Susan – 1968
Reported is a summer training institute for the directors and staffs of tutorial projects. The 30 interns were middle class college students who came to Detroit for a leadership training program combining field work, seminars, residence in disadvantaged communities, and intense personal and group interaction experiences. The goal was to develop…
Descriptors: College Students, Field Experience Programs, Individual Development, Institutes (Training Programs)
Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY. School of Education. – 1967
A 1-year course for student teachers seeking certification for the nursery through the sixth grade is outlined in this document. The content of the course is divided into four areas: (1) directed observation (what can be learned from observation of the classroom; (2) learning and teaching of an individual child (how we know the individual child);…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Donoghue, Mildred R., Ed. – 1967
The 62 selections in this volume, all written since 1963, describe the latest developments in modern language teaching at both the elementary and secondary school level. The book is designed for both preservice and inservice personnel. Individual chapters include essays on the trends and issues and the linguistic, psychological and organizational…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Bilingualism
London Univ. (England). Inst. of Education. – 1976
Intended for inexperienced teachers in higher education to be used in conjunction with a staff training program, information is presented on: teaching and learning principles; teaching methods; tutoring, counseling and student problems; student assessment; behavioral objectives; designing a course; and evaluation of teaching. Focus is on teaching…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Organization, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Counseling
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
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