After eight weeks of exposure to divergent-thinking situations in large and small groups and on an individual basis by specially-trained preservice teachers, experimental group kindergarten children were significantly superior to control group subjects on three measures of verbal creative thinking. (Author/RH)

The benefits and shortcomings of student-teacher conferences in composition classes are analyzed. Suggestions for conference approaches are presented for more effective individual instruction. (HTH)

Problem solving performance of individuals was compared with that of dyads at three levels of mental ability using a computer-based inquiry into the riddle of the frozen Wooly Mammoth. Results indicated significant interactions between grouping and mental ability for certain problem solving internal measures. (RAO)

Introduction: The College des medecins du Quebec (CMQ) offers an individualized remedial professional development program to help physicians overcome selected clinical shortcomings. To measure the influence of the remedial professional development program, physicians who completed the program between 1993 and 2004 and who were assessed by peer…

This paper explores one-to-one teaching in an academy of music as culturally constituted. Taking Foucault's concept of discursive practice as a point of departure, the practice of two instrumental teachers is analysed and compared with regards to how the teachers adopt professional discourses to construct their teaching in quite distinct ways, and…

This article discusses how the audio-tutorial format can result in less strain on students as well as significant improvement in the quality of instruction. (JS)

This material was prepared to help students understand the algebraic process involved in solving mixture problems. The paper copy is designed to be used with a 25-minute audiotape. Students are given a problem which is solved step by step; then they are to answer questions about each step. (MNS)

Tutors are true professionals who understand that even though their own philosophical stance toward teaching may differ from an instructor's, they have an obligation to do whatever the professor requires. However, because they work more closely with them, the tutors are in a better position than the teacher to see when the students are having…

Materials designed for use in tutoring programs in mathematics are described. A list of educational products on tutoring, subdivided into tutoring programs and tutoring kits, is provided. Listings contain information on the target audience for the product and a brief description of the contents. Ordering information for the products is included.…

AS STRESSED AND ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION, AN INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PROGRAM OR ASSIGNMENT MUST INCLUDE OBJECTIVES WHICH ARE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR. THESE OBJECTIVES FALL WITHIN FOUR CATEGORIES OF INTELLECTUAL TASKS--KNOWLEDGE, COMPREHENSION, APPLICATION, AND INVENTION. TO ASSESS A STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENT…