A course which is an introduction to musical symbol is presented in workbook form. The course is designed to help pupils develop the skills necessary to identify and reproduce a staff, notes, and to place notes on a line and in a space. The objective of the course is to enable pupils to identify and reproduce: an eighth note, half note, staff,…

A detailed program for the development of pre-reading visual perceptual skills in young children is presented which provides benefits to both teacher and child due to its scope and flexibility. The program is primarily visual-motor, providing at the same time experiences in language and concept development. The prescribed sequence of lessons…

THE CONCEPT OF PERSERVATION WAS EXTENDED TO A MORE NEURAL LEVEL TO INCLUDE PERSISTENCE OF TRACE ACTIVITY, AND A STUDY WAS MADE TO SEARCH FOR THE DIMENSIONS OF TRACE PERSISTENCE. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PROCESSES AMONG STUDENTS. THE STUDY DID NOT TAKE THE TRADITIONAL PERSONALITY-MOTIVATION…

The factor structure of an inventory of attitudes toward teaching before actual classroom experience and the changes in those attitudes following a semester of student teaching were investigated. A questionnaire designed to sample opinion about teaching and children was administered to 33 elementary education majors before and after student…

The purpose of the study was to define and describe the role of the district supervisor of trade and industrial education as perceived by the district supervisor and by the clientele that he/she serves (day trade instructors, coordinators, and local vocational administrators). The scope of the study was limited to trade and industrial education at…

Two experiments evaluated the effects of mnemonic training upon 5- and 10-year-old children's learning and retention of patterns at varying intervals. Subjects were 172 middle class children evenly distributed across the two age groups. Experiment I investigated the effects of individual strategies (perceptual exploration, organization of…

Studies have indicated that agrammatical aphasics tend to better realize morphemes with a high level of semantic value. A study sought to examine the effect of the variation of the information content of the article on its comprehension by the aphasic. The appropriate and the significant nature of the function words "the" and "a" were varied with…

This paper examines educational participation as a process. It centers on educational participation as a behavioral act because outcomes are not independent of the actors who shape them. A knowledge of who participates and why they do so should help in understanding and predicting change in educational institutions. This research effort attempts…

Presented is the final report of a field survey involving 140 teachers which was conducted to determine whether elementary teachers, as compared to special education teachers, feel adequate in teaching children who exhibit learning, behavior, and neurological problems. Sections in chapter 1 address the need for the study, a statement of the…

Investigates the relationship between students' previous school knowledge about a particular natural phenomenon and the teaching of a science lesson about that phenomenon. A group of 198 secondary school students from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and 21 junior high students from the United States participated. (HM)

This article describes the major areas of adjustment faced by physically handicapped students and suggests implications for a developmental restaging program in the schools. (MM)

The study evaluated the effectiveness of three instructional methods in promoting speech sound discrimination and reading achievement over a 3-year period. (Author)

This research was an attempt to identify teaching style preferences that were perceived to be effective in promoting learning among college students. Results indicated the nature in five distinct teaching styles. Effective teaching was shown to have implications in areas of student evaluation of teaching and research in teacher effectiveness.…

How well students learn depends upon the schools' attitude towards them. The author presents strategies which school attendance officers can use in dealing with students. (Author/HLM)

This study compares the main sources of student perceptions of a counselor's role, among community college students and university students for the most part, these sources were consistent across college environments and sexes. (Author)