A study was conducted to determine if the tendency for faculty members of higher rank to receive the highest ratings on the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) remained when variables such as class size and course level were taken into account. The relationship between CEQ ratings and instructor's rank, class size, and level of course…

Discusses the present hierarchy of chemical education levels in Great Britain and proposed changes to this structure. (MLH)

In the Fred S. Engle Middle School, an experiment in the structure of a middle school student council has been in progress for the last two years. Here students learn to develop leadership and become involved with many cultural and socio-economic groups. (Author/RK)

In this study, students reported total study time, their allocation of time to specific study activities, and the relationship between such allocations and achievement. (RB)

Contends that academic achievement cannot be improved by increasing the amount of time students spend on homework. Instead, achievement depends on the nature of the study activities students do. (RB)

This booklet is the fourth in a series of "hot topic" reports, that address current educational concerns. The booklet examines questions relating to grade configurations, its purpose being to increase awareness and understanding of the issues surrounding grade span. It explores the ways that schools have addressed concerns associated…

The data from this study indicate that the national policy of exploiting the young child's capacity to learn exerted a powerful influence on state educational policy. (Author)

Paper presented at the FIPLV Congress, Saarbrucken, West Germany, April 4, 1972. (RL)

Data on schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. (SP)

Discussion of the reorganization of a middle school to grades six, seven and eight instead of seven and eight because of earlier peer culture influence. Programming is flexible, the subjects are integrated and everything is individualized. (Author/AF)

An annotated list of audiovisual materials arranged under 28 subject headings ranging from Cinema to Sex Education. An index of titles is appended. (LS)

Miscue analysis patterns of second, fourth, and sixth grade students of high and low reading ability show that miscues acceptable in context increase by grade level and ability. (CJ)

Jerome B. Jones, superintendent in Providence (Rhode Island), explains why a return to K-8 grade organization may solve this city's declining enrollment and other educational problems. (JM)

England's National Curriculum is felt to exhibit confusion about whether Level 1 is a grade or a stage and whether young disabled students begin at Level 1 or Level O. It is proposed that all children start school on Level 1; when they accomplish the statements of attainment, they have completed Level 1. (JDD)