Although educational psychologists are concerned with the acquisition of knowledge, particularly in the classroom, language acquisition and knowledge of language are areas slighted in their textbooks. Integration of developmental psycholinguistics into educational psychology courses should employ the recently emerging rationalist view rather than…

This paper presents historical information about language teaching methods and focuses on "formal" and "functional" strategies of teaching and learning. Particular attention is directed toward the immersion type of education. A table that lists developments in language teaching theory from 1840-1977 is presented. A table that summarizes…

A dramatic increase in faculty development efforts at Cayuga County Community College (Auburn, New York) followed a change in administration. The three kinds of faculty improvement programs available were: (1) faculty participation projects such as workshops and seminars on professional growth (there were five during 1978); (2) instructional…

English monolingual and Spanish/English bilingual children in kindergarten and first grade in 11 states were administered two tests from the EL CIRCO (CIRCUS) battery. The purpose of the study was to determine comparative acquisition of English grammar for kindergarteners and first graders and for bilingual and English monolingual children. Data…

Children's self-monitoring of language production, as it is reflected in spontaneous speech repair, was studied. Recordings of the speech of three children aged two to three were analyzed for spontaneous phonological, morphological, lexical, and syntactic repairs. After tabulation, repairs were identified as "for the listener"…

VISTA, OR "VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICAN," IS A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 TO DEAL WITH POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES. VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED FOR SIX WEEKS AND ASSIGNED TO LOCAL AGENCIES WHO SERVE AS SPONSORS AND PROVIDE SUPERVISION AND INSERVICE TRAINING. A STUDY HAS FOLLOWED 126 VOLUNTEERS,…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, CONDUCTED DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 20, 1965, TO MARCH 15, 1968 WERE TO (1) DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS WORKING AS SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIES, (2) DEVELOP AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM TO MEET THESE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, (3) CONDUCT A PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM TO TEST THE ADEQUACY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL…

A STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT-RELATED BEHAVIOR SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY PARENT BEHAVIOR AS A SOURCE OF VARIANCE WITHIN A HOMOGENEOUS GROUP OF CHILDREN. SUBJECTS WERE 72 SETS OF NEGRO PARENTS OF FIFTH-GRADE CHILDREN IN A PREDOMINANTLY LOWER-CLASS NEGRO SCHOOL. THE INTERACTIONS OF PARENTS AND CHILD AS THE YOUNGSTER SOLVED EIGHT TASKS WERE OBSERVED IN THE HOME BY…

A longitudinal program of workshop-centered rehabilitation services was administered to mentally retarded adolescents. Results with the 36 remaining at the end of the 3rd year indicated that most characteristics central to vocational development were stable by early adolesence; a "competence cluster" of variables covaried systematically; high and…

The South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education was one of four state agencies for two-year colleges to participate in a pilot self-study project. This document contains the results of the South Carolina Board's self-study. Using a manual developed by the National Council of State Directors for Community and Junior…

This monograph deals with a continuing personnel problem in the public sector of society--what to do about the individual who cannot or will not meet role expectations. It is designed to provide a framework within which the problems of marginal performers can be assessed and treated. The focus is initially on the meaning of marginal or ineffective…

The study of task identification in family and community services presents statistical correlations of task frequencies obtained by questionnaire for the occupations of visiting homemaker or homemaker home/health aide, family planning health aide, counselor on alcoholism, management aide in low-income housing projects, deputy juvenile probation…

This paper develops and estimates a model of the educational process. Most researchers have relied on a single equation, educational production function, which is an unrealistic formulation. A pupil's achievement, motivation, expectations, self-concept, and his perceived parents' and teachers' expectations are determined jointly, not…

The report examines the professional competencies needed by postsecondary and secondary school agricultural education instructors. A questionnaire covering 11 functions, 39 tasks, and 89 competencies was administered by mail to the 435 vocational agriculture instructors in Wisconsin, of Whom nearly two-thirds of the secondary school and…

The effect of class size, course level, instructor rank, campus, and subject area on 14,366 student ratings of 488 science and mathematics classes at a main university and 18 branch campuses was investigated. Class means were factor-analyzed and four resultant components of teaching performance were submitted to a 2x2x2x2x3 MANOVA. Discriminant…