Details of threshold are provided which took school dropouts and provided instruction in computer-related jobs and placed the students in data-processing positions. Details and discussion of the program as provided indicate that the scheme was very successful and the program is viewed as applicable to other countries. (MP)

Contains an amalgam of ideas and observations concerning the special needs of junior high and middle school students. (RL)

Two spatial visualization tests were administered to 142 students before and after two years of college study. Students majoring in the humanities and social sciences improved less than those majoring in mathematics and the physical sciences. Female physical science majors improved more than male physical science majors. (Author/RD)

Outdoor education facilitates the use of both cerebral hemispheres. The right side, which is often ignored in traditional education, is the location of intuitive, imaginative, and metaphoric thinking and can be used in conjunction with the left side, the base of logical and analytic thought. (CJ)

Outdoor education is an important supplement to a general scientific education because natural things can best be understood out-of-doors through direct experience. An event seen in nature enriches our frames of reference and increases our perception of its relationship to other natural objects and events. (CM)

The assumptions underlying the classfication rule-learning description of concept acquisition are critically examined. An alternative characterization of what it means to have a primacy hypothesis and Gibson's position that knowledge of the world is a product of direct perception are discusssed. (Author/RD)

Discusses the importance of social studies in the social development of young children. Describes a method of give priority to social studies goals. Notes learning activities related to five strategies for priority implementation: sharing, discussion of social values in reading materials, creating problems and problem solutions, acting out, and…

The effects of four objective treatments (none, before text, after text, and combined before and after text) and two types of experience (practical and experimental) were investigated for intentional and incidental learning. (Author/RC)

Uses the experience of one of the authors in teaching a class in an alternative high school as an illustration of how themes are used in teaching. Elaborates upon the thematic approach to organizing educational experience. (Author/RK)

Folk music has been defined as music that folks sing. Folk math is defined as math that folks do. It's logical, useful, sensible, discusses the ways you and others really use mathematics in the outside world, and it uses language that folks use. (Editor/RK)

Based on studies that detailed the benefits of quality early childhood education, the Alabama Pre-Kindergarten Initiative provides young children with enriching learning experiences to ensure that they will be ready to succeed in school. These experiences are critical for low-income children in economically distressed Appalachian counties.…

A 3-year study of 50 health occupations and trade and industrial preservice teachers in an alternative teacher education program included a simulation work exercise and analysis of instructional materials. Informal workplace learning resulted in implicit knowledge in the first year of practice. Critical practice was shown to be an important model…

Explores external quality monitoring in higher education, including types of external bodies, their modus operandi, and reasons for evaluation. Concludes that external evaluation is legitimating the status quo, failing to ask significant questions about the reality of learning experiences for students. Suggests that quality monitoring engage more…

Encourages the use of storytelling by students to develop communication skills and encourage shared learning experiences. Describes several classroom activities that serve as preparation for actual storytelling. (MG)

Investigates teachers' use of humor in relationship to immediacy and affective learning outcomes. Reports that (1) amount and type of humor influenced learning; (2) students were particularly aware of tendentious humor; (3) an overdependence on tendentious humor diminished affect; (4) male and female students perceive humor differently; and (5)…