Describes redesigning of a genetics course on the basis of Pella's referents, Banathy's system, and Bloom's taxonomy in effort to evaluate affectively behavioral changes among reference groups of science and nonscience majors, in addition to genetics students. Indicates preference of learning environment to course content in results analysis. (CC)

Paper presents a course design which attempts to effect a meaningful integration of both concepts and experience and to deal with some of the problems and issues of doing laboratory training in the university setting. (Author)

Subjects were 15 instructors and 342 students in elementary education courses in a midwestern university. In most classes students associated desirable course objectives with those stated for the courses; in the majority of classes students differed from their instructors in assigning ranks to stated course objectives; in approximately half the…

Sample writing sessions for behavioral objectives are imagined and the reader is urged to take part. Uses in the areas of curriculum development, instruction, evaluation, and material selection are discussed. Many specific examples are given. (LS)

Teachers, parents, and students were involved in the needs-assessment phase of educational evaluation with the use of measurable objects in mathematics. (Author)

Outlines of a program to reconstruct the Social Studies curriculum to more adequately fit the needs, interests, and work-ways of disadvantaged children. (Author/RY)

Study examined student experiences with minority groups before, during and after taking an experimental course in race relations. (Authors)

If music is to continue to play an important role in the lives of young people, their individual needs must be considered. Individualized instruction can work in music ecuation. (Author)

Summary of this article appeared in the May 1972 issue of the Foreign Language Courier'', the newsletter of the University of Michigan Foreign Languages Department. (DS)

A primary objective of the utilization of historical research in teaching American History is to develop the students' ability to locate needed information when he wants it and in relation to the issue that has motivated the search. (Author)

A description of teaching composition in one of the most difficult of situations -- an urban commuter college -- and attempts to turn the course into a vital presence in the intellectual lives of the students. (Authors/RY)

Researcher recommends a lottery for admissions and a curricular cafeteria" with an educational menu" because research findings do not support assumptions used to justify traditional practices of college and unicersity admissions and tradiational approaches to curriculum and certification. (Editor)