Article focused on a report of a 10-year evaluation study of the experimental introduction of French into the primary school curriculum. (Author/RK)

The aim of the present study was to demonstrate that ability in generating activity ideas (AIPA) can be improved by training and to determine which of the more obvious training options would result in greatest improvement. (Author/RK)

The findings showed (1) laboratory students scored significantly higher in clerical ability and infrequency of absence from school and (2) no significant differences existed between the two groups of students in self-esteem and attitudes toward work. The dropout rate was significantly higher for students attending clerical skills training classes.…

This is a brief inquiry into what happens to students and how well they respond to one of the more popular techniques for political education. (Author)

By looking at statements that authors make in their books, article considered what is meant by an inconsistency and how vague and incompatible assertions can be misleading as well as trap an author into canceling out his own recommendations. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to compare philosophy courses taught according to a conventional course structure (CCS) with philosophy courses taught according to a short course structure (SCS). (Author)

The purpose of this paper was to explore the nature of certain decisions that teachers make in planning classroom instruction - in particular, their procedures for grouping pupils and pacing instruction. (Author/RK)

Far too many students handle a research assignment through the tear and glue approach, a wholesale--though usually not quite so literal--copying of materials from books followed by a heavy handed plastering of the foreign material into their papers. Their papers are foredoomed to mediocrity or worse. By overstressing the dichotomy between critical…

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A TEACHER'S WRITTEN COMMENTS ON A TEST AND (1) SUBSEQUENT STUDENT ATTAINMENT AS MEASURED BY TEST PERFORMANCE AND (2) ATTITUDE CHANGE TOWARD 9TH-GRADE ENGLISH, WERE INVESTIGATED. 9 CLASSES (225 STUDENTS) WERE GIVEN 4 TESTS BY THEIR TEACHERS OVER A 6-WEEK PERIOD. TESTS WERE RETURNED WITH NUMERICAL SCORES, LETTER GRADE, AND…

This document contains (1) a bibliography of precollege psychology textbooks; (2) a newsletter and historical correspondence of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Special Interest Group (SIG) of Psychology Educators; and (3) the tabular results of a comparative study of high school psychology teachers certified in social studies,…

The purpose of the study reported was to determine the best ways to manage interest centers in the elementary classroom. The study considered six techniques of assigning students to interest centers--teacher assignment, in which children were asked by their teacher to work at the center on a certain day; daily sign-up, in which children were…

To determine student attitudes toward traditional and individualized instruction, 152 students (92 males, 60 females) selected from the postsecondary instructional areas of agriculture, business, home economics, and trades and industry were surveyed for their opinions. The students responded to 25 statements about each type of instruction saying…

A survey conducted in 1974 in the Little Rock area revealed there was a demand for office personnel who could take shorthand. There was a definite need for the initiation and implementation of a program at McClellan High School to boost enrollment in shorthand courses. The purpose of this study was to determine if students could acquire a…

To develop and test a methodology which would help determine the combination of education, training, and experience that is most likely to yield highly qualified workers in specific occupations, the tool and die maker trade was selected for examination in the Boston Metropolitan Area. Tool and die making was chosen because it is a clearly…