The computer can be a welcome partner in the instructional process, but only if there is man-machine interaction. Man should not compromise system design because of available hardware; the computer must fit the system design for the result to represent an acceptable solution to instructional technology. The Arithmetic Test Generator system fits…

Students in an open study hall system with a student lounge option received lower grades than students without the option. To prevent this, it is suggested that wise use of unstructured time be planned. (AP)

Attention is called to flaws in current concepts of self-instruction and alternative approaches are suggested. (LS)

A science course at Purdue University requiring students to do a good deal of work on their own at a learning center serves as a basis for discussing the issue of independent study. (LS)

First report of this program, supported by a U.S. Office of Education contract, appeared in the January 1966 issue of Modern Language Journal." (DS)

Four articles describe difficulties of diagnosing and teaching children who are 1) minimally brain-damaged or slow-maturing, 2) pampered to the point of undergoing emotional problems in a normal classroom, 3) in need of intensive teaching care or 4) highly creative but not easily adaptable to everyday school environment. (PD)

Text of a speech delivered at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, Massachusetts, March 20, 1970. (DS)

A description of computer program segments in the feasibility and development phase of Operationally Relevant Activities for Children's Language Experience (Project ORACLE); original form of this paper was prepared by Serwer for presentation to annual meeting of New England Research Association (1st, Boston College, June 5-6, 1969). (Authors/RD)

In three British studies of classroom group work in the lower three forms, researchers found that in 35 lessons, when teachers did use groups, they used them primarily to organize their classes and not to achieve specific educational objectives. Teachers usually assigned individual learning tasks. (AM)

The effect of individual and group feedback upon reducing oral reading errors was investigated with 16 fifth-grade underachievers from a learning disabled (LD) program and from a regular classroom (non-LD). Both individual and group feedback procedures were found effective when compared with the baseline condition. (Author)