A format for a self-instructional, performance-based module in drafting technology is described. It is intended as a model applicable to other technical subjects. (MW)

Described is a one-day program providing those persons implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) programs with a simulated experience of applying an Instructional Programming Model (IPM) to a curricular area. The goal is to develop the major concepts and skills necessary to operationalize an IPM. Information is provided on the program…

The interactions of the teaching act are extremely complicated and have not been codified for easy use; this has made it difficult for teachers to judge the teaching act. A paradigm for analyzing the teaching act is: subject matter of this nature, in this amount, for this purpose, with motivational activities and methodologies of these types, in…

Discussed are the nature of the development of conceptual relationships, and the structure of concepts. The topics are presented with regard to the importance of combining metaphors with two alternate approaches to learning, the first being rote learning and the other being inductive learning. The paper is intended to be a model of the concept of…

This report is related to a study of first grade reading groups and presents the results of testing an instructional model developed from the integration of research and knowledge about how young children function in a classroom, especially within the small group format. The background and methodology of developing the instructional model is…

This paper considers the implications of four theories from the literature on instruction and describes a model for teaching critical thinking to students in grades five to eight that incorporates these theories. The theories discussed are that intellectual skills represent a more meaningful instructional goal than knowledge of content; that skill…

In each of three historical periods, an effort was made, conscious or otherwise, to unite the prevailing knowledge of language into a pattern of language teaching. In the "pre-linguistic" period, emphasis was on encyclopedic formal knowledge, grammar-translation, reading , and writing. During the "linguistic" period, the study of language became…

In this paper it is argued that successful parenting techniques can be applied by classroom teachers to increase their teaching effectiveness. Based on a review of research on effective parenting, three factors were identified as being especially important to parenting success: (1) the use of affect when controlling children, (2) the organization…

Matching a teaching method with a learner's style of learning is suggested as a most efficient way of creating an opportunity for a learning experience. Over 80 teaching strategies or models have been identified and categorized into four groups by educational theorists. The first group is identified as "social interaction models"; these emphasize…

This learning module was developed for use by parents who make up the Policy Advisory Committee of the Florida Follow Through Project. Its purpose is to build parents' skills in areas that contribute to effective leadership. It is divided into three sections. The first part covers the order of business and how to make motions. Part two covers the…

The role of information-processing task analysis in linking psychological theory to instructional practice is illustrated with reference to reading. Two detailed information-processing models of decoding skills are compared to show how psychological considerations suggest the superiority of one model over the other as a basis for instruction.…

The rhetorical model for improving the basic writing skills of college students is presented from three perspectives. As a diagnostic tool, the model isolates five areas of concern for the developing communicator: surfacing tacit awareness, broadening perception, broadening the communicative repertoire, developing analytical and evaluative skills,…

The Institute for Cultural Pluralism, a resource facility in multicultural education in the School of Education at San Diego State University, has been assigned to develop the Bilingual/Cross-Cultural Specialist Credential (BCCSC) Program plan. The basis of the BCCSC Program is the Community, Home, Cultural Awareness, and Language Training…

The questioning techniques which teachers use when leading a class discussion of a reading assignment can be an essential component of profitable instruction. A brief review of the past 50 years of research on questioning levels indicates a need for attention to the cognitive level of queries as well as to their sequence since investigators have…