Considered the moral values held by primary children and how to educate within them. (RK)

Out of 70 answers to questions concerning the chemistry involved in an "orange tornado" demonstration, only 10 were partially correct, others totally wrong or showing major errors in understanding, comprehension, and/or reasoning. Demonstration and reactions involved, selected incorrect answers, and a substantially correct answer are discussed.…

Results of several studies indicated that positive student evaluations of psychology courses that used a personalized system of instruction (PSI) were not due to final grade effect. Students rated the PSI courses highly throughout the courses. (CS)

Six teachers who won microcomputers in a contest sponsored by "Instructor" report on their first year with the new machines. Computer programs and related class activities are discussed. (PP)

Student emotional state at the end of the semester is related to instructor ratings, students receiving higher grades rate the course and instructor more favorably, and items that were orthogonal in prior factor analysis are highly intercorrelated and change significantly in magnitude. (AM)

Assessed effects of orally presented storybook models on preschool children who were asked to perform a related achievement task. Results indicated that children given one exposure to the model did no better than controls, although story recall did correlate with task solution. Repeated exposure produced uniform retention. (Author/JAC)

A study investigated the effectiveness of various combinations of teacher expertise and teacher-audience similarity in improving the nutrition knowledge and attitudes of high school students in Kenya, East Africa. Both teacher-audience similarity and teacher expertise were found to be important. (CJ)

An evaluation of a school-based drug education program was employed to examine the effect of administration of a preteaching questionnaire on responses. Found pretesting increased the amounts of alcohol reported consumed and reports of drunkenness and marijuana use. (Author)

Male (N=24) and female (N=24) college students at two southern universities role-played situations requiring them to either make or refuse a request. Results indicated that population differences exerted some influence on assertive behavior but sex differences did not. (RC)

Presents a conceptual and empirical investigation of pupil misbehavior in secondary school classrooms. Identifies three types of dissent by pupils and shows that dissent stems from different aspects of the classroom experience--pupil characteristics, social relationships, and the pedagogic relationship. (Author)

Music study should be construed primarily as an experience of its feeling content. Taught so, it can reach for the inner core of the early adolescent, to pierce that sometimes hard outer surface that protects the vulnerable inner life. Attempts to intellectualize music with young teens are doomed. (Author/SJL)

A survey of 164 college students assessed their aptitudes, performance, outside work commitments as well as their perception of their environment, satisfaction, and affective and somatic complaints. Several casual themes linking environment perceptions, performance, and affective and somatic complaints were apparent. (Author/LC)

The implications that students often minimize study to avoid the implication that they lack ability if they fail is examined. Results indicated that although effort stability contributed little to variations in student affect, it did influence teacher judgments. (Author/GK)

Films can be an important source of information for basic business students but they should be appropriate for the class and be used as a teaching supplement, not as a substitution for any unit. The article lists 11 evaluation points for judging a film's suitability by both the teacher and students. (MF)

A survey of 500 children aged 8 to 14 pointed to an enormous gap between children's stated attitudes toward poetry and their actual interest in poetry, as measured by their recall of lines of poetry. (GT)