Describes a course at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in human sexuality for allied health personnel which emphasizes the attitudinal aspects of the subject rather than merely the biological aspects. (MF)

College students predicted the situations which would produce the greatest affective result: academic success or failure, as caused by ability or by effort. Attributions to ability generated as much happiness, but less pride, in the case of success; and more unhappiness, but less shame, in the case of failure. (Author/GDC)

Weiner examines Sohn's previous article on attribution and affective reactions. Both researchers' data suggest that emotions in addition to pride and shame are experienced in achievement settings, and that these affects are not necessarily augmented by effort ascriptions. (Author/GDC)

The effects of Teams-Games-Tournament (TG T), an instructional game employing biracial learning teams, on cross-racial friendships in integrated classes was examined in four experiments involving 558 students in grades 7-12. Sociometric measures and chi-square analyses indicated that TGT was an effective means of increasing cross-racial friendship…

Theory pertaining to human development suggests that, as students advance through the secondary-school grades, the learning structures should become less restrictive. This research examines the extent to which "structure" within the secondary school environments changes in accordance with growth in students from year 8 to year 12. (Editor/RK)

A community college intermediate algebra course was taught using four-person student teams and self-pacing according to Bloom's mastery learning model. The instructor assisted teams and lectured when necessary. Positive attitudes and 90-100 percent mastery resulted. Most students would have probably completed the one-semester course in two…

Provides teachers at the high school and elementary levels with some description of actual experiences--both good and bad--that helped to create the students' attitudes about reading. (Author/RK)

To discover how students perceived they were being helped to learn, three teacher nonverbal behaviors (invasion, touching, and eye contact) were investigated in secondary education typewriting classes through the use of silent videotaped teacher-student enactments and several significant findings were indicated, including a noted difference in…

Results of this experiment indicate that negative first impressions of a teacher have a significant effect upon the classroom climate. (RW)

Considers pupils' reactions to the environment produced by open plan designs with particular attention to the influence of noise and distraction as evaluation factors. (RK)

Concepts and methods suggested by cognitive psychology and recent experimental studies of the perception of duration have been employed in this research of judgments of historical duration by children aged between 8 and 15 years. Results indicate a developmental sequence in forms of historical temporal awareness. (Author/RK)

Describes three studies conducted at Pennsylvania State University to determine the effects on achievement and student satisfaction of various ratios of questions or highlights to text in computer assisted instruction (CAI) modules; question or highlight placement; and having questions or highlights on same or following page of target text. (MBR)

Discusses highlights of a literature review on guidelines for formative evaluation of courseware and the development of a formative evaluation instrument by the Kanata High Technology Training Association (Ottawa). The eight dimensions of the resultant questionnaire are listed and a copy of the evaluation instrument is included. (MBR)

Describes study that compared the quantitative and qualitative nature of problems in instructional materials identified by undergraduate students via three methods of formative evaluation. An explanation of the process of Learner Verification and Revision (LVR) stresses assessment and improvement of the instructional effectiveness of materials in…

Reports the comments of students who come to the writing class from the work place. Argues that teachers need to change their teaching methods to meet the needs of these students. (FL)