College students (N=192) and teachers (N=23) responses to a 28-item questionnaire were analyzed to determine the five items most and five items least important in learning. Results suggest that students are practical, goal- or job-oriented, and willing to look to faculty for, or actually demand from the faculty, rather strict guidance. (Author/JN)

Presents observations of 30 high ability students participating in a three-day summer science course. Includes results of tests measuring divergent thinking given to students and student comments on the ideal science teacher, ideal science classroom, and cities of the future. (Author/JN)

This article suggests ways for teachers to help students handle stress. Creating a comfortable, cheerful environment in which children are stimulated to accept challenges and take risks is one of the first steps in teaching children to cope with stress in the classroom. (FG)

A study comparing the performances and preferences of college statistics students in streamed and mixed-ability groups revealed that both types of class organization are workable, but students prefer varied abilities in small work groups. (AM)

A study of response to speed changes in coincidence-anticipation judgments investigated: (1) the existence of directional error; (2) its persistence after extended practice; and (3) its occurrence upon transfer to new contextual stimuli. Reactions of female athletes to a Bassin anticipation task are discussed. (PP)

A study used psychometric information to determine the efficacy of a stress management unit in a high school health class. Students who took the unit showed improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and the ability to relax, as demonstrated on tests of heart rate and muscular tension. (PP)

Presents the results of a questionnaire given to 320 undergraduates asking from which college course did they learn the most, the least, and why. Results show a majority of students cited the teacher as being responsible for both the courses they learned the most and the least from. (DS)

The Nebraska Psychiatric Institute at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine has developed a program for teaching ethics in the psychiatric clerkship. Educational objectives for the program are defined and the program content is described. Student response has been enthusiastic. (JMD)

The use of remote broadcasting equipment in the training of interview skills to third-year medical students is described. Equipment consists of a radio transmitter used by the instructor, and a small hearing-aid-like device worn by the interviewer. This technique allows immediate feedback to the student. (MLW)

Describes the curriculum involved in teaching "Facing History and Ourselves: The Holocaust and Human Behavior," a program written for secondary social studies students, and gives samples of student and educator reactions to the course. (JD)

Introductory psychology students were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. For the first half of the class term, only Group 1 received instructor-prepared notes. In the second half of their term, only Group 2 did. Achievement did not differ until phase two, when Group 1 had significantly lower performance. (SJL)

Discusses the role played in classroom communication by each hemisphere of the brain and how each helps a child decide on the authenticity of verbal communication. Cites a study of verbal-nonverbal cues and brain functioning revealing that children rely on the nonverbal cues as indicators of the true message. (FL)

To provide an opportunity for pharmacy students to acquire a better understanding of the medical service representative's functions as a member of the pharmaceutical industries' marketing force, a practice experience elective course in pharmaceutical sales was developed at the University of Cincinnati. Course planning and implementation are…

Describes an ethnographic research study of collective student activities that occur during instruction in basic subjects. Intensive observation was made of a first-grade and a fifth-grade classroom. Observations were recorded every day for five months. In addition, students were formally interviewed to get their interpretations of lessons. (SS)

Summarized are three studies which used the Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory to measure the psychological and social-affective impact of six different classroom settings and a specific mainstreaming procedure on 240 educable mentally retarded and learning disabled pupils. Implications for mainstreaming and placement decisions are drawn. (SJL)