Background information, lists of materials needed, and procedures are provided for 11 energy conservation experiments. They include: (1) five experiments on heating and cooling (investigating how insulation works, investigating how weatherstripping works, investigating how storm windows work, building a draftometer, and letting sun heat a house);…

This series consists of four packets containing simple, concrete activities for students in the upper elementary grades. The purpose of the series is to illustrate certain principles related to various concepts of aviation and space. Each packet forms a coherent program of instruction on a single topic: (1) non-powered flight; (2) aerospace and…

An energy education program at the primary level should help students to understand the nature and importance of energy, consider different energy sources, learn about energy conservation, prepare for energy related careers, and become energy conscious in other career fields. The activities charts, readings, and experiments provided in this…

This report describes the solar heating of two adjoining buildings, a gymnasium and a locker room, at a coeducational boarding school. Federal assistance was obtained from the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) as part of the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Program. The system uses a 2,500-square-foot array of…

A study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of the spaced lecture as a possible alternative to the traditional lecture method. The spaced lecture separates note-taking from intensive listening. Two hundred male and female freshman and sophomore students at a junior college in Georgia in fall 1978, in intact classes, were administered three main…

A PATTERN OF PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION AMONG STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND ITS FACULTY ADVISORS CONTRIBUTED TO A DECISION TO SUBSTITUTE A PROGRAM OF SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR THE USUAL STUDENT COUNCIL ORIENTATION PROGRAM. IT WAS HOPED THAT SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD FACILITATE A FLOW OF EXPRESSION AND A REDUCTION OF INTERPERSONAL…

MAIN TOPICS OF THIS CONFERENCE TO DISSEMINATE WAYS OF IMPROVING TEACHING ON ALL LEVELS ARE--THE TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, PRODUCER- DIRECTOR, RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE GRAPHIC ARTIST, CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, AND INTER-INSTITUTIONAL EXCHANGE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TV MATERIALS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE--PREMISES GUIDING NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY AND THE NEEDS OF…

The paper discusses the use of music-based experiments to illuminate teachers' understanding of their own and pupils' informal ways of learning. The major objective of the paper is to help teachers understand students' learning processes. Because one central problem in academic research is that of finding the right questions, researchers should…

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER HIERARCHICALLY DIFFERENTIATED GROUPS WERE AS PRODUCTIVE ON PROBLEM-SOLVING TASKS AS HIERARCHICALLY UNDIFFERENTIATED GROUPS. THE EXPERIMENT ALSO INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS OF FORMALLY BASED STATUS DIFFERENCES ON GROUP EFFICIENCY AND RISK-TAKING. TWENTY GROUPS CONTAINING FOUR SUBJECTS…

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SPEECHES THAT EXAMINE CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS IN EDUCATION AS THEY RELATE TO ITV. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE THE STATUS OF ITV, CURRICULUM AND ORGANIZATION PATTERNS, HISTORY, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND UTILIZATION OF THE SERVICES OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA COUNCIL FOR ITV RESOURCES, AN FCC COMMISSIONER'S VIEWS OF ITV, COOPERATIVE…

The effectiveness of visible recorded feedback responses in teaching scientific theory and principles to vocational agriculture students was studied. Specific objectives were to determine the value of group feedback to the teacher, the difference in learning retention between students with and without feedback, and the difference in efficient use…

An exploratory study investigated the effects of two organizational patterns of microsimulation experiences (concurrently with or sequentially to student teaching) on the verbal teaching behavior of student teachers trained in the Reciprocal Category System of Interaction Analysis (RCS) as compared to their counterparts who received no RCS…

This document presents four correlated studies based on (1) the concept of "micro-criteria" which narrows the dimensions of investigating teacher effectiveness through the variable (explaining), the potential correlates (classroom behavior), and the rating of effectiveness (pupil achievement) and (2) data from an initial experiment in…

A model of the inquiry process based on John Dewey's concept of inquiry was used to develop a means of observing and scoring individual inquiry behavior. The Teacher's Inbasket, a simulation of problems crossing a teacher's desk in a simulated school setting, was developed for the study. Fifty-one female elementary education majors were selected…

THIS SPEECH PRESENTS THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY OF THE VERBAL RECALL ABILITY OF 102 HIGH AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES) CHILDREN IN THE PRIMARY GRADES. THE HIGH SES SUBJECTS ATTENDED A UNIVERSITY SCHOOL IN AN UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURB, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR PARENTS HAD ATTENDED COLLEGE. THE LOW SES SUBJECTS WERE IN A COMPLETELY NEGRO SUBURBAN…