This study of pupil control attitudes was based on the assumption that public school teachers and college education instructors hold divergent views on pupil control. These divergent views would then be imposed on the preservice teachers. The Pupil Control Ideology (PCI) Scale and the Dogmatism Scale, Form E, were randomly distributed to 100…

In an effort to correct criticism of elementary curriculum blocks, the University of Delaware introduced the concept of graduate clinical responsibilities. This concept was divided into three levels: observation/participation, planning and implementing limited instructional units with emphasis on team teaching, and extended student teaching. The…

Changes that have occurred in the area of measurement and evaluation for the classroom teacher, as related to the specific area of elementary school mathematics, are discussed. From observation, it is suggested that developments in measurement and evaluation in the past have generally been somewhat detached from the classroom situation; have…

This study explores the proposition that literary criticism may be an important part of the elementary school curriculum and that its practice can be informed by the theories of Northrop Frye. The study is in three parts. The first chapter of Part I argues that there is virtually no emphasis in the elementary school on the study of literature as…

A total sample of three 4-1-4 calendar/curriculum institutions and two control programs were selected for participation in this evaluation research project. Data were collected in three separate but related phases: compilation of institutional data, questionnaire, and interviews. The study concentrated upon the impact of the interim term upon the…

The proposal in this document is based on the assumption that learning to learn is the most important outcome of professional and all formal education. It is suggested that a primary task of instruction is to assist the student to move from external motivation to internal motivation for learning and continuing to learn. It is proposed that these…

Hypotheses were tested regarding the relationship between learning effectiveness in six subject areas and the interaction between student and teacher characteristics. The student-teacher interaction was also examined in relationship to several teaching approaches. Over 1,000 students from 53 different classes with 27 different faculty members…

In a continuing description of a Head Start longitudinal study, analyses are presented of the interrelationships among individual measures of the child's performances prior to school entry, accompanied by brief descriptions of the tasks and the scores used. Despite the size and extensiveness of the data base, the findings are considered tentative…

A procedure for testing teachers anonymously in a rural county in the Southeast aims at improving the quality of instruction and the teachers' scores on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, ITBS Subtests, and the Otis Lennon Mental Ability Test. Training sessions held afterwards to help teachers focus on outcomes of instruction, their measurement, and…

This final report of a research project in vocational education, conducted under Part C of Public Law 90-576, will be useful to teachers, administrators, and teacher educators charged with curriculum or course development in vocational agriculture. The objective of this research project was to place curriculum development activities in vocational…

This series of magazine articles stresses ways in which educational institutions can use direct mail advertising to promote lectures, concerts, and other programs to off-campus audiences. The application of direct mail principles to selling education is suggested, and the advantages and disadvantages of direct mailings by colleges and universities…

This report focuses on the issue of preparation and training for those who work with delinquent youth. It is the intent of the editor to demonstrate that the issues involved in youth worker training are both significant to him and relate to the core of modern social development. It is pointed out that, in today's world, we are witnessing a…

This inter-disciplinary approach to the subject of non-verbal communication includes essays by linguists, zoologists, psychologists, anthropologists and a drama critic. It begins with a theoretical analysis of communicative processes written from the perspective of a communications engineer, compares vocal communication in animals and man, and…

A narrative of about 100 pages and an accompanying workbook which attempted to imbed mathematics content in fiction were used with eight classes of seventh grade underachievers. Pretests and posttests covering open sentences, computations, and algorithms were given, along with reading vocabulary and reading comprehension tests. Results showed that…

This was used as part of the White Bear Senior High School evaluation of its flexible modular scheduling program. This phase of the study was in cooperation with Total Information for Educational Systems. It is for students who graduated from the school. Sections of the questionnaire deal with personal and occupational information. It is arranged…