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Shuell, Thomas J.
This overview of recent research on individual differences especially concerns that research which relates to human learning and instruction. Several major areas of research are identified, and within each area various issues related to that area and representative studies are discussed. Whenever possible, references to more comprehensive reviews…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Burgess, Marcia; And Others – 1977
The possible existence of grade inflation at the Indiana University at South Bend was examined in this research study, along with possible differences in grades received between the divisions of Education and Arts and Sciences. Questions raised by the Division of Education Ad Hoc Committee on Standards at IUSB prompted the study. The sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Students
Burns, Charles A., Ed. – 1977
Twenty articles describing innovative courses and teaching methods are included in this first annual collection. Techniques for English courses are described in four articles covering the uses of media, the tutorial approach, teaching the art of questioning, and using the steps of film production as analogy in writing instruction. Two articles…
Descriptors: Accounting, Art History, Biology, Community Colleges
Norman, Colin – 1979
This monograph explores the aims, priorities, and international dimensions of the world's research and development (R&D) enterprise. Global R&D priorities in order of importance include military technology, basic research, space, energy, health, information processing, transportation, pollution control, and agriculture. The majority of R&D efforts…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Development, Financial Support
Detwiler, Wayne L., Sr.; Shemick, John M. – 1979
As the first phase of a three-phase process to implement a CBTE (Competency Based Teacher Education) program in vocational industrial teacher education at the Pennsylvania State University, a study was undertaken to identify and verify teaching competencies for industrial education teacher education. After developing a list of 173 competencies, a…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Differences, Industrial Arts
Hummel, Thomas J. – 1979
Skills training, personal-emotional development, and cognitive development are areas of importance in counselor training and education. Emotion, defined as the counselor's experiencing a strong feeling accompanied by physiological activity and the interruption, however momentary, of the counselor's ongoing cognition, is a critical factor in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Counselors
Siegel, Bernard J., Ed.; And Others – 1979
This book contains 23 essays which provide an overview of the state of the art in the discipline of anthropology, including applied anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, social anthropology, and linguistics. Most of the authors are professors and researchers from departments of anthropology in United States colleges and universities. Topics of the…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies
Joseph, Andre – 1977
The history and use of intelligence testing are reviewed, with emphasis on the validity of intelligence tests for black populations. Different definitions of intelligence are summarized, followed by an historical review of intelligence testing. The work of Alfred Binet is discussed, as well as the validity and reliability of his scales. A…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blacks, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests
Vanek, Carol – 1979
Based on the need to strengthen articulation activities within the Illinois educational system, this project was designed to provide a formal articulation mechanism utilizing the concept of institutional coordination for the development of comprehensive vocational programs and services. Phase 1 of the project developed an articulation process…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Cooperation
GARVEY, CATHERINE; MCFARLANE, PAUL T. – 1968
LANGUAGE PATTERNS OF BALTIMORE FIFTH-GRADERS FROM FOUR DISADVANTAGED, INNER-CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS--TWO WHITE AND TWO NEGRO--AND FROM ONE WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURBAN SCHOOL WERE EXAMINED (1) TO IDENTIFY SUBGROUPS WHOSE LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR DIFFERS SYSTEMATICALLY FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM STANDARD ENGLISH, (2) TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Blacks, Dialects, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Kegler, Stanley B.; And Others – 1968
The Minnesota Center for Curriculum Development proposed a series of language-centered units and study guides for English instruction in secondary schools. Among the specific objectives of the Center were (1) the identification and analysis of the concepts appropriate to grades 7-12, (2) the preparation of curricular materials and study guides for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Curriculum Study Centers
STASSEN, MARILYN E. – 1965
BECAUSE CHILDREN OFTEN CONCENTRATE ONLY ON RHYME AND RHYTHM WHEN WRITING POETRY, AN EIGHTH-GRADE CLASS WAS INTRODUCED TO THE USE OF SPECIFIC WORDS, SOUNDS, IMAGERY, AND CONTENT. THE STUDENTS READ VARIOUS MODERN POETS AND TOOK A "FIELD TRIP OF THE SENSES," VISITING ZOOS AND MUSEUMS TO FIND SUBJECTS FOR POEMS. WRITING POEMS MODELED AFTER…
Descriptors: Course Content, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Carlson, Ruth Kearney – 1968
Ways of introducing children to the pleasures and value of poetry are discussed in this publication. Following a brief survey of various kinds of poems and the needs satisfied by poetry, some of the vocabulary and technical elements of poetic design--meter, stanza, rhyme, figures of speech, and selected verse forms--are explained and illustrated.…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Cultural Enrichment, Descriptive Writing
Styler, W.E. – 1968
Based on the reports of forty-four experienced part time teachers, this pamphlet examines the overall situation in the evening institutes in the West and East Ridings of Yorkshire. Subjects covered include: subject and special problems, teaching aims, kind of students, difficulties, effective teaching, and lessons learned by teachers. The age…
Descriptors: Art Education, Auto Mechanics, Dance, Dramatics
Meyen, Edward L.; Carr, Donald L. – 1967
Supplementing language arts for the educable mentally handicapped, the guide provides a representative unit on newspapers with core area activities, vocabulary, and 33 lesson plans. Sub-topics include community orientation, occupations, leisure time and recreation, weather, local history, money management, homemaking and home repair,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Core Curriculum, Current Events, Curriculum
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