Discussed the game-like atmosphere teachers might want to create for fruitful listening experiences as well as describing illustrative games that can be used for such purposes. (Author/RK)

Enquiry learning can produce impressive cognitive and affective outcomes. However, there are different types/levels of enquiry. This hierarchy can be used to assess the degree of enquiry of an activity, to suggest how the enquiry level of an activity might be adjusted, to design enquiry activities, and to better sequence enquiry activities during…

The gulf between the curriculum and the extracurriculum can be bridged by bringing academic life into the dormitory. (Editor)

Article described Empire State College's efforts to recognize college-level learning outside the classroom and to grant academic credit for students' achievement without regard to where or how it was gained. (Author/RK)

Students turned their schools' blank walls into colorful murals thereby giving a satisfying sense of accomplishment. (Author/RK)

STEPHENS COLLEGE INTRODUCED A "HOUSE PLAN" IN THE FALL OF 1960 AS AN EXPERIMENT IN USE OF THE RESIDENCE HALL AS A CENTER FOR BOTH LIVING AND LEARNING. RESIDENT COUNSELORS AND FACULTY MEMBERS WORK WITH THE STUDENTS IN ANY ONE HOUSE, INSTRUCTING THEM IN A COMMON BODY OF GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES AND HELPING THEM WORK OUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL…

This article, part of a series compiled by the Division of Early Childhood Education, is intended to help elementary teachers develop the proper teaching methods, procedures, and knowledge of available materials for the implementation of industrial arts activities. The article includes sections on the theory of industrial arts in the elementary…

This book focuses on the affective dimensions of learning situations and discusses the need for dealing with the emotional aspects that are a part of every cognitive learning experience. Part 1 presents a model that allows systematically and predictably for the development of the whole child, taking account of readiness-awareness level and…

The first paper discusses the philosophy, values and climate of a program for training non-professional mental health workers who can be considered generalists and thus employable in a wide range of settings within the rapidly changing mental health field. The advantages and disadvantages of training generalists are considered. The program, which…

A paired-associate learning task, with labeled pictures as stimuli and responses, was administered to a sample of fourth and fifth grade children. Sentence and imagery mediators which linked the stimulus and response terms were either provided by the experimenter or generated by the children themselves under instructions from the experimenter.…

This report, sponsored by the National Association of Independent Schools, reviews plans to prepare teachers for the Integrated Day. This preparation attempts to give teachers new concepts replacing those which grew from formalism in the teachers' own learning. The new concepts revolve around the theory that education is a process of living and…

THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO YIELD DATA ON THE PARAMETERS OF LEARNING IN THESE SITUATIONS--(1) THE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL TO BE LEARNED WAS GREATER THAN USUAL, AND (2) THE SCHEDULING OF LEARNING, REVIEW TRIALS, AND THE AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL PRESENTED WERE VARIED WITHIN A DESIGN JUDGED TO APPROACH OPTIMAL SCHEDULING IN…

When primary students are excited over a weather change, capitalize on it! Article suggested methods for combining learning with awareness of the environment. (Editor/RK)