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Hiemstra, Roger; Sisco, Burton – 1990
A comprehensive how-to guide is presented to help in developing individualized instruction for adult learners. The guide provides information on planning, organizing, and implementing an effective personalized process for instructing adults to help them achieve their full learning potential. The monograph is divided into three parts: Part 1,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Maas, Trude A. – 1983
Dutch secondary schools offer educational programs on four tracks, vocational and nonvocational. At the end of each program, a final examination is administered, with the test content areas determined by law, by the schools, and by the student's individual program. Assessment is by means of a written, nationally administered exam and…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, General Education
Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1982
The nine essays in this collection examine various issues regarding the utilization of computers in the school curriculum, including the selection of objectives, learning activities and appraisal procedures in curriculum development; providing for individual differences among learners; staff development; behaviorism as an emphasis for programmed…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Course Objectives
Gay, Geraldine – 1985
The purpose of this study was to examine how learners with different levels of prior understanding of a topic interact and learn from computer-assisted video instruction systems when they have control of content, sequence, pace, and mode of instruction. Based on pretest scores, 80 subjects were randomly selected, half with low prior conceptual…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction
Helmich, Edith; Wasem, Leighton – 1985
Most teachers and the public believe that children in kindergarten and the primary grades benefit from small classes because of children's need for individualized instruction and teacher attention. This report, part of a comprehensive policy study of early childhood education, presents a review of the research on the effect of class size on…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Class Size
Brophy, Jere E.; Rohrkemper, Mary M. – 1982
Several teacher motivation variables were examined for relationships to stategies teachers use for responding to problem students. During interviews, 98 elementary school teachers described general strategies to twelve types of problem students: (1) failure syndrome; (2) perfectionist; (3) underachiever; (4) low achiever; (5) hostile aggressive;…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, Discipline, Elementary Education
Horak, Willis J.; Roubinek, Darrell L. – 1981
This study analyzed the effects of different teacher education programs on students' attitudes about classroom management, student trust, and teacher discipline. Data was collected from 81 preservice elementary education majors who were participating in three different teacher education programs. Eight factors were used as the basis for attitude…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Education Majors
Feeney, Stephanie; And Others – 1980
Some of the parallels in development between young children and young adolescents are explored, and ways in which approaches used in early childhood education can be applied to programs for young adolescents are suggested. In a comparison of the characteristics of the child and the adolescent, similarities are found in physical, intellectual,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Individual and Group Behavior in Educational Organizations under Environmental Stress. Final Report.
Terborg, James R. – 1978
The purpose of this report was to consider factors that might be important for understanding how schools as organizations respond to environmental stress. Literature from psychology, sociology, education, and political science is reviewed and an attempt is made to integrate a diverse body of findings, using concepts from general systems theory and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bibliographies, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Shumway, Richard J., Ed. – 1980
This volume represents an effort to develop a definitive reference work on research in mathematics education. The reference is divided into two parts. Part 1, on the research process, focuses on problems of research methods and their relevance to research in mathematics education. Part 1 also introduces the beginner to some of the issues and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Research
Moody, Charles D., Sr. – 1979
It is critical to differentiate between desegregation and integration since only the latter denotes interaction between equals. Integration should be the goal for our schools while desegregation is one possible vehicle which may move us in that direction. To achieve integration, the issues which must be addressed are community involvement and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Cultural Awareness
Church, Austin T.; Weiss, David J. – 1980
A pilot study on the development and administration of a test using a spatial reasoning problem, the 15-puzzle, is described. The test utilizes on-line capabilities of a real-time computer to record an examinee's progress on each problem through a sequence of problem-solving "moves", and to collect additional on-line data that might be…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Cognitive Measurement, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level
Berkeley, Muriel V.; Entwisle, Doris R. – 1979
This is an intensive observational study of teacher behavior in six kindergartens in three schools. The schools were picked to be typical examples of a white middle class suburban school, an integrated lower class urban school, and a black lower class urban school. In all three schools teachers used the greatest proportion of class time (from 33…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
GROPPER, GEORGE L.; KRESS, GERALD C., JR. – 1964
THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATE APPROACHES TOWARD INDIVIDUALIZATION OF FIXED-PACED PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION WAS ASSESSED. THIS REPRESENTED THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF THREE STUDIES CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PACING MODE AND BEHAVIOR. (REFER TO ACCESSION NUMBERS ED 003 199, ED 003 200, AND ED 003 202 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Educational Television, Educational Testing
Toler, Donna J. – 1978
A study was undertaken to determine which types of verbal humor are preferred by children and to discover how well adults can predict what children will perceive as humorous. Fifteen adults (education students, parents, and teachers) were asked to rate 25 jokes on a four point scale ranging from not funny at all and not very funny to kind of funny…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Childhood Interests, Curriculum Development
