A study examined the retention of mathematical and reading comprehension skills for students enrolled in a learning-in-work environment (experience-based career education) and a traditional classroom learning environment. Academic achievement was measured using a twelve-month longitudinal design. Student performance in each environment was…

This technical report details a study to examine the retention of mathematical and reading comprehension skills for students enrolled in a learning-in-work environment (experience based career education) and a traditional classroom learning environment. (An executive summary is available as CE 027 942.) Chapter 1 introduces the problem,…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a teacher-directed model (TDM) and a decision-sharing model (DSM) of instruction on the development of body-concept and reduction of anxiety in elementary-age children. The treatment groups consisted of 99 public school children, grades three and four, who participated in either a movement…

PRESENTED IS AN EXPLANATION OF WHY CURRICULUM REVISION IN THE SCIENCES IS NECESSARY AND CHANGES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, AND EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE CHANGES IN TEACHER EDUCATION. SEVERAL PERTINENT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW SCIENCE PROGRAMS ARE RAISED. SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE--(1) THE BASES FOR…

ASCERTAINED WAS THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING SEVENTH GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE--(1) A NON-PROGRAMED, PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH, AND (2) A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH THROUGH SELECTED, OPEN-ENDED, LABORATORY EXPERIENCES. SPECIFICALLY, THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WERE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE…

This study of adult students in elementary psychology classes at University College, Washington University (St. Louis), compared the effectiveness of conventional conditions, in which the instructor sets the stage and full participation in a program of class activities is explicitly or implicitly demanded, with that of permissive conditions, in…

To determine the effectiveness of programed materials and teaching machines in teaching spelling to third and fourth graders, a research project was designed covering an entire year and using classes in three schools as subjects. Classes at the experimental school used TMI-Grolier's "Modern English Series: Spelling" and the Min/Max II…

As an outgrowth of concern with whether or not the present content of teacher education affects the behavior of teachers in the classroom, a study was designed to compare the behavior of 52 secondary education students in a conventional program with that of 62 students in an experimental program. The experimental program coordinated laboratory…

This paper is a report of the proceedings and a synthesis of discussion from a conference on the state of basic skills in American education held in Racine, Wisconsin, in April 1977. The participants were national education leaders, including specialists in different curriculum areas, legislators, public school administrators, and leaders from…

The need for two-year colleges to accommodate heterogeneous student bodies, including many underprepared and disadvantaged students, has resulted in the implementation of innovative teaching-learning approaches. In order to ascertain faculty attitudes toward innovative curriculum and instruction, 74 social science and English/foreign language…

Two instructional methods for a freshman physics course were compared: audio-tutorial (AT) instruction in a learning center and lecture-recitation-laboratory (LRL) instruction. Both random assignment and student preference were used to distribute the 575 students between the two methods. Course content, homework, and tests were identical.…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of the initial teaching alphabet (ITA) would have a beneficial effect upon English language learning when used with adult Spanish speaking students. The study consisted of five randomly selected English as a Second Language classes in the Los Angeles City Unified School District divided…

In analyzing past and present conditions of external degree programs, it is apparent there is emerging support for lifelong learning. There has been an increase of American interest in the external degree program, particularly during 1970. There are five external degree-related developments which contribute to increasing lifelong learning…

Research investigated: 1) the effect of instructional mode on student achievement; 2) the relationship between a) the student factors of aptitude, sex, previous achievement, educational level, and academic major and b) achievement; and 3) the possibility of a homogeneity of regression equations for achievement of students in varying instructional…

As part of the October 1972 Current Population Survey, data were obtained for the first time on the school enrollment status of persons 35 years of age and over, by type of school and labor force status. This survey differs from Office of Education figures on adult education in that it includes only those persons going to school to earn a degree…