Examines factors influencing the success of undergraduate psychology programs in meeting student needs before and after graduation. The author reviews research evaluating conventional and innovative psychology courses designed to help students in developing their postgraduate careers. The role of program evaluation in future psychology curricula…

A computer-assisted instruction (CAI) unit was designed to teach renal diet therapy. Utilizing this unit, differences in performance and attitudes between traditionally taught and CAI taught students (N=34), and differences in achievement between students in two nutrition fields were assessed. (DS)

To realize its potential, the experiential learning movement must develop a balance between traditional and experiential methods and philosophy. As an approach to developing this synthesis, three dilemmas created when experiential learning is developed as a reaction to the shortcomings of traditional methods are identified and analyzed.…

This experiment studied the separate effects on student achievement and time-on-task of three components of the team learning technique, Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD): cooperative rewards, group tasks, and a focused schedule of instruction. (Author/GK)

College freshmen practicing rhetorically based sentence combining for a semester proved superior to conventionally trained students in both quality and syntactic maturity of writing. After 28 months, on a post test, intergroup differences were no longer statistically significant. (This study report includes a research review and experimental and…

Preservice training that provides for contact with different kinds of exceptional children as well as for lecture discussions about them was found to have an advantage over training limited to lecture discussions in the realm of attitudes and behavioral intentions, but not in factual knowledge. (SBH)

The author feels that traditional methods of imparting knowledge do not lead to the development of human potential and that what is needed is learning which people seek for themselves. (MKM)

Reviews significant literature on the reengineering of teaching and learning in higher education, focusing on the application of an asynchronous model of teaching and learning. Develops a framework for the use of various tools or modes of learning, from textbooks and lectures to electronic mail, news groups, and the World Wide Web. (MDM)

Describes a model to illustrate the range of beliefs that mathematics teachers may hold about how mathematics should be taught. The model explored relates philosophy and beliefs through a study of the literature. Concludes that faculty development is one way to change beliefs and break the cycle that perpetuates the traditional approach to…

Discussion of the inclusion of special education students in regular classrooms focuses on a study that compared computer-assisted instruction and traditional instruction used in preparing elementary and secondary education majors for inclusion. Knowledge of special education and attitudes toward the disabled are examined. (LRW)

Describes a study that measured sense of community in a television-based undergraduate distance education course and in the same course taught by the same instructor in a traditional face-to-face learning environment. Reports results of pretests and posttests, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, and discriminant analysis. (Author/LRW)

Describes the MathOnline system at the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs), a learning delivery method that, in addition to blending synchronous and asynchronous learning, combines traditional mathematics instruction with distance learning. Student surveys indicate the system greatly enhances traditional learners' educational experiences…

Describes the restructuring of Pepperdine University library's freshman seminar library instruction because students were not acquiring needed library and information literacy skills due to too much material being presented in too short a time with no hands-on experience. Explains the use of independent Web-based instruction in addition to…

Describes study of undergraduates that was conducted to compare the influence of the instructional environment on the frequency and types of interactions, performance, and student attitudes. Three treatment groups are described: (1) traditional classroom with instructor; (2) TV broadcast studio classroom with instructor; and (3) studio classroom…

Findings from an experimental study conducted at an interpretive trail indicate that visual and tactile experiences facilitate retention of knowledge. The 160 subjects included adults, college freshmen, and fifth-graders. (IAH)