Professional development schools (PDSs) were developed to provide a new model for teacher education that enables graduate students to have meaningful classroom experiences while they earn their degrees. This digest describes some of the ways that PDSs can improve the school experiences of urban students. It also describes some of the pitfalls of…

The purpose of this study was to explore and develop baseline understandings of the purposes, character (i.e., cultural, teaching/learning, curricular practices), quality, and outcomes associated with doctoral education in four professional fields of study: clinical psychology, electrical engineering, nursing, and school administration. The…

This paper considers the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA), long out of use in the United States. It was developed by Sir James Pittman in England in 1959 as a plan of reading instruction with a simplified phoneme-grapheme correspondence that stressed consistency between symbol and sound. The paper lists the advantages and disadvantages of the ITA…

This report presents findings of an investigation of the use of federal research and development grant funds by the University of California system in its payments to graduate student researchers (GSRs). Specifically, the study examined whether: (1) compensation paid to GSRs was in accordance with guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget;…

The purpose of this study was to determine what effect the learner's knowledge of a desired instructional outcome has on his acquisition of that goal. (Author)

Discusses Psychomat groups, which were concerned with student anonymity, a reach out'' to lonely students, dealing with identity crisis, concretizing one's purpose in life and also dealing with student attitudes with regard to major social issues. (Author/RK)

Factors seem to indicate that the OQS could be effectively substituted for the NTE as a screening measure for graduate students in education. The D-48 was not added to the prediction equation, since it made a negligible contribution to the total prediction. (Authors/CB)

This paper describes a program to provide supportive services to high risk students in psychology beyond the beginning course. (Author)

A study of current doctoral students reveals a new breed of future college professors who may assume some traditional academic values but will also change the structure of the university by strengthening it as a center for learning. Reprinted from The Research Reporter, Berkeley, University of California, Center for Research and Development in…

The effectiveness of graduate teaching assistants in a mass lecture teaching condition and in a team teaching condition with faculty lecturers was investigated using student achievement and student attitude toward course content, materials and instruction as independent variables. (Editor)

Growth of industrial arts enrollments, graduates, collegiate institutions, degrees, and professional faculty, 1900-1980. (Editor)