There are the only two studies available on the types of solutions--unsaturated, saturated, supersaturated, dilute and concentrate--in the related literature with respect to students' understanding. But, no study focuses on remediation of students' alternative conceptions with regard to the aforementioned concepts, based on the assumption that…

Lecturing may be considered necessary viewed from three perspectives: for inspiration, for demonstration of models, and for clarification. (Author/PG)

This article presents a strategy teachers may use in the development of a Mississippi studies model which may be used to study any area -- local, state, or national. (Author)

Present technology provides the means to generate teacher centers in which we can continuously work to expand our range of competence and test the single proposition on which we rest our case. (Author)

Argues that the journalistic approach--who, what, why, when, where, and how--is an effective and useful method for teaching composition to college freshmen. (R B)

Recent advances have been made in facilitating implementation of Ausubel's advance organizer strategy. One reason Ausubel's approach has not been widely adopted is its lack of specificity about how to relate what is to be learned to what has already been assimilated within the cognitive structure. The use of subsumptive sequencing, coordinate…

Two opposing views of composition instruction--one emphasizing the creativity and self-involvement of the student (or producer), and one emphasizing the communication produced (the product)--can be reconciled through a perspective that emphasizes the process of composition. It is in process, defined as "the act of composing" or "the act of…

This handbook has been designed to allow organizations and institutions to develop a basic course in gerontology relative to their own individual needs. Intended to provide a method and a wide variety of materials from which to select in order to design a course suitable for a particular setting, the selection of this format was guided by the need…

This paper suggests a sequence of requisite skills for the identification of main ideas including identifying the key words or topic of a sentence, identifying the key words or topic of a paragraph, identifying the topic sentence of a paragraph, recognizing an explicitly stated main idea of a paragraph, recalling an explicitly stated main idea,…

The "Change" undergraduate teaching program identifies and describes some of the best undergraduate teaching now going on in American colleges and universities. The basis for election is a set of carefully developed criteria that define improved teaching in terms of learning goals and outcomes, with special emphasis on the adaptability of the…

This paper first presents the rationale for an eclectic approach to remedial teaching and then considers a teacher training program designed to encourage eclecticism. The wide range of pupil characteristics, teacher attributes, and instructional approaches and the lack of any universal cure for reading problems necessitates an eclectic approach in…

The rapidity with which change occurs and knowledge expands requires that teachers constantly review their methods and techniques to ensure that students receive the best education. Teaching involves a series of decisions throughout the instructional process with regard to: a) the objectives of instruction; b) content; c) instructional strategies;…

This document is divided into three sections. Section I describes, from a historical viewpoint, the need for teacher education programs in Jamaica and the subsequent development of the internship program. Internship for a teacher is defined as "a terminal experience in his preparation sequence, preceded by acquisition of a body of substantive…

This paper provides background data regarding the need for individualized instruction and describes the training activities of the Teacher Renewal Center in Harlingen, Texas. The center provides teachers the opportunity to acquire a set of behavioral skills, which are a prerequisite to individualizing instruction, and serves as a model in training…

This is the first of twenty-five How To Do It guides which offer practical classroom techniques for elementary and secondary social studies teachers. Classroom techniques on how to use a motion picture in a social studies classroom is the focus of this bulletin. Information is included on reasons and purposes for using a film and step-by-step…