Examines the role of computers in investigating teaching and learning processes and concludes that computer based experiments can be effective if they meet the same requirements that must be met by direct instruction techniques. (Author/DB)

Discusses an experiment to measure the extent to which computer exercises reinforce student learning in an experimental interdisciplinary course at Dartmouth College. Findings indicated that computer techniques improved test performance. Journal available from Division of Educational Affairs, American Political Science Association, 1527 New…

The United States Bureau of Education in the spring of 1924 requested teachers to submit instances or illustrations of motivated work in arithmetic. The 5,000 or more replies received are doubtless a typical cross section of what is happening the country over. Replies have come from all parts of the country, especially, as was to be expected, from…

The reasons for a child's failure to learn in school are complex and stem from various sources--broken homes, parental indifference, and irresponsible parental behavior. (CK)

Three discussions of the practical application of music theory are presented. (CK)

Paper presented under contract with the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland, Texas, and delivered in 1971 to staff members of the Branch. (VM)

Describes a method of adjusting course content to fit students of all ability levels in industrial arts. (GB)

Based upon a paper at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969). (SW)

Includes a descriptive list of recommended, readily-available simulation games for classroom use, including publishers' addresses; appears as Part I of a two-part supplement on simulation games. (Editor/RD)

Research on factors affecting the aging learner, including intelligence, memory, motivation, loss of speed, and physical health is reviewed, refuting the belief that learning ability declines with age. Strategies and techniques for the education of older adults are recommended. (SK)

By exploring languages other than their own, children can learn important concepts about the nature of language. The center described here was designed to help a class of sixth graders understand that within their own structure languages assign meanings to symbols arbitrarily and to stimulate interest in the way languages operate. (Author)

Describes Jigsaw Teaching, a cooperative learning approach, in relation to mineral identification. This technique may also be applied to rock identification. Students work in groups of four and learn to identify 20 minerals, becoming an "expert" on five of them. Helping to teach other students reinforces what each student has learned.…