This book presents a new method for English Language Arts teachers to assess student learning using authentic assessment techniques. It instructs on the implementation of the processes of Hypothesizing and Testing on a one-on-one basis, in order to better understand how children learn. Section 1 ("What Is the Hypothesis-Test Process?")…

Article considered the proper aims of an art education and the importance for the child to learn to express himself in the language of his art. (RK)

Considers some of the contradictory issues in developing public education. It examines the question of how great the power of the individual should be versus that of the state in the matter of learning responsibilities. (RK)

Described the effect music implementation has had upon the curriculum of an open school. (RK)

Revised version of a paper presented May 30, 1973, in Frankfurt, West Germany. (DD)

Describes a program of educational improvement wherein the community and teacher interacted to save precious time in the classroom and enhanced the relationship of parents and educators. (RK)

A discussion of student-generated hierarchies developed for a mathematics objective by several small groups and validated on a second group. About 40 percent of the student-generated hierarchies were validated indicating that student input can be obtained to produce useful learning hierarchies. (Author)

A look at one method of analyzing the percentage of time spent in various activities and functions as one example of how teachers and other educational personnel might examine the processes and experiences of the classroom to get some indication of what learning outcomes are being fostered. (Author)

Author attempts to understand the dimensions of the teaching art. He examines common sense and the cumulative teaching experience as two facets of that art. (Author/RK)

A discussion of research on the use of the task analysis procedures by both content specialists and instructional psychologists in instructional design. (HB)

Article considers the newest instructional aids and trends in community colleges. (RK)

This chapter describes the theoretical and methodological foundations of behavior modification, the behavioral analysis of the retarded child and teaching programs for retarded children. (Author/RK)