A comparative study of three approaches to freshman English: a traditional grammar approach, a free-writing approach, and a quasi-linguistic approach (sector analysis). (DD)

By training teachers to vary systematically the way in which they performed recitation strategy, it was hoped to determine (1) whether teachers can be trained to control precisely the way they teach when using that strategy and (2) whether different versions have measurably different effects on student learning. (MM)

The authors report on an experiment whose purpose was to identify instructional treatments that reduce the negative effects of intrusions created by recitation for learners who are debilitators. (Author)

A look at an experiment using prose in which questions are categorized as 1) active; or 2) passive. (HB)

A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a case method instruction in two experimental settings in an engineering college. Some evidence is reported indicating the case method enabled students to learn faster. (PS)

A close look at who does what in training and why evaluation is still a big problem. (Editor)

The chalkboard-globe method was found to be significantly superior to the planetarium teaching situation in respect to the immediate attainment and retention of specific cognitive behavioral objectives in a college physical sceince course. (CP)

This article explores the utilization of qualitative methodologies in program evaluation, the rationale for using these approaches, and the potential qualitative applications within evaluation. It also describes the "scientific" and "artistic" qualitative methodologies, suggests practical qualitative application, and calls for…

Social workers are looking for workable yet exact methods to evaluate practice. A continuum of workable practice evaluation methods is drawn, and rudimentary ideographic designs are described and proposed for inclusion in social work education to stimulate research interest, perspective, and skill. (MSE)

Prompted by recent reanalysis of data from "Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress" (Bennett, 1976), the authors consider whether there is an overall trend in British evidence favoring formal or informal teaching styles and whether this dichotomy is important to future studies of teacher effectiveness. (Author/SJL)

Eight chronic adult stutterers underwent an electromyographic (EMG) biological feedback training program to reduce masseter muscle tension in an effort to improve fluency. All subjects mastered the program within 10 30-minute sessions. Measures of muscle tension and fluency indicated improvements that were maintained three to six months later.…

Describes a project designed to introduce andragogical methods into elementary physiology courses, and to compare student perceptions and learning outcomes with those of a separate section of the same course taught by pedagogical principles. Results indicated that students preferred the combined pedagogical and andragogical approach over the…