At reference desks across the nation, statistics in traditional reference service have been declining in most categories while requests for individual instruction and training in electronic research are showing a dramatic increase. Library technology has created a change in the activity at reference and information desks along with a need for more…

This article suggests how a teacher might personalize his/her classes so that each student would feel important as an individual. (PB)

Presents the merits of teaching English as a second language to employees at work via the telephone, and describes the teaching techniques involved. (KM)

Independent study and research at the university level in China is examined. (JR)

Described is the education of an individual who was born in a remote village in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. It tells how a young boy progressed from a village, where the language spoken did not have names for numbers, to the position of tutor in mathematics at a university. The story is felt to resemble many others in the rapidly…

The usefulness of teaching advanced composition in a writing tutorial program has been demonstrated at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst with students who have passed college freshman English and who feel they still need some work in their writing. Justification for using the tutorial method is based on the premise that a teacher cannot say…

THIS LEARNING ACTIVITY PACKAGE (LAP) IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE STUDENTS IN LEARNING HOW TO USE AXIOMS, IN WRITING PROBLEMS INTO EQUATION FORM, AND IN SOLVING EQUATIONS. IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THESE GOALS, THE STUDENT AT SOME POINT IN HIS PROGRAM MUST BE ABLE TO (1) WRITE A DEFINITION OF "AXIOM", (2) USE THE AXIOMS OF A FIELD IN SOLVING EQUATIONS, (3)…

THIS GUIDE IS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT USE IN STUDYING STATIC CONTROL IN ELECTRICAL-ELECTRONIC PROGRAMS. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SPECIALIST AND ADVISERS. THE UNIT OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MAGNETIC AMPLIFIER OPERATION. EACH OF THE 12 ASSIGNMENT SHEETS CONTAINS THE LESSON SUBJECT, PURPOSE,…

THIS GUIDE IS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT USE IN STUDYING BASIC MATHEMATICS IN ELECTRICAL-ELECTRONIC PROGRAMS. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SPECIALIST AND ADVISERS. EACH OF THE 19 ASSIGNMENT SHEETS PROVIDES THE LESSON SUBJECT, PURPOSE, INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION, STUDY REFERENCES, DIRECTIONS, AND PROBLEMS. THE LESSONS, KEYED TO THREE…

The impact of specialized reading instruction or personal interaction upon reading efficiency ratios and self-concept scores was studied. Eighty-five fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade boys of average intelligence who were underachieving readers were placed in one of three different groups--Reading Instruction, Personal Interaction, or Control. The…