This collection of reprinted speeches delivered at the 1967 Ohio Conference on Disadvantaged Children covers the following topics: learning as the discovery of personal meaning, occupational and vocational training, characteristics of successful Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I Programs, the inherent difficulties of cultural…

Freedon of expression, lack of fear of criticism and humiliation, refusal to be content with the most easily established routine, and a spirit of play as well as a commitment to work should be some of the attributes in a creative environment for teaching reading. To create such an environment, the teacher should use the humanistic approach,…

To assess the effects of verbal reprimands on students' errors in daily class exercises, seven 15- to 17-year-olds in a Spanish II level class were required to respond verbally to fill-in-the-blank exercises covering Spanish grammar. An ABA design evaluated the effects of the teacher's reprimands for each incorrect response. During baseline there…

This article points out the importance of pleasure and enjoyment in increasing children's motivation to read and offers suggestions on books that are interesting and exciting and also well written and fine literature. (JD)

Compulsory attendance laws seem to assure each teacher a fair share of students who are less than enthusiastic about being in the classroom. Experience has shown teachers that many students in this less than enthusiastic state present discipline and learning problems. Here is a method designed to minimize classroom discipline problems while…

Relates individual student experiences to illustrate that many poor readers are dropouts of programs requiring strongly analytic/auditory reading styles. Recommends adopting the "whole-language" approach for today's global learners. Uses research findings to outline instructional methods that match students' reading styles. (CJH)

An argument in educational theory unfolds as the nature of an autonomous student is discussed. Questions, such as, "What sort of student attitude do we need in order to render ordinary schools into free schools?" are posed and discussed. The author's experience as a student is given as an example. (JL)

Lists three suggestions for helping teachers resolve the problem of how to endow a subject-matter discipline with the spirit of liberal education. (Author/RK)

Motivation and affect have mostly been studied separately, but both research and practical experience suggest that they are reciprocal features of learning experiences and should be studied together. The present research examines the relationships among cognition, motivation and affect in fifth- and sixth-grade children during mathematics classes…

Five principles of learning and their application to typewriting are considered; before they can be utilized, however, one must be sure students want to learn. To accomplish this task, seven principles of motivation are offered for incorporation into the typing course. Both sets must be considered together for optimum learning. (Author/AJ)

A review of a research project dealing with the question of personality in relation to preferences for various instructional strategies, learning traits, and evaluation of various instructional experiences. (Author/HB)

Author suggests ways-including games- to help children develop the very important but often neglected reading-study skills. (Author/RK)

Explains techniques used to help students comprehend concepts mentioned in their reading materials. (SW)

Advocates the elimination of seven negative instructional practices among English teachers. (RD)