This study investigated teachers' beliefs and practices of cooperative learning, and strove to determine whether their observed teaching practices reflected their stated beliefs. Findings of the study revealed that teachers understood cooperative learning to mean small groups of students working together to accomplish a particular assignment. The…

Collaboration in the classroom was studied using the Web of Intersubjectivity (L. Albert and others, 1999), a model of collaboration, and the concept of intersubjective inquiry was developed and explored. This study represents the third phase of an ongoing research project. In the first phase, researchers identified the Web of Intersubjectivity…

Describing Reading Recovery and Chapter I as two programs that emphasize a one-on-one approach in assisting pupils in learning to read, this paper considers advantages and aspects of these programs. It gives 10 reasons for stressing a single teacher assisting one pupil in learning to read and proposes how these programs may be incorporated into…

A discussion on product versus process'' writing instruction by a process person, concluding that a proper focus on process will lead to a proper focus on product. (RB)

Testing shows technical students do better working out lab experiments either individually or in pairs rather than in larger groups. Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (Editor/GB)

Describes planning and implementation phases of the development of individualized and small group learning laboratory facilities for primary and intermediate grades in a new elementary school. Includes descriptions of teacher and student summer activities during design, selection and evaluation of general science instructional media and materials.…

Reports five investigations of a research team learning approach with elementary and secondary level students. Findings show that children can do research, communicate, and learn from each other. Concludes that the procedure is an effective instructional approach at both levels. (JM)

Raises a number of questions to consider when planning a large group learning environment in which "the space developed will support rather than impede learning. (Author/LS)

Some insights into the responsibilities facing the leader of an adult discussion group organized around an educational television series. (LS)

Suggestions to help teachers organize small groups within the elementary classroom setting are provided, and group task roles and group maintenance roles are examined. Four small-group activities dealing with the American cowboy are described; for example, groups are asked to write a poem about the American cowboy. (RM)

Describes how a telephone answering device was used to reduce administrative overload in a large televised course. (PD)

Discusses the advantages and challenges of the group piano teaching approach. Different kinds of group piano classes are described. To make group classes effective, teachers must learn about the psychological factors involved in this kind of learning, group students properly, organize lessons well, and provide group leadership. (AM)

The authors identify important aspects of clinical knowledge development. They examine different areas and forms of clinical knowledge and share useful strategies that can be applied to the process of clinical knowledge development in practical settings. (Author/CT)

After eight weeks of exposure to divergent-thinking situations in large and small groups and on an individual basis by specially-trained preservice teachers, experimental group kindergarten children were significantly superior to control group subjects on three measures of verbal creative thinking. (Author/RH)