The purpose of this paper is to promote a problematic based upon the hypothesis of match and mismatch between teaching strategies and learning styles. Evidence is examined that supports the proposition that match and mismatch may be vital factors in evaluating teaching effectiveness. Classical experiments are extraneous to the debate because the…

The purpose of the study was to investigate and describe the teaching strategies of five teachers fostering the natural development of literacy in prekindergarten children, prior to and during the teachers' introduction to a meaning-centered model of written language learning. Teachers were interviewed and videotaped. Observations were followed by…

A research project surveyed 97 students enrolled in Composition 101 at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in an effort to determine what goes on in the mind of a student faced with three choices of argument topics. The hypothesis was that Topic C--profanity--would be chosen most often and that the reasons cited would be "universality,"…

A study was conducted to investigate the relationships among sex, attribution, and selection of communication strategy in an instructional setting. The attributions and communication strategies selected by students following failing performances were examined. In addition, two sex variables were investigated--the sex of the subject and the sex of…

It was the purpose of this study to compare the concepts of reading given by children defined as "good" readers and "poor" readers. (Author)

The study reported here had two main aims: to collect data relating to verbal participation in 'conventional' tutor-led groups and to examine the feasibility of using leaderless groups in university teaching. (Author)

In this article the reader is launched into the story of how the educational village called Parkland Community College came to be. (Author/RK)

Discusses the general design and operation of a quantitative analysis laboratory which is relevant to the student's career objectives and provides reliable and objective criteria for judging student performance. Included are a list of core experiments and a description of student responses. (CC)

Student perceptions of their behaviors in graded courses were compared with those in courses where they received written evaluation. While they reported working equally hard and being equally anxious, they did more of the reading in the evaluation courses and "got more out of" the graded ones. "Getting something out of" a…

Evaluations were obtained with the same questionnaire item in 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1972 at Carnegie-Mellon University. Evaluations varied by drug, but were predominantly "beneficial and helpful" (marijuana, hallucinogens, tranquilizers and barbiturates) or had "no particular effect" (amphetamines, beer, liquor, tobacco, and narcotics). (Author)