A description is given of an exemplary program, developed by Claremont Teachers College in West Australia, that involved on-site teacher development to help introduce children in grades 1-4 to historical thinking. The College provided academic staff for the project and assisted teachers by providing advice and materials. The long term objectives…

A description is given of the ten-week Goshen College Study-Service Trimester experiment at Sichuan Teachers College in China. Goshen College emphasizes international education and has a requirement in this area for all of its graduates. The trimester exchange program was developed to promote international education and world peace and prepare…

This final report summarizes the Management Implications of Team Teaching Study. Subjects for the study were 29 elementary schools in Kentucky, Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from 1974 to 1976. The prime study described by W. W. Charters in Part 1 was designed to…

A collection of research materials on sign language and primatology is presented here. The essays attempt to show that: sign language is a legitimate language that can be learned not only by humans but by nonhuman primates as well, and nonhuman primates have the capability to acquire a human language using a different mode. The following…

This report presents the process-outcome relationships discovered in the Texas Junior High School Study of correlates of effective teaching. Classroom processes and cognitive and affective indices of outcome are discussed for two subject areas (English and math) and for classrooms with varying levels of entering ability. The four separate papers…

Instrumentation, task content, the limited options of success or failure, methodology and assumptions are substantive issues which question the validity of conclusions made about human subjects in studies of achievement motivation and learned helplessness. A review of learned helplessness studies outlines the number and source of subjects, kinds…

This module is one in a series of thirteen specifically designed to help vocational educators develop the skills needed to function as resource persons to learners enrolled in field-centered competency-based teacher preparation programs. (These learners are persons with appropriate occupational experience and competence who are being prepared as…

THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF URBAN DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IS A SYNTHESIS OF 99 RESEARCH REPORTS. THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT SUCH CHILDREN LIVE IN A WORLD OF ISOLATION, LIMITED EXPERIENCE, AND REJECTION. HOUSING CONDITIONS, A DEMORALIZING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A DISORGANIZED FAMILY LIFE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE…

THIS STUDY IS CONCERNED WITH THE IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHER BEHAVIORS DIRECTED TOWARD THE PRESENTATION OF CONTENT. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS SKILLS WAS MADE THROUGH OBSERVATION AND ISOLATION OF TEACHER VARIATIONS WHICH RESULT IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCES ON PRECONSTRUCTED CRITERIA TESTS. THE…

A RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1965, AND SEPTEMBER 14, 1967, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TEACHING STRATEGIES WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT RACIAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN LIFE. TWO FUNDAMENTALS ARE WOVEN INTO THE DESIGN OF THESE…

This paper reviews research reported in the last 10 years on the effects of day care on children and their families. The review is organized around the following areas: attachment and emotional development; psycho-social development; intellectual and cognitive development; health and nutritional effects; the effect of caregiver stability; the…

The opinions, attitudes, characteristics, and behaviors of continuing education and traditional younger students at Barat College were compared, as part of an evaluation phase project of the Fund for Postsecondary Education. Approximately 20 percent (125 students) of Barat students enrolled during the 1973-74 school year were administered two…

In physical activities, students' attitudes, values, and motivations change during their school years. Two theories concerning these changes are that teacher-student interactions and teachers' behaviors will differ according to the age level of the student groups and that evaluation of a teacher's effectiveness should be specific to the population…

The topics chosen for discussion in this handbook are those most generally of concern to teachers in their daily interaction with students, parents, and peers. The first section deals with the routines of classroom management. The importance of accurate record keeping is stressed and examples are given of how to maintain attendance rolls and…

This monograph is a computer printout which presents a final report from an analysis of data on cooperation among 29 regional groupings in over 16,000 dyadic relationships (interactions between two nations). Regional groupings included geographic areas such as Africa and Latin America and international organizations such as the North Atlantic…