According to Wales and Stager, Guided Design is an instructional strategy built on an eclectic integration of psychological principles and viewpoints, wbich incorporates the learning principles of practice, modeling, organizations, and reinforcements; capitalizes on the motivational principles of affiliation, achievement and self-actualization;…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM WERE TO DEVELOP (1) A CURRICULUM PATTERN AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, CURRICULUM GUIDES, AND TEACHER HANDBOOKS TO BE USED IN THE PROJECT METHOD OF TRAINING STUDENTS IN GRADES 11 AND 12 FOR ENTRY INTO A DISTRIBUTIVE OCCUPATION, (2) TO TRAIN TEACHERS IN THE METHOD, AND (3) TO ESTABLISH PILOT PROGRAMS USING THE PROJECT…

The high percentage of students failing State Board Examinations for licensure as registered nurses led to provisional accreditation being placed on the nursing program at Alvin Junior College (Texas). Teaching methodology was investigated as a possible contributor to these failures. A review of the related literature indicated that…

This report considers the effectiveness of the Follow Through Program as manifested in performance on the Philadelphia city-wide tests, spring 1972. Kindergarten students received the Stanford Early School Achievement Test Level I; First and second grade students received the Metropolitan Achievement Test; Primary II respectively; and third grade…

In light of current research and evaluation criteria, the Gallup Evaluation Model (GEM I and GEM II) was developed and tested at Pennsylvania State University to assess effectiveness and efficiency of instructional developments. Alternative ways of teaching German I were evaluated according to five variables: amount of pupil time, course costs,…

This study investigated the effects of an interdisciplinary course in inquiry on the self-perceptions of preservice teachers. Sample populations included an experimental group enrolled in an interdisciplinary inquiry course. Control groups comprised students enrolled only in a philosophy course in inquiry, students not enrolled in either course,…

Hypothesizing that experimentation with various teaching methodologies and individual student differences may show certain teaching methods to be more effective than others for a certain type of student, the authors studied the application of such experimentation to a portion of the radiology sequence in the dental curriculum. A review of the…

Reported are the results of a study whose aim was to compare the standards for university entrance in the various member states of the Council of Europe. Presented is an analysis and comparison of the academic secondary mathematics education curriculum at the most specialized level, focusing on what is required to be known to pass successfully the…

This study was designed to explore one method of intervening in the process of a conventional academic classroom to affect student attitude and improve the learning climate. Two college freshman composition classes of 22 students each provided the subjects for the study. Each class was taught by the same instructor for three hours a week; one…

As part of a series of studies assessing micro-teaching and video recording in vocational and technical education, this study was designed as a field test of those techniques in inservice vocational teacher education. The two techniques were tested at three sites in New York State and involved the collection of data in terms of teacher…

The purpose of this study was to compare a linear strategy of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with a tutorial strategy of CAI and to ascertain the effectiveness of each in teaching selected cognitive elements of orthographic projection to sixth grade students. The comparison was made in terms of student achievement on the final task and the…

In order to evaluate resident and non-resident experiences in relation to a home management program, questionnaire responses were solicited from a select group of home economics graduates. Based on analysis of data collected by questionnaire, it was found that 84 percent of the resident group and 60 percent of the non-resident group stated that,…

As part of Head Start's Planned Variation program, the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) preschool model was chosen to be implemented in six Nashville Head Start centers. This study compared two forms of DARCEE training for teachers and teacher aides--the Elaborated Treatment and Abbreviated Treatment--and compared…

The study explored the question of differences between airmen who were assigned to jobs following graduation from formal resident training schools and those who entered a field as on-the-job trainees. Eight career fields which had substantial numbers of airman input as low-ability personnel under Project 100,000 were studied. Evaluations of…

A project was undertaken to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a unit of instruction which would teach economically deprived first grade children some interesting scientific concepts and increase their curiosity behavior and willingness to offer hypotheses, carry out experiments, and evaluate outcomes. The instructional unit was based on…