This model is designed to serve as a conceptual framework for alternative programs with primary emphasis on provisioning (the way in which time, space, material, equipment, and activities are used in the learning environment). The model's concern is to assess concrete examples or tendencies of teachers, students, and the education program. The…

The learning package is designed to provide the marketing educator with a culminating activity for an instructional unit focusing on advertising layout principles and procedures. It is to be used in conjunction with 35mm slides of newspaper advertisements, which the student views and rates in comparison with the ratings of a panel of experts. A…

This module cluster is designed to enable the interns to become teacher-diagnostic analysts on the emotional level. Diagnosis has been conventionally used to evaluate the learner. The objectives herein are designed to initiate a process that makes a better match between the learner and the instructional activities by utilizing the diagnostic data…

This booklet is one of a series developed by the Northern Colorado Educational Board of Cooperative Services to make available to teachers ideas designed and tested by other teachers. Many of the ideas are from educational journals as well as from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The booklet is divided into seven sections:…

This study compared the effects of four experimental treatments on levels of expectancy or aspiration of 80 disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged boys and girls. Levels of expectancy were more discrepant from previous performance in conditions perceived as chance regulated, and in those outcomes actually controlled by chance. More unusual shifts in…

The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of color coding on reducing the time required to reach a criterion in a paired associate learning task. This study consisted of two experiments using bones which were color coded. Data were collected on four dependent variables: (1) number of trials required to reach a criterion of two correct…

Suggestions for enriching reading programs are divided into six categories in this booklet. Part 1, describing syllable work, recommends using syllable strips (rather than ordinary jigsaw puzzles), word groups, and student teams to work with unscrambling syllables. Part 2 suggests an activity for working with double consonant words, for example,…

There are many institutions that utilize the learning contract as a framework within which learning is described. At Empire State College, the learning contract is a term used to imply a solid commitment to a plan of study developed by a student and a faculty member after whatever deliberation both deem necessary. The learning contract specifies…

Activities that allow infants to investigate their own environments are suggested in this disucssion of science and its relationship to cognitive development. Emphasis is placed on the infant's own manipulation of wet and dry materials such as: bathwater, food, boxes, pockets, magazines and balls, all of which are readily available in most homes.…

The learning center is a place for using and storing materials that relate to a special interest or curriculum area. It is a place where the students, after consulting with the teacher, may go to work; where ideas, materials, and activities are presented on a variety of levels of difficulty. Teachers, however, must first decide what the role of…

Railroad right-of-ways can provide an outdoor classroom where many indigenous organisms and other natural resources can be directly experienced. A typical class can be divided into 3 or 4 segments, with each representing a study group assigned to a specific area of investigation. Suggested activities and questions are presented for the following:…

This book is written for the person who wishes to study nature with a goal toward involving himself in conservation action. It does not explain what one must do in this regard, rather, it suggests first hand experiences and provides knowledge on which to base his decisions. Part One, Concepts, deals briefly with ecological thought basic to…

The Florida Title III Consortium was funded by the Office of Education to initiate a training and research project for the "Preparation, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Learner Centered Humanistic Approach to Curriculum and Instruction. This paper presents the highlights of this approach, including: (1) the involvement of the governing board…

In an effort to provide background information and encourage incorporation of ecological understandings into the curriculum, this teacher's guide has been devised for fourth and fifth grade teachers. It utilizes an activity-oriented approach to discovery and inquiry, outlining behavioral objectives, learning activities, teaching suggestions, and…

This annual report discusses the status of programs created to broaden the uses of the humanities by the American public. Included in the discussion is an experimental program on a statewide basis for informal adult education in the humanities and The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, a national series which will bring humanistic learning…