A DIAGRAMATIC OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF A PROJECT WHOSE GOAL IS A SYSTEMATIC AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF AN ATTITUDE UPON A VARIETY OF RESPONSES. DEPENDING UPON THE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK, CERTAIN RESPONSES WILL BE CHOSEN AS INDICATORS OF ATTITUDE, AND WILL BE UTILIZED AS BASES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ATTITUDE MEASURES. THE SET OF…

RHYTHM IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROSODIC LEVEL OF SPEECH. THE BASIC UNITS OF RHYTHM, UPON WHICH ARE CARRIED MANY OTHER PROSODIC UNITS, ARE POINTS OR INTERVALS OF TIME. THE TIME INTERVALS BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE MAJOR STRESSES ARE HYPOTHESIZED TO REMAIN ROUGHLY EQUAL IN ENGLISH SPEECH, I.E., ENGLISH IS SAID TO BE A STRESS-TIMED LANGUAGE. IN ORDER…

THE HUMAN OPERATOR AFFECTS TOTAL PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HIS SOURCES OF ERROR, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO RESPONSE TIME. UNDER CONTROLLED LABORATORY CONDITIONS, 37 FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE GIRLS ATTENDING JUNIOR COLLEGE WERE ASKED TO GUESS A SERIES OF RANDOM NUMBERS GENERATED BY AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM…

Experiments to provide an understanding of the principles related to the pressure cooker are presented. Objectives included are designed to provide the learner with the ability to calibrate a thermistor for measuring temperature; explain the meaning of latent and specific heat; calculate latent and specific heat; use a Bourdon tube pressure gauge…

THIS REPORT INCLUDES THE FIVE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE. (1) B. LAMAR JOHNSON GAVE EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS (GAMING, WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS, ELECTRONIC AIDS, SENSORIA, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, AND AUDIO-TUTORIAL METHODS) AND OF WAYS TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY (STAFF VISITS, PROVISION OF SPECIAL FACILITIES, USE OF GRANTS AND BUDGETED FUNDS,…

HIGH SCHOOL TYPISTS AT FOUR STAGES OF TRAINING PARTICIPATED IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF EXTERNALLY-PACED VERSUS SELF-PACED PRACTICE ON SPEED AND ACCURACY IN ORDINARY TYPEWRITER COPY WORK. TWO TEACHERS IN EACH OF FOUR SCHOOLS TAUGHT BOTH AN EXTERNALLY-PACED AND A SELF-PACED CLASS TO A TOTAL OF 120 STUDENTS PER TREATMENT IN 16…

USING THREE FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES IN RACINE, WISCONSIN, AS AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND THREE FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES AS A CONTROL GROUP, CONFORMITY TO GROUP PRESSURE WAS COMPARED FOR 76 SUBJECTS RECEIVING A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM OF CREATIVITY TRAINING AND FOR 88 MATCHED CONTROLS. EFFECT OF CREATIVITY TRAINING ON CONFORMITY WAS QUITE SPECIFIC, WITH CONFORMITY…

A study was conducted to test the hypothesis that "the number of discipline behaviors by the teacher is a function of the personality of the teacher.""Behavior" was defined as "oral statements" and "discipline" as "the attempt of one to require another to discontinue inappropriate behavior." Trained observers used interaction analysis to record…

There is evidence that violence in motion pictures viewed by children on screen or television can contribute to violence in real life, although the movies can rarely be blamed as the sole cause of anti-social conduct. Clinical reports cite instances of the effect on "susceptible" youngsters; e.g., emotionally disturbed individuals. Long-term…

An experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that a program of prompting, practice, and feedback would improve the beginning teacher's ability to observe pupil performance in the classroom. Eighty-four teacher education students were randomly assigned to four 35-minute treatments: (I) viewing an instructional video tape of 21 brief…

The experiment studied the "relative effectiveness of tangible and social rewards upon the performance of a simple discrimination learning task by culturally disadvantaged children." Also assessed were the effects of the sex of the subjects (Ss) and the examiner. Ss were 144 five- and six-year old youngsters in a Georgia Head Start…

A laboratory study was performed with four levels of discovery and two levels on an overlearning factor. An improved experimental paradigm was chosen so as to avoid a number of confusions which have obscured previous research. An operational definition was developed for discovery and guided discovery and discovery teaching, and inquiry learning.…

This book was developed for use in India and is adapted from "Ideas for Science Investigations" by Victor M. Showalter and Irwin L. Slesnick. It is a source book of ideas for student research projects. Three model projects are described, illustrating different approaches taken by three students to the investigation of the rise of sap in…

In 1973 the Michigan Department of Education and the Cooperative Accountability Project attempted to develop a greater understanding of the problems which might be associated with dissemination of information about educational accountability programs. From this project three papers resulted that outlined a potential dissemination model designed to…

The effects of stress on state anxiety and heart rate of male high school subjects were investigated. Two psychomotor tasks were used. In the stress condition, subjects received negative feedback about performance; the subjects in the nonstress condition were given rest intervals. Subjects in both conditions showed differing regression lines. The…