Everyday experiences in vocational classes offer innumerable openings to challenge students to become responsible human beings who take pride in their work. Teachers should make a studied effort to build on those opportunities. (Editor/SB)

The author gives alternatives to the round robin technique of teaching reading. (MF)

The best way to prepare prospective employees to get along with others on the job, is a separate course tailored to the interests of the students in the class--with case studies to add zest. (Editor/SB)

Standards for evaluating transactions that comprise the learning process are required for an understanding of the individual learning experience. (Author/RY)

"The paper reviews some practical consequences of a recent theory of learning and teaching." (Author)

Changes in the social setting of the 1970's could eliminate the need for a special curriculum for the disadvantaged child, with the exception of preschool programs. A more critical need appears to be improved teaching methods capable of rewarding and improving the self-image of disadvantaged children. (JH)

A Portion of this paper was presented at the 75th Annual Convention, APA, 1967.

Discusses recent research highlighting both the child's growth as a reflective language user and the school's capacity to enhance or hamper that growth. The research is concerned with the need for children eventually to use language in decontextualized ways, without the supporting context of visible or manipulable objects or actions. (HTH)

The thoughts and reflective methods of Alan Griffin are discussed. He was a Deweyan scholar and dealt with the necessary goals of the social studies in a democracy as they relate to the learning process, to the content, and to the teaching methods employed in social studies instruction. (PN)

Discussed hidden curricula of dichotomous drug education teaching methods. Suggested that hidden curriculum of traditional drug education teaching style reinforces some qualities characteristic of substance abusers. Proposes that hidden curriculum of nontraditional teaching methods is more likely to teach attributes consistent with appropriate use…

The second in a series of articles concerning the pros and cons of whether it is better to use questioning as part of the teaching device or not to question during discussion focuses on the most effective nonquestioning techniques. Alternatives to questioning are given. (JN)

Research in cognitive science is providing an increasingly detailed understanding of human cognition. Teachers can help students become conscious of their own reasoning processes and then learn to compare, contrast, interrelate, or coordinate various ways in which they think in order to refine their problem-solving methods. (Author/MLF)

Proposes a conceptual framework for considering the development of human resources in an overseas context. This approach is termed "transfer of technology." Its objective is to encourage companies operating overseas which are responsible for developing client human resources to look at the process from a perspective other than just…

A framework for using and changing concepts in the study of science is described. (JD)

Synthesized are a number of learning theories (those of Piaget, Bruner, Gagne, Dienes and Skemp) to form one composite teaching-learning model. This model is then applied to mathematics teaching. An example is provided to illustrate how the model may be used to elaborate a teaching-learning scheme for solving quadratic equations. (Author/DS)