Description of an experimental program for upper elementary students, with student reactions. (SP)

The author suggests that educators are not the consumers of educational materials and "raises the case for the learner as consumer through developmental as well as summative evaluation of materials." (Editor/AK)

Although the findings are derived from a limited sample, they provide an insight into some of the contemporary issues in America with which those in teacher education are concerned. (Author)

Discusses the utilization of films and transparenceies in teachn g poetry and recommends a multisensory approach to such instruction. (SW)

Based upon a paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969). (RD)

Relates changing student reaction to George Orwell's "1984" over 20 years of teaching. Finds present high school students' acceptance of Orwell's bleak world vision both a sign of student honesty and a frightening indication of the growing reality of the book. (MM)

In examining response style effects on various commonly used fixed-response formats, Likert-type formats were relatively consistently affected regardless of the number of format categories. Nonanchored numbers were less affected. Across types, strong correlations for the linear formats and human faces made their use problematic. (Author/CM)

A cross-year group and longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the influence of race on friendship preferences of pupils in a multi-racial, secondary school in Britain. Results indicate that students were more friendly to classmates of the same sex, regardless of race, than to classmates of the same race but other sex. (Author/AM)

Describes a study which examined how subject matter, color, and degree of realism influence preferences for paintings of subjects in grades 3, 5, 7, 11, and college. Realism is the most important factor in shaping untrained subjects' responses to paintings. Color and subject matter have less influence on these judgments. (Author/AM)

Grades in a college composition course were withheld over a 10-week term to determine how students would redirect their anxiety. (HOD)

Lists 12 reasons why college students have difficulty solving chemistry problems and 12 suggestions for improvement. Lists were compiled from students in an introductory chemistry course. (SK)

Describes a study that investigated the relationship of task difficulty to trainable mentally retarded students' interest in four art activities and art products resulting from these activities. A Spearman Rank Correlation procedure revealed a negative correlation between task difficulty and subject's interest in art activities and products. (AM)