A study compared pupil reactions to instruction in arithmetic by conventional methods and by programed instruction supplemented by teacher-supervised small group instruction. Subjects were 7th graders from two classes in Malmo, Sweden. Pre- and posttests and bimonthly observations were used to monitor arithmetic achievement, reading ability,…

In this article, an elementary teacher explains how he used four different approaches to instruction during the first half of the year--traditional, semi-open, open, and learning centers--and let the students choose which they preferred for the rest of the year. (CD)

After delineating the differences between Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) and traditional teacher education, the author analyzes the problems in conducting research on effective teaching/learning processes. He concludes that CBTE provides a better base for such research than traditional teacher education programs do. (SJL)

Three studies of peer teaching were carried out using first-year students in a compulsory anatomy course in an occupational therapy school. The performance of the experimental peer teaching group was compared using mastery tests with a control group having lecture and discussion sessions. The experimental group continually scored higher, with…

Provides a summary of the findings of nearly one hundred-fifty studies dealing with self-paced instruction S(PI) mathematics programs that involved students at the secondary level with some implications for practice. (Author/RK)

The relative effectiveness of two methods of instruction, orally-presented lessons and a written version of those lessons, was investigated using a post-test, an attitude scale, and time taken for instruction as criteria. (Author/RK)

Describes research findings reporting successes and difficulties involved in using individualized versus traditional instruction in teaching shorthand. The author discusses her experiences with Gregg Shorthand individualized materials and concludes that individualized instruction can be a useful tool when it is included as a supplemental method of…

Maintains that indifference, inertia, and ideology have kept much of the new scholarship about women out of current courses and textbooks. Speculates on reasons for this resistance to change. (JDH)

A personal account of the author's efforts to reform and influence the teaching of social studies, this article reviews the philosophy underlying a number of curriculum projects developed in the 1960s and 1970s and maintains that drastic revisions of the traditional curriculum were ill-advised. Concludes with recommendations for research and…

Describes a two-semester-hour freshman course in engineering graphics which uses both traditional and computerized instruction. Includes course description, computer graphics topics, and recommendations. Indicates that combining interactive graphics software with development of simple programs gave students a better foundation for upper-division…

Investigated preservice physics teachers' ability to make judgments of observed teaching during one of two courses. Students in an inductive course (N=24) engaged in peer teaching before receiving instruction in theory. Students in a deductive course (N=26) received instruction in theory before peer teaching. (JN)

Compared the effectiveness of using guided-design or traditional approaches to study the energy problem in America. Examined to what extent students: (1) actually learned material; (2) perceived they learned the material; and (3) became more involved in discussing and considering solutions to energy problems. Includes course and guided-design…

Noting that many teachers may be moving gradually toward holistic teaching while still using many traditional materials and practices, this book presents a reading inventory that retains some traditional methods and descriptions as well as naturalistic assessment methods and descriptions that are more consistent with current thinking about…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction of student learning style and presentation mode on student learning in an introduction to computer science class. The learning styles studied were sensing and intuiting, as identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The presentation mode was either traditional lecture or hypermedia.…