This essay will discuss two educational programs to improve the living conditions of students from low income families that Pedro T. Orata conducted during the middle years of the twentieth century. The question this paper will investigate is whether Orata considered the people he was trying to help as being trapped by the conditions of poverty to…

If self-paced self-study is used for developing higher abilities such as problem-solving, an increased amount of teacher-student discussion will be required. Some combination of self- and teacher-pacing seems preferable, and a new hybrid scheme for achieving this is considered. (Author)

This study was designed and conducted to determine the effectiveness of audio-tutorial minicourses in increasing achievement in the biological sciences at the college freshman level. In 1971, 75 randomly selected students in the experimental group attended regular lecture and laboratory periods in addition to completing 10 minicourses. The 79…

Describes a self-paced high school chemistry program and its development over a 14 year period. Reviews the major evolution decisions resulting in the course as it is structured presently. (Author/SA)

Describes a collection of college chemistry demonstrations designed for self-paced classes. Some of these exercises stem from original ideas; others are adaptations of one or more published demonstrations. Two exercises, as examples, are also included. (HM)

Contains articles describing: (1) a writing laboratory at Cedar Crest College (Pennsylvania); (2) 12 biology minicourses used at Elizabethtown Community College (Kentucky); (3) the "Self-Persuasion for Study Improvement Project" at East Tennessee State University; and (4) a vocabulary acquisition program used to help University of North Carolina…