Reports a study in which 63 students took part in a 12-week study to see which treatments were more successful when working with high-risk freshmen. The most effective curriculum for high-risk students included group counseling, study skills instruction, and individual internal/external locus of control counseling. (Author)

Successful elementary teachers have long recognized that the ability to ask questions effectively is an important part of independent learning behavior. Discusses four basic types of questions students should be encouraged to employ in their search for understanding. Also gives eight essential procedures for carrying out a questioning session.…

Problems of library usage, which are the common responsibility of the whole academic community, are discussed from the personal viewpoint of a librarian in New Delhi, India. Suggestions for orientation and motivation are offered. (LBH)

A quiz was the vehicle to get three graduates of agricultural education, who are now agriculture teachers, to tell why they chose agricultural education as a career and to evaluate their preparation. (HD)

This article describes the historical, empirical, and theoretical aspects of a series of one-credit student development courses offered at a multicampus community college. The courses, ranging from "The Emerging Woman" to "Study Skills," were specifically designed to meet a variety of developmental needs for a diverse student…

Discusses the legal basis for teaching morality in public education and provides ten suggestions for educators. (Editor/RK)

This article is an abstract of the doctoral dissertation selected by NASPA as the 1977 Dissertation of the Year. It concerns the identification of student activities related to developmental growth. This identification may eventually help design a campus milieu that will maximize growth. (Author)

This discussion of thinking skills is designed to related historiographical meanings with the overall process of historical inquiry. Using the definitions provided as a guide, the history teacher can more adequately formulate questions and teaching objectives. (Author/RK)

To develop listening skills for all types of music, teachers may want to try some of these imaginative teaching techniques. Describes some unconventional ear-training exercises, vocal exercises to encourage students to "paint with their voices", and "rebound" exercises to explore spontaneous relationships between sound and movement. (Editor/RK)

Modification of instructions to the Activities and Competencies section of Holland's Self-Directed Search to allow users more flexibility in responding to items was compared to the standard set of instructions. Results indicated modified instructions did significantly alter users' summary codes although users were not more satisfied. (Author)

The start of any new year requires resolutions. Authors list ten which will lead to creative teaching and present several ways to act on them. (Editor/RK)

Monica's educational bearings are now set toward a field she had never even considered a career possibility until she got into Sweden's required work-sampling program. (Editor)

When youngsters in a Massachusetts Upward Bound program became disciplinary problems instead of learners, it appeared that the program more than the youngsters needed correcting. (Editor)

Suggests that a reexamination of the studies and research of developmental psychologists Kohlberg and Perry is needed in any examination of values education. Parallels and contrasts two theorists, and discusses the use of their schemes in studies of moral development in young adults and the phenomenon of moral regression. (Author/SMR)