Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM), a new evaluation method, systematically and comprehensively measures student achievement. The unique characteristics of this model are described in detail, as are those of two more familiar models, classroom testing, and curriculum program evaluation. The amount and quality of information available from…

This study assesses the effect of informal faculty-student interaction in small groups on college students. The central hypothesis states that behavioral development of college students is enhanced by informal contact with faculty beyond normal associations during regular classroom periods. The sample consisted of 60 volunteer men and women…

The hypothesis that tests of precollege aptitude/achievement are poor predictors of later college grades because of uneven changes in aptitude development over these years was investigated. A battery of 11 tests administered before college entrance was readministered to 59 female and 67 male college seniors. Correlations obtained from high school…

In order to assess the impact of different college environments on student development and to provide a source of current, readily available information about college students, the American Council on Education (ACE) has undertaken a large-scale program of longitudinal research on the higher educational system. The program will be based primarily…

To identify effective new practices and trends in college student development, recent literature was reviewed and nominations of effective programs were solicited from over 1,100 leaders in related fields. More than 200 programs were identified. Approximately 60 programs distributed among almost 50 colleges and universities were found to contain…

The common goals of Michigan education are grouped into four areas. The goals in the first area, citizenship and morality, deal with morality, citizenship and social responsibility, and rights and responsibilities of students. The goals in the second area, democracy and equal opportunity, deal with equality of educational opportunity, education of…

This article deals with three areas of student motivation in postsecondary education: (1) current innovative practices in postsecondary education; (2) the concept of work in a people centered society; and (3) the individual as a synergetic being. Since World War II when veterans proved that older persons are more motivated to learn than…

This monograph resulted from the initial phase of the American College Personnel Association's project "Tomorrow's Higher Education." The monograph's purposes are to: (1) look at the predictions and proposals being made for higher education in terms of their implications for student development; (2) examine student development research and key…

Article discussed rationale, goals and criteria for an effective values education program. (Editor/RK)

Standing on the shoulders of the experience of the recent past, the science which our children experience reflect a montage of curriculum reform, teacher renewal and school commitment. These three factors, not always distinct, and the challenge of clearly discerning them is essential in describing where our experience has led. (Author/RK)

Schools in five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania take their environmental problems seriously, as at least one planning board will attest. (Editor)

Article discussed the case histories of two teaching teams combined of husband and wife. Their positive influence on the student body was the focus of the discussion. (RK)

Each child is unique and individual differences should be recognized and met, but to put individual diagnosis and prescription into a realistic perspective, some generally descriptive ground rules are necessary. Four models describing four distinctily different types of behavior applying to children in normal as well as exceptional learning…

Article discussed the advantages of teaching sex education, both for the parents and for their children. (RK)

The author looks at a major aim of education, for which there are no standardized achievement tests. She proposes a model for teachers to work on. (Editor)