This report considers the research conducted in Finland on photocopying and how it relates to teaching methods, and attempts to develop a theoretical basis for evaluating such research. In the first part of the report, it is argued that studies of copying need to target four separate areas of concern--knowledge, attitudes, activity (quantitative…

A REPORT OF THE WESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH HELD AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 20-22, 1960, WAS PRESENTED. THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO REVIEW AND HELP CHART FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTATION, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. THE CONFERENCE HAD FOUR PURPOSES--TO…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE TWO TEACHING METHODS FOR DEVELOPING PRODUCTION TYPEWRITING ABILITY. THE TRADITIONAL, SPEED-EMPHASIS METHOD AND THE EXPERIMENTAL, PRODUCTION-EMPHASIS METHOD, WERE USED DURING 50-MINUTE PERIODS FOR 61 SESSIONS EACH SEMESTER WITH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN INTERMEDIATE TYPEWRITING AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY DURING…

THE ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ONE INSTRUCTOR CAN TEACH TWICE AS MANY STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME, WITHOUT IMPAIRING THE QUALITY OF STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENT, BY MAKING EXTENSIVE USE OF THE MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING LABORATORY IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH CLASSROOM ACTIVITY. THE OBERLIN COLLEGE STUDY CONTINUED FOR 4 YEARS. THROUGH USE OF A VARIETY…

A MODIFIED CRITICAL INCIDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FORM FOR HOURLY MACHINING PERSONNEL WAS DEVELOPED, AND CERTAIN RATER AND RATING INSTRUMENT CHARACTERISTICS WERE INVESTIGATED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THEIR EFFECTS ON THE VARIANCE OF PERFORMANCE. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH FRONTLINE FOREMEN TO COLLECT PERFORMANCE SPECIMENS WHICH WERE EVALUATED…

The behaviorist and cognitive views of learning and language are contrasted, and some methodologies derived from the opposing positions are described. Programed reading in the form of machines, kits, and self-servicing devices of all sorts and most basal reader programs are identified as products of the behaviorist theory of reading instruction.…

This report is concerned with the re-training of 30 existing school psychologists. It is based on the need for more effective school psychology practice, the emergence of a new social learning approach to school problems, and the development of television techniques for immediate learning. The study utilized an experimental design wherein…

Three known methodological approaches were investigated as to their within-test correlative support in the measurement of a phenomena called imagery. Based on these methodologies, repeated dichotomization of subjects into high and low visualizers was significantly consistent. Moreover, self-reported ratings of imagery vividness of prose were…

The objective of this investigation was to collect data on the needs of information users which could serve as a basis for the design of information systems in the social sciences. Research habits of social scientists were explored to identify research procedures and problems of research including circumstantial and environmental variables. A…

Possibilities for change and innovations due to technological and intellectual advancement are viewed as they might occur in the seventies. (1) Information storage by microphotography and computer will make possible greater collections in extremely small physical spaces. (2) Biological and biochemical advances will bring greater understanding of…

Methodology for input evaluation, as defined by Daniel L. Stufflebeam, is relatively nonexistent. Advocate teams have recently become a popular means of generating and assessing alternative strategies for a set of objectives. This study was undertaken to develop and evaluate methodology for advocate team use in input evaluation. Steps taken…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a collective report of discussions held by the Soviet Academy of Pedagogical Sciences on the methodological problems of the science of education. The task of the meeting was to evaluate and analyze the current status of the question, to define the basic methodological…

THE EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC OPERANT AND MODELING PRINCIPLES ON INCREASING ATTENTIVE (TASK-ORIENTED) CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. THE METHODS OF BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION USED IN THE STUDY WERE DISCRIMINATION-MODELING AND OPERANT CONDITIONING. SUBJECTS WERE 24 STUDENTS FROM GRADES 1 THROUGH 4 WHO WERE JUDGED HYPERACTIVE BY…