This qualitative research investigated the effect of a homework model designed to develop students' problem solving behaviors by advancing their ownership of understanding and responsibility. Students were expected to be active learners by isolating and communicating points of homework confusion. The teachers in this study provided feedback…

The difference between phrogfessors and teachers is that phrogfessors train tadpoles in the way of the swamp (i.e., create likenesses of themselves) while teachers produce people and thereby help to drain the swamp. Phrogfessors take responsibility for what their students learn. They believe that if a student does badly, it is the phrogfessor's…

Author clarifies some misunderstandings between his view of educational responsibility and that of Kenneth Conklin and endorses a policy of personal responsibility; that is, that all school members, including students, should be responsible for determining school activities and policies. Professor Conklin endorses the policy of adult authority,…

Classroom pets make science exciting and taking responsibility a part of school life. (Editor)

This article presented a few of the instances in which children have learned to cope with their emotions with a little help from little friends. (Author/RK)

"Phase I" describes the initial 11 weeks of study in the M.D. training program offered by the Faculty of Medicine of McMaster University. This 3-year program stresses the responsibility of students for their own education, encourages self-directed learning, and offers little didactic instruction. (Editor/PG)

The study part of a work-study program may provide an opportunity to attain the real objectives of the program (with the emphasis on student responsibility) and fulfill the role of the work-study coordinator. (Author)

Control over environmental events has been shown to reduce the behavioral and psychological impact of environmental stress. To assess the effect of residence hall judicial policies on attitudes toward rule violating behavior, 93 college freshmen (36 males, 56 females, 1 unreported), randomly assigned to one of four dormitories (social contract or…

Calls attention to the issue of present science classroom practices engendering irresponsibility in students and, consequently, in the adults they will become. (Editor/JR)

The autonomous language learner takes responsibility for the totality of his learning situation. He does this by determining his own objectives, defining the contents to be learned and the progression of the course, selecting methods and techniques to be used, monitoring this procedure, and evaluating what he has acquired. Objectives are specific…

This report is intended to serve school administrators by providing basic information, positive suggestions, and examples pertaining to student codes. It presents findings of a recent inquiry regarding written codes of student discipline and replicates examples of selected codes. Seventy-six percent of the 538 responding school systems indicated…

In recent years, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has had to re-examine its position regarding the current legal status of youth attending school. Court actions, although still indecisive on this point, precede a new era of school-student relationships which the BIA's Office of Indian Education Programs holds will assure improved conditions for…

This document presents, in the interest of student rights, a description for students of the overall nature of public school bureaucracy, its various agencies, and their relationships. The document focuses on the method of critical inquiry that students should follow to obtain information they need. This method is given in the form of charts that…

In 1969, Hiram College implemented an integrated curriculum emphasizing interdisciplinary studies along with increased student freedom and responsibility. Factors contributing to the successful implementation of the curriculum, evaluative description of the curriculum and its goals, and the impact of the curriculum on Hiram students are discussed.…

The goals of ATLAVOS (an association of teachers of low achieving/vocationally oriented sophomores/students) are to help sophomores/students adjust to high school and their new responsibilities and freedom, and to promote interest and involvement in school or community for these students. (PHR)