Research into students' perceptions of their learning environments reveals the impact of these perceptions on the way students cope with these learning environments. Consequently, students' perceptions affect the results of their learning. This study aims to investigate whether students in a new learning environment (NLE) perceive it to be more…

The role and effectiveness of lecture is examined as a method of teaching social studies, and is seen as a useful tool of teacher instruction. (JR)

The effects of distributed study, self-pacing, a criterion of mastery, and individualized testing were examined by assigning 422 students in an introductory psychology course to one of four different teaching/learning systems. The first encompassed a traditional lecture/discussion group format. The second employed the personalized system of…

Examines the retention of a lecture by college students. Emphasis is on note taking procedures, information density and speech rate. Retention was measured 48 hours after lecture and was found to be superior when note taking was separated from listening and speech was at normal rate. (Author/DEP)

STUDIES ON NINTH GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ARE INCLUDED--(1) "A COMPARISON OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOUR METHODS OF TEACHING NINTH GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE," BY RALPH SMITH AND HILDRETH H. MCASHAN. METHODS EMPLOYED ARE NORMAL INSTRUCTION TEACHER LECTURE, INDEPENDENT DIRECTED STUDY, AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTED STUDY PLUS…

In an investigation conducted to determine student attitude and achievement in a class lectured by television as contrasted with a similar class lectured by an instructor, the direct-teaching method was found to be significantly superior. As a result of this finding, it was decided that future biological science classes should be taught by the…

This study reports an attempt to measure differences in learners caused by audio tape and lecture procedures in a social science course. The sample consisted of only two classes, both taught by the same teacher. Three measures were used in evaluation of the two procedures: (1) scores on the Allport-Vernon-Lindsey Study of Values; (2) scores on the…

The annual report of the resident tutor (Jamaica) for the University of the West Indies describes and evaluates courses and programs sponsored by the Department of Extra-Mural Studies between August 1968 and July 1969, and makes mention of attendance figures and response. Topics for courses and seminars included training in various job skills,…

This study was part of an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of offering three options--lecture, lecture with discussions, and independent reading--to students in a large lecture course and was concerned with identifying any significant student variables related to choice of an option. The subjects were 185 students in an experimental psychology…

This document comprises 7 papers that are annual reports from the Special Committee for Development of Communication with Negro Colleges and Universities. The Committee, founded in 1963 as the Special Committee on Visiting Lecturers to Negro Colleges and Universities, has as its primary goal the creation of sensitive, on-going relationships…

Provides evidence of the existence of serial position and isolation effects in a classroom lecture simulation involving extended meaningful discourse. Isolating an item facilitated learning of that item. (Author/DEP)

The amount and kind of information included in the notes taken by undergraduate psychology students were found to be related to test performance. Most students included in their notes less than 25 percent of the propositions judged worthy of inclusion and only 50 percent of the targeted main ideas. (Author/RM)