A discussion of a model depicting three stages of change in education: 1) formal schooling rigidly organized on the basis of class teaching; 2) flexible small group teaching; and 3) independent study with the teacher's role shifted more to the background and not the sole dispenser of information. (HB)

Article proposed a curriculum with its base in humanities education through the symbolic arts, a curriculum that allows for and encourages encounters with various levels of meaning. (Author/RK)

Teachers should choose games carefully to reinforce the mathematics' topic children are learning, says the author, who presents some appropriate games here, and urges that their use be planned, not for play only. (Editor/RK)

Authors have found that the test-like atmosphere of undivided attention and high motivation extant during short quizzes provides the instructor with a unique opportunity to enhance learning. (Editor)

The phenomenon of resistance to change takes several forms. When and whether it should be challenged or encouraged is discussed here. As anticipation of change from customary habits expectably produces anxiety, resistance is mainly protective. The learner may reveal his resistance to or rejection of a new idea by ignorance, doubt, or merely a…

Three design strategies directly related to the development of instructional materials for rule learning were investigated. In the first of two experiments using both male and female tenth grade students, the degree of divergence between instances showed that contrasting irrelevant features resulted in better performance than matching irrelevant…

Twelve children (mean age = 2 1/2 yrs.) were instructed in a group setting to follow a number of different requests by a teacher. In Experiment I, the group's instruction following behavior remained low regardless of whether (1) the teacher provided either modeling or verbal cues or a combination of these two and (2) another adult did or did not…

The goal of educational gymnastics is to provide learners opportunity to reach their potential so that they appreciate gymnastic movement and find success with their performance. (JD)

The Proster Theory of the way the brain works and of the factors that favor or inhibit learning should be useful in designing educational programs that reliably provide huge gains in learning. (Author/IRT)

An analysis of the learning process that focuses on the role of elaboration and students' prior knowledge is presented. Learning from instruction is distinguished from learning and instruction, and a series of learning functions are identified. (TJH)

Considered are implications for learning disabled students of the simultaneous, successive, and planning (SSP) model, a model of information integration that emphasizes processes rather than ability. Remedial training guidelines are offered, including assessment of learning potential and determination of the nature of the weakness and its…

Presents some of Earl Stevick's ideas on language teaching and learning in the form of an informal interview. (EKN)

In the first of two TES articles on mixed ability teaching, the author described one school's methods of teaching French to a wide range of pupils. (Editor/RK)