Teaching procedures of Project Physics Unit 5 are presented to help teachers make effective use of learning materials. Unit contents are discussed in connection with teaching aid lists, multi-media schedules, schedule blocks, and resource charts. Brief summaries are made for transparencies, 16mm films, and reader articles. Included is information…

This bibliography provides information about publications and presentations by the Human Resources Research Organization during FY 1972. Research reports as well as publications by staff members in professional journals and presentations at professional and military meetings are included. Abstracts are provided for most items. Items are listed…

The purposes of this study were to determine (1) if it is possible to predict which children will develop word recognition deficits based on levels of articulation proficiency and auditory discrimination ability; (2) the effect of two different instructional approaches for beginning reading, phonics, and whole-word approach; and (3) if first grade…

Northwestern University's Learning Disabilities Program conducted a study to explore and develop ways of applying computer technology to the fields of reading and learning disabilities and to train specialists who are familiar with computer methods. This study was designed to simulate the actual conditions of the Diagnostic Clinic at Northwestern…

The Field Operations and Enforcement Manual for Air Pollution Control, Volume I, explains in detail the following: sources and classification of pollutants; meteorological influence on air quality; the air pollution control agency; the field enforcement officer; the enforcement process; prosecuting violation; and inspection techniques including…

Reported is a study designed to determine (1) if there was any significant relationship between elementary teachers' realistic and idealistic attitudes toward selected science-related concepts, (2) if the degree of open- or closed-mindedness of the teachers had any relationship to these realistic or idealistic attitudes, and (3) if instruction had…

This document presents a taxonomy for classification of classroom observational data. Information for the study was accumulated in successive classes at the School of the Institute of Education, University of Helsinki and processed statistically. The taxonomy was developed through both empirical procedures and logic and concept analysis. Part one…

This report is concerned with the responsibilities of professors for teacher training. The quality of high school and post high school business teaching depends upon attitudes toward and understandings of business and the economic system which have been developed in the business courses on the college level. The paper briefly examines the…

Forty reflective and 40 impulsive children were assigned to one of four treatment conditions. The learning task employed a list of 25 familiar objects, five instances from each of five categories. The four treatments were Randomized-No Instructions, Randomized-Instructed, Blocked-No Instructions, and Blocked-Instructed. Results support earlier…

In 1972, the Student Counseling Center at Illinois State University initiated a paraprofessional program to assist students of the university in meeting their needs. This paper discusses the role, selection process, training, and supervision of the 72 undergraduate students currently employed in the program. The general role of these…

In this book, designed for both teachers in training and practicing teachers, an attempt is made to translate into methodology those principles of creative thinking and creative development derived from the last 10 years of reading research. Part 1, "The Nature of Creative Teaching," contains discussions of basic principles of creative teaching,…

One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," is program, begun in 1971, serves 8000 children in grades 1-4. The program staff has developed a Reading Skills Station notebook, indexed to a criterion-referenced test system, that identifies and describes specific reading skills and suggests over 150 game-like activities…

This newsletter begins with an editorial on the meaning of individualization in education. In his article "Individualizing Instruction for Teachers: Current Efforts in Individualization," T.B. Kalivoda describes an individualized oral language course at the University of Georgia called "Oral Spanish for Teachers." An article by…

This study was designed to identify patterns of selections and performance characteristics displayed by individuals during a concept-attainment task. The relationships between selection patterns and individual characteristics were studied in addition to the effects of changes in task characteristics on selection patterns. The population was 200…

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of Batch Computer-Supported Instruction (Batch CSI), an inexpensive method of involving ordinary classroom groups with the computer, on students' cognitive skills in mathematical computation and comprehension and on affective attitudes toward mathematics and the computer. Additionally, a…