A study was conducted (1) to examine the effects of the same reading materials on different individuals and the effects of different reading materials on the same person and (2) to explore whether an individual's preferred pattern of response to a literary selection was related to differences in sex, reading ability, and learning style. Subjects…

THINKABOUT, an ITV series for grades 5 and 6 designed to teach thinking skills, has been used in Wisconsin since 1979. The purposes of this study, conducted in spring 1981, were to identify teacher and student outcomes from using the series, ways of helping teachers to better implement THINKABOUT, means of expanding the use of THINKABOUT, and…

A procedure for student evaluation and feedback on faculty instruction was developed at the University of Washington. The system involved the use of faculty members as facilitators in conducting Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) to generate student feedback to instructors about the courses' strengths, areas needing improvement, and…

A study was conducted at Queensborough Community College to determine if observational, laboratory, and educational activities at an astronomical observatory housing a 12-inch Cassegrain telescope enhanced the attitudes of students enrolled in Physics 110 (The Principles of Astronomy and Science). Two groups of students were involved in the study:…

THIS IS A FINAL REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF FOUR COLLEGE COURSES BY COMPUTER TELEPROCESSING FROM APRIL 1964 TO JUNE 1967. IT OUTLINES THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS THE PREPARATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION OF MATERIALS FOR COMPUTER PRESENTATION OF COURSES IN AUDIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, ENGINEERING ECONOMICS, AND MODERN…

PUPIL DATA, INCLUDING ACADEMIC, EMOTIONAL, AND ATTITUDINAL CHARACTERISTICS, WERE CORRELATED WITH TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS. THERE WAS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT RELATIONSHIPS DID NOT TAKE THE SAME FORM ACROSS THE FIVE GRADE LEVELS OF THE STUDY (GRADES ONE THROUGH FIVE). THE GENERAL IMPRESSION RESULTING WAS THAT THE TYPICAL FIRST GRADER, BEING SOMEWHAT…

THE INTER-INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING EXPERIMENT DESCRIBED DEMONSTRATES THAT FACULTIES OF SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MAY WORK TOGETHER IN A COOPERATIVE PROJECT FOR IMPROVEMENT IN COLLEGE TEACHING. ALTHOUGH THIS COOPERATION IS A NEW AND COMPLEX FIELD IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, IT IS HIGHLY USEFUL. THERE SEEMED TO BE MANY DIFFERENCES IN…

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS WERE USED IN THIS STUDY WITH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A LARGE UNDERGRADUATE SOCIOLOGY CLASS. THE EXPERIMENT WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES--DOCUMENTATION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND MEASUREMENT OF CRITERIA AND ANALYSES. PHASE 1 DEALT WITH THE PROBLEMS OF ABSTRACTING AND ENCODING SOCIAL SCIENCE LITERATURE AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM…

The major objective of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between eleventh-grade biology students' attitude toward science and environmental concepts and their exposure to field trip activities. All students in the sample were using the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) textbook, Green Version. The study was…

Classroom process data indicate that teacher praise cannot be equated with reinforcement. Often it is not even intended as reinforcement, and when it is, it frequently has some other function. The meanings and functions of behaviors typically included under the category of teacher praise are determined by the degree of congruence between verbal…

Seven simulation games were played and evaluated by twenty-six graduate students as part of a course in simulation/gaming. Each student also completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality type inventory which assigns each person to one of 16 types based on their placement on each of four dichotomous dimensions. The students' evaluation…

This paper reviews approaches to understanding how adolescents of different ages and abilities read and understand literature. The specific examples discussed focus on the contrast between "describer" and "explainer" responses to passages in which literary characters experience sudden and traumatic changes in their lives.…