Criticizes the philosophy and management of several research projects of the 1960's. The procedures employed by second language learners unconstrained by group arrangements, teacher presentation, or other major interventions in their learning opportunity need to be studied. Only then can a theory of second language learning be constructed.…

Exploratory research with large numbers of variables and even larger numbers of relationships is likely to result in frequent Type II errors; that is falsely accepting an incorrect null hypotheses. There are three ways of reducing Type II errors: (1) choosing a lower significance level, which then increases the probability of Type I error; (2)…

Concluding the story of Countesthorpe College, the author looked at the results of Britain's most wholehearted experiment in state secondary education. (Editor/RK)

THIS PROJECT TESTED WHETHER THE TELE-LECTURE AND ELECTROWRITER COULD (1) BE USED EFFECTIVELY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTION OF ADULTS IN MULTIPLE REMOTE AREAS, AND (2) USED BY A MASTER TEACHER TO PROVIDE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ADULTS WHICH IS AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE AS FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION. UTILIZING AMPLIFICATION AND MICROPHONE TRANSMISSION…

THROUGH FACTOR ANALYSIS, THE STRUCTURE OF SELF-REPORTED REASONS FOR SELECTING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDY PROGRAMS WAS EXPLORED. MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS WERE STUDY TARGETS. SAMPLES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS, WHO VARIED IN HETEROGENEITY, SEX, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, LOCALE, SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, AND ASPIRATIONS WERE SELECTED.…

EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS WQEX AND WQED, IN PITTSBURGH, HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SPECIALIZED ADULT EDUCATION COURSES FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS IN BUSINESS AND FOR PHYSICIANS AND NURSES. OTHER EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE ACTIVE, NOT ONLY IN THESE AREAS, BUT ALSO IN FIRE AND POLICE TRAINING, AND IN PROVIDING CREDIT…

TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE ACQUISITION OF INAPPROPRIATE MEDIA MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT, AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS UNIT WAS DESIGNED, TESTED AND EVALUATED AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. THE SYSTEM, DEVISED WITH THE AID OF A REVIEW OF THE APPROPRIATE LITERATURE, CONSISTS OF FIVE PHASES--(1) IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM AND…

This brief report describes an exploratory pilot project in which sixth-grade students used hand-held calculators throughout the school year. The report includes guidelines on the purchase and use of calculators as well as advice on gaining community support for such a project. Issues related to classroom management are discussed; in particular,…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES PROJECT COLLEGE-BOUND AND COMPARES IT WITH SIMILAR PRECOLLEGE PROJECTS AROUND THE NATION. THE BASIC DIFFERENCE IN THE PASADENA PROJECT IS THAT MONEY IS USED AS A MOTIVE, THE STUDENT RECEIVING $1.40 FOR CLASS HOURS AND FOR RELATED OUTSIDE WORK. ONE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO BRIDGE THE SUMMER GAP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND…

With an emphasis on the problems of control of extraneous variables and threats to internal and external validity, the arrangement or design of experiments is discussed. The purpose of experimentation in an educational institution, and the principles governing true experimentation (randomization, replication, and control) are presented, as are…

In a project to help all professional members of a junior high school staff improve their group processes, a series of training interventions were spaced throughout the school year to increase their organizational abilities. Two days of a six-day summer workshop were spent in structured game-like exercises designed to increase awareness of…

Project objectives included (1) establishing a body of knowledge concerning the role of the Hawthorne effect in experimental designs in educational research, (2) assessing the influence of the Hawthorne effect on educational experiments conducted under varying conditions of control, (3) identifying the major components comprising the effect, and…

Investments in Prevention is the report of a conference held in May, 1968, at Asilomar, California. The purposes of the conference were to identify and develop a framework for community action and education programs concerned with "young children at risk" and to develop alternative means for implementing comprehensive, prevention-oriented…

Computer time-sharing offers many interesting possibilities for use in teaching computer technology. To test the hypothesis that with proper hardware and software, students using time-sharing as a teaching machine could acquire proficiency in the fundamentals of programing more easily than by using standard batch-processing techniques, the…