A review of a research project dealing with the question of personality in relation to preferences for various instructional strategies, learning traits, and evaluation of various instructional experiences. (Author/HB)

Students at Burris Laboratory School, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, are involved in a personalized program stressing interaction skills. (DS)

Child development literature suggests that the child is neither merely a victim of his biological nature nor of his environmental history. Educational programs should, therefore, be built on the concept of a dynamically active learner constantly interacting with his environment. (Author/JF)

Students at a provincial University were asked a series of questions about lectures, courses, and the relationships with staff. (Author/MB)

The objectives and methods of a free undergraduate laboratory are set forth. The main features are a close connection between the students and the research groups, a large amount of student freedom and responsibility, and no grading of the students. (Author/TS)

Describes an approach to skills counseling that goes beyond what is often done in universities. Includes examples of forms that are used to record work done with students. (AEA)

The central purpose of mainstreaming is to integrate handicapped students with nonhandicapped peers. It is the teacher's responsibility to foster positive and constructive interactions between handicapped students and their peers. Three ways of organizing constructive peer interaction are: (1) cooperation; (2) competition; and (3) an…

Ways of dealing with requests or demands for the teacher's attention from outside the teacher group activity are discussed. (MJB)

A study of teacher-prepared packets for classroom interest centers suggests that such materials are often inadequate instructional materials because they have no goal or they have inadequate instructions. (TJ)

A report on innovations in the teaching of engineering at West Virginia University and the effects these have had on student performance is presented. (BB)

Learners of English as a foreign language at a Lebanese university (n=135) completed measures of forms of instruction (cooperative, individualistic, competitive), classroom climate, and English achievement. A moderate positive correlation was found between cooperative learning and perceptions of grading fairness, class cohesion, and social…

Because of the diverse proficiency ranges among his students, a foreign language professor twice covered the content of a semester-long introductory Spanish course, allowing more proficient students to complete the course at mid-term and retainng less proficient students to re-review difficult areas. (CB)