INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION HAS HAD SOME REMARKABLE SUCCESSES, BUT ITS OVERALL IMPACT HAS BEEN INSIGNIFICANT IN THE LIGHT OF ITS POTENTIAL, AND OF THE INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. FOR TRULY EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION, EFFECTIVE PROGRAMING ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS AND RESOURCES OF THE MEDIUM IS NEEDED, ALONG WITH INFORMED AND…

TESTS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED IF TEACHING OBJECTIVES ARE TO MATCH TEST OBJECTIVES. TEACHERS SHOULD BECOME MORE PROFICIENT IN THE BROADER ASPECTS OF EVALUATING READING PERFORMANCE AND SHOULD EMPLOY A WIDER VARIETY OF EVALUATION TECHNIQUES. THE USE OF STANDARDIZED READING TESTS AS INDICATORS OF INSTRUCTIONAL READING LEVEL SHOULD BE ABANDONED.…

An imaginative characterization portrays English teachers as one of four types: "Mighty Stonehenges,""Mad Mods,""Limpid Gazelles," and "Neo-realists." Of these types, the first three represent respectively the "ivory tower traditionalists,""latter day saints in the spell of experimental programs," and obsequious followers who jot verbatim…

A bibliography has been compiled to provide as complete information as is feasible about research publications and by-products from the Human Resources Research Office (HumRRO). It includes abstracts for many items; key word out of context indexing; author indexes; and AD numbers, indicating items available to qualified users through the Defense…

The purpose of this series is to supply the advanced student of spoken Chinese with reading material he can actually use in his speech. The author has tried to include as great as possible a variety of subject matter and style of language. Volume I consists of "Short Stories, Conversations, and Learned Articles,""Fragments of an Autobiography"…

Dyslexia is too often a general category for an assortment of reading disabilities. Reading ability might be considered as a continuum ranging from lexia to dyslexia with no implication regarding the cause of the disability. Instead of labeling the child with a reading problem a failure, present teaching techniques should be evaluated on the basis…

Analyzed were two instructional sequences in mathematics. One was based on a hierarchy of mathematical tasks assumed necessary for selected quantitative science behaviors. The other was based on an instructional sequenc e in mathematics not directly related to the science behaviors. Two science exercises were developed having three quantitative…

Beginning with definitions of "simulation" (a methodology for testing alternative decisions under hypothetical conditions), this paper focuses on the use of simulation as an instructional method, pointing out the relationships and differences between role playing, games, and simulation. The term "simulation games" is explored with an analysis of…

APPRAISALS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ACT PROGRAMS SHOULD BE MADE IN TERMS OF (1) A PROGRAM'S STATED PURPOSES, (2) A BEHAVIORIAL DEFINITION OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, (3) THE SITUATIONS AND EXPERIENCES THROUGH WHICH THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE ACHIEVED, (4) DATA COLLECTED BY APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES, AND (5) DATA…

AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, WHOSE PURPOSE IT WAS TO DISCUSS THE STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AIMS, IS REPORTED ON IN THIS ARTICLE. THE THREE PAPERS PRESENTED BY IVAN POLDAUF, VALENTINA ZETLINA, AND JOHN B. CARROLL ARE REVIEWED FOR THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON LINGUISTICS, DIDACTICS, AND PSYCHOLOGY. THE DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF…

Sensitivity training is one type of experience-based learning in which participants work together in a small group over an extended period of time learning through analysis of their own experiences. The primary setting is the T Group (T for training) in which a staff member sets up an ambiguous situation which allows participants to choose the…

A sharing period in the first grade can provide children with many opportunities for developing both personally and educationally (e.g., becoming aware of others' attitudes and expressing themselves orally). Moreover, much can be learned by the teacher about students' interests, needs, and abilities when they are encouraged to "brainstorm" such…

The purposes of this study were to analyze and describe metal finishing processes and to ascertain the extent to which these processes are taught in industrial teacher education programs. Handbooks and industrial literature were reviewed, and a survey of 165 teacher education departments was made to collect the data. Finishing processes were…

This study compares the sound systems of Cree and English, with special attention given to identifying the differences between the two systems which are likely to cause interference or confusion. Specific teaching suggestions are provided for those who are teaching the English sound system to students who are more familiar with the Cree system.…

This article, written in Russian, propounds the application of the contrastive method in teaching the morphology of Russian to English-speaking students. The presentation is based on categorization by parts of speech. Included here is a comparative analysis of nouns (gender, number, case, expression of definite and indefinite articles),…