How "experience" is defined and how it has been interpreted in the past shape world views and the learning derived from cross-cultural encounters. The experience also differs according to whether it has happened to a group or to an individual learner. (Author/MSE)

This study compared three instructional strategies for teaching music intervals to beginning music majors: programed instruction using a linear programed text; mastery learning using computer-assisted instruction (CAI); and self-practice using a textbook. Subjects were tested on immediate and delayed (48 hour) retention. Mastery learning by CAI…

Nineteen high school students in an experimental self-directed learning class were interviewed about their out-of-school learning projects: number completed per year; time spent; subject(s) studied; setting (individual or group); preferred project method; and motivation (desire for credit or other reason). (SJL)

Articles are entitled "Continuing Education in Developed Soviet Society,""Problems of Continuing Education under Modern Conditions of Social Progress and the Scientific-Technological Revolution,""Preparing Pupils for Continuing Education," and "The Evening School in the System of Continuing Education." (CK)

Discusses reasons for the existence of multilevel foreign language classes and methods of coping with the problems they present, including independent study, rotating levels, and split-period approaches. (JB)

Allegorizes higher education as a superhighway, urging the redesign of the structure of higher education to meet the challenge of student diversity in the classroom. Examines trends in providing educational alternatives and suggests offering a program of services that will permit students to take responsibility for their lifelong learning. (JM)

Tests the effectiveness of three training methods as self-training materials in modifying questioning behavior including wait time of Thai high school chemistry teachers. Concludes that studying pamphlets and qualitative listening to audiotapes improves questioning; pamphlets study also improves wait time. (CS)

Data from student and teacher questionnaires, interviews with school librarians, and examination of bibliographies of student papers were collected in six metropolitan area public schools working to study facilities used and assistance received by students on independent study assigments. Results indicated that students successfully used a wide…

An Englishwoman who had had no lessons in the Spanish language but had developed oral skills while on vacation in Spanish-speaking countries began reading Spanish newspapers and observed her reading processes. (CFM)

Some contemporary school individualized learning systems in mathematics are discussed and analyzed with advantages and disadvantages listed to assist in designing curriculum materials. (MP)

The effects of self-instructional use of programed creativity materials for gifted and regular students were investigated. Pre- and post-tests of creative thinking were administered. Students in the creativity training group attained significantly greater gains on verbal fluency. Creative thinking abilities were improved for both gifted and…

The author states that far too little has been done about teaching handicapped adolescents the specifics of coping with stressful situations. Training should begin in childhood and be designed to be effective in a variety of settings and with many different types of people. (Author/KC)

Examines the nature of the relationship between language, cognitive impulsivity selected racial and social class variables, and the development of self-control through training in self-instruction. Subjects were 333 second-grade children. (Author/MP)

Motivation that arises from a genine interest in the field of study being undertaken is examined. This Australian university professor suggests that most students do not have a real zeal for academic study and offers ideas for improving that motivation in science students. (LBH)

A self-instructional language program can offer rewarding and stimulating study to the motivated and gifted student. It provides a challenging approach to language learning and an opportunity to study a language not offered in the curriculum. Lessons are recorded on tape cassettes; lab work and tutorial sessions are used. (CHK)