This study investigated the feasibility of structured, programmed practice with tape-recorded materials and its effect upon the performance achievement of beginning elementary cornet and trumpet students. The main purpose of the study was to facilitate the teaching and learning in instrumental performance through the application of programmed…

This book is designated for an audience of the practitioners of education, especially those located in elementary schools. It is designed to investigate and explain research methods, terms, and concepts so that the reader can narrow down the many ways things are known or said to be known. Included in this book are chapters on the research process…

An attempt to help college students who felt that they understood the subject matter but couldn't pass the tests was made. For purposes of this study, test-wiseness (TW) is defined as a cognitive factor, one which is measurable and subject to change either through specific test experience or training in a test-taking strategy. The specific purpose…

The effectiveness of a resource room program was examined by testing 162 second- through sixth-grade students who had learning problems severe enough to qualify them for special services. Both experimental and control groups gained significantly in achievement over the year-long study. (Author)

Describes the increasing concern regarding ethical matters in psychotherapy research. Whereas institutional review procedures are required to protect human subjects, there has been inaction regarding ethics for other issues: psychotherapeutic treatment, particularly the use of no-treatment control groups and the termination of patients at the end…

This study is concerned with the preschool and kindergarten phases of an ongoing longitudinal investigation of effects of preschool on educationally advantaged children. Preschool data including demographics, IQ, social competency, and school readiness are reported. Although social competency was enhanced by preschool, gains occurred for both…

The study evaluates the test-gain benefits of an accelerated desensitization and adaptive attitudes intervention for test-anxious students. College students were screened for high test anxiety. Twenty anxious students, half of them on academic probation, were assigned to an Intervention or to a minimal treatment Control group. The Intervention was…

As the instructional shortcomings of Focus on FormS and Focus on Meaning have surfaced, Focus on Form (i.e., drawing brief attention to linguistic forms while learners engage primarily in meaning) has slowly but steadily gained the attention of researchers and teachers. The research question underlying this study was whether Focus on Form could be…

This is the final annual report of a 4-year (1997-2001) third-party evaluation of the Structure of Intellect (SOI) Model Schools Pilot Program in Oregon. The SOI program was developed based on the learning theories and Structure of Intellect Model attributed to J. Guilford. The program used a combination of structured curriculum in the form of…

This report presents the findings of year 2 (July 1998-June 1999) of the third-party evaluation of the effectiveness of the Oregon Structure of Intellect (SOI) Model Schools Pilot Program, a program based on the learning theories and Structure of Intellect model attributed to J. Guilford. The SOI program, developed by R. and M. Meeker, uses a…

A much greater positive effect of the program was found with culturally deprived, preschool Negro children than with more advantaged Caucasian children. (Authors)

The present study was concerned with demonstrating that schedule of knowledge of results may enhance resistance to extinction" on the pursuit rotor in a manner analogous to the partial reinforcement effect in conditioning. (Author)

Sees motives of cooperation and noncooperation as a function of the game's reward system and infers that the same motives may operate in real-life situations. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (RW)