Research supported in part by United States Public Health Research Grant No. NB-07346.

The "mini-unit" focuses on the hobby of antiques and collectibles for gifted students. Among 10 objectives listed for the unit are to exhibit elaboration of ideas, use visual imagery, and learn social courtesies by working with older people in the community. Activities emphasize brainstorming, writing, conducting interviews, going on…

This guide provides articles and activities designed to make elementary students in Oklahoma aware of their historical heritage. It introduces students to the people and events that produced the state of Oklahoma. The guide is arranged into five sections. Section one presents 12 articles focusing on such topics as life before the white man,…

A number of learning center activities designed to help elementary school students learn to read a newspaper intelligently are presented in this guide. Specific activities deal with newspaper vocabulary, using an index, identifying the five "W's" in a news article, editorials, characteristics of various kinds of newspaper cartoons (advertising,…

This paper discusses computer simulation as a tool for teaching about phenomena characterized by a problem to be solved, a task or goal to be reached, a procedure to be learned, or an environment to be understood. Simulation is defined and characterized by an examination of both the attributes that are common to simulations, and a taxonomy…

THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION LECTURER AND THE STUDENTS WAS CONSIDERED. A FEEDBACK SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO ENABLE A STUDENT TO INDICATE HIS RESPONSE TO A TV LECTURER'S QUESTION BY PUSHING ONE OF FIVE BUTTONS AT STUDENT STATIONS IN THE TV LECTURE AREA. VIA A READ-OUT DEVICE THE INSTRUCTOR EVALUATED THE STUDENT…

A PROGRAM CONSISTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL DESIGNED TO LEAD A PUPIL ALMOST UNAIDED AND WITHOUT ERROR TO A PRESELECTED LEVEL OF LEARNING BY WHAT AMOUNTS TO A PAVLOVIAN STIMULUS-RESPONSE-TOWARD PATTERN. BEHIND ANY PROGRAM LIES THE THEORY THAT THE MATERIAL MUST START WITH SOMETHING FAMILIAR TO THE STUDENT AND PROGRESS WITH INCREASING DIFFICULTY…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE--(1) TO DEFINE AND ISOLATE THE BASIC PROCESSES INVOLVED IN PAIR-ASSOCIATE LEARNING, (2) TO SPECIFY THE IMPORTANT VARIABLES RELATED TO THESE PROCESSES AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EACH BECOMES IMPORTANT, (3) AND TO DEFINE AND ASSESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FORMATION PROCESS IN PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING…

THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN 5 1/2, 6 1/2, AND 7 1/2 YEARS OF AGE ON AN ODDITY PROBLEM UNDER THREE CONDITIONS OF DISTRACTION WAS INVESTIGATED. SUBJECT'S GLANCES AWAY FROM THE TASK WERE RECORDED ALONG WITH THEIR LEARNING DATA. ON THE BASIS OF EARLIER FINDINGS AND AN HYPOTHESIS THAT THE ABILITY OF CHILDREN TO MOBILIZE AND DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION…

A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE ROLE OF NONINTELLECTIVE FACTORS IN LEARNING WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF NEEDED RESEARCH. STUDIES WERE REVIEWED WHICH WERE CONSIDERED ILLUSTRATIVE OF PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS NONINTELLECTIVE FACTORS IN A VARIETY OF LEARNING SITUATIONS. BASIC TO THE SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM THE REVIEW WAS A…

This book covers many practical aspects of language learning. The first section entitled "The 'Whys' of Language Learning" discusses such topics as the following: (1) everyone can learn a language; (2) easier and more difficult elements in a language and classification of languages according to difficulty for speakers of English; (3) length of…

This guide contains activities for use in helping elementary school pupils increase the quality and quantity of their written expression. The first section of the book contains prewriting, writing, and postwriting activities designed to develop specific skills. The remaining eight sections offer prewriting, writing, and postwriting activities for…