This report is one of 8 volumes which describe the findings and procedures of the Instructional Dimensions Study, an in-depth assessment of the relationships between selected instructional constructs and students' achievement. These constructs include individualization, opportunity to learn, motivational factors, instructional events, and teacher…

A very brief description of what an English instructor in the junior college should teach also emphasized the training he needs. (BN)

This first phase of a 5-year study of staffing trends in California junior colleges surveys 78 public junior colleges and examines 1310 new, full-time faculty members hired in fall 1967. The data will be compared with those collected during the following four years. Experience categories were (1) none, (2) secondary teaching, (3) elementary…

A study was conducted to provide information to help policy makers improve the quality and quantity of teachers in Appalachia. A 69-item questionnaire was sent to a 20 percent random stratified sample of the approximately 162,000 teachers in the Appalachian part of 11 states. Analyses included determination of urban-rural differences, contingency…

A recently issued report entitled "A Study of Our Nation's Schools" (Mayeske, 1959, SP 003 563) utilized the Educational Opportunities Survey data collected by direction of Congress in 1965. A large number of variables were reduced into a fewer number of indices for use in regression analysis. A technique for the partition of multiple correlation…

The extent to which teachers use the services provided by The School Television Service (STS), the instructional division of Channel 13/WNDT (New York), was studied. After determining that the STS is representative of many broadcast instructional television agencies, a five-page questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1037 teachers whose…

The "Renewal" program is available to teachers in school districts that participate as partners with the university in the education of future teachers. Any district which has, or has expressed the desire to have student teachers or pre-student teachers or interns from the University of Wisconsin--River Falls, is eligible to be included…

The instructional television questionnaire for teachers consists primarily of statements to be answered with a rating scale. The first seventeen statements ask for evaluative judgments about various aspects of instructional television. The remainder of the statements require judgments of frequency. Questions to ascertain personal data and use of…

Shows how English composition teachers with little or no science background can actually use that lack of background as an asset in teaching science writing. (DD)

Results of a national survey of 285 cooperative education directors from postsecondary institutions indicate that strategic planning in cooperative education is not widely used and somewhat unsophisticated. Results also indicate that strategic planning may be associated with positive program outcomes. (CH)

Relates the author's reflections on her early experiences as a student in China and her recent experiences as a composition teacher in the United States. Reveals how the frustration and confusion the author experienced growing up caught between two conflicting worlds ultimately helped her to grow as a reader and writer. (JD)

Relates the author's experiences in his first few years as a primary teacher in Ontario, Canada, struggling for survival in the face of bureaucracy and questioning his choice of profession. Claims that most teachers go through a similar reexamination process as they face the realities of their work and develop professionally. (JD)

Four hundred and two teachers of one-teacher schools responded to a questionnaire. Findings regarding teacher/student ratio, student enrollment, teacher background and education, reasons for teaching, and teacher housing and responsibilities are summarized. (MT)

Student teachers, rated as highly successful or least successful by university personnel, were compared on the basis of personal data, university admission data, student teaching admission data, and professional semester data. The results raise questions about reforms currently being recommended or implemented to improve the quality of beginning…

Kohn--a geographer who has taught at all educational levels and is a former president of the National Council for Geographic Education and the American Association of Geographers--talks about his family and schooling, cooperation between professional organizations, his role in the High School Geography Project, and his interest in enology. (RM)