Study reported in a paper read at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting (Boston, April 1967).

Part of the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America," sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

This report is a review of current literature on the relation of aptitudes to learning outcomes under different instructional methods or conditions. Included are: (1) aptitude-instructional treatment interaction studies; (2) notes on new methodological problems; (3) and studies of individual differences in laboratory learning arrangements.…

An introduction to instructional strategies is offered. The author uses the term to refer to prescriptive rules for designing instructional events which create the learning experiences for the mastery of behavioral objectives. The intention is to familiarize the reader with properties of behavior to which instructional events must be responsive…

Ways to motivate shorthand students are presented as a review of nine principles governing student motivation, in order to instill long-term interest in shorthand while providing short-term remedies to improve learning. The author states that student individual differences are so varied that teachers should formulate their own motivation methods.…

Contains citations of numerous references for curriculum guide writers. (RD)

Explores the theory of developmental dyslexia and the theory of developmental immaturity and notes that evidence is not currently available to enable acceptance or rejection of either theory. Proposes research that is both cross-sectional and longitudinal in th areas of assessment and preventive programs. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction…

Explains three exercises which emphasize the individual in a communication situation. (SW)

Argues that if students are unable to show improvement after two semesters of innovative writing instruction, they should not be forced to continue to write essays. (AEA)

Describes use of participant observation in a preschool setting, reporting findings on children's sociodramatic play, roles children assign adults, children's perceptions of teacher-directed organization and activities, children's spontaneous conversations, and individual learning differences and styles. Points out implications of such…

Presents a model for analyzing teachers' time allocation procedures in collective instruction along with a qualitative analysis of 10 elementary school teachers' implementations of short sequences of mastery learning. Sequences illustrate possible ways teachers adjust conditions that are formulated in the model. (Author/MP)

Four models of teaching methods are presented: social interaction, information processing, affective instruction, and behavior modification. The need for adapting these models to individual students is explored. (JD)

There is a current trend toward matching the style of teaching with the cognitive style of the individual student. (JD)

This study compared 2 naturalistic language intervention methods--milieu teaching and responsive interaction--in 6 preschool classrooms that included 36 children with moderate to severe language disabilities. Although no main effects for treatment were found, milieu teaching was more effective with children having the lowest language levels and…