This document is the first in a series of 11 subvolumes of a handbook providing training for educational research and development personnel in the development of instructional materials. This subvolume deals with the task of developing a plan study of criterion behaviors. The document content is divided into the following five steps: (a) identify…

A study was conducted in order to determine appropriate components for a full-time faculty workload policy at Central Florida Community College (CFCC). A questionnaire was utilized in a survey of 27 CFCC faculty on what should constitute workload, and workload data for fall term 1976-77 were tabulated. The faculty workload policies of other states…

A number of professors of English comment on the reading requirements of their departments, the amount of reading done by their students, and the ability of their students to handle the reading load. They also contrast their opinions against past practice and student ability of the 60's and early 70's. (RK)

Describes a method that can help student reporters select and cover a beat. (FL)

Discusses reading and writing assignments for a course on the nuclear peril. (MS)

A yearlong study of two mathematics teachers demonstrates that considerably more assignments were completed under a student-paced approach than under a teacher-paced approach. Pupils in the student-paced classes had higher levels of achievement; high-ability students demonstrated no gain under teacher-paced conditions. (Author/BJV)

Describes a research paper assignment that asks students to come up with a question (problem) in some academic field that can be answered (solved) from synthesizing all of the information currently available. Argues that such an assignment teaches the research paper within a rhetorical context. (HOD)

Explains how students can be introduced to the delights and problems of lyric poetry by reading A.E. Housman's "Lovliest of Trees, the Cherry Now." (HOD)

Presents a sample study assignment given in a first year mechanics course that allows students to work in a simplified design mode. The assignment exposes them to an "open-ended" problem requiring a combination of creativity, analytical skills, and group interaction. (BC)

Describes the standard student contribution to the literary magazine and offers substitute writing assignments. (CRH)

Describes writing assignments that other teachers may wish to present in their classes on women's issues. (CRH)

Describes how students are able to empathize with women writers and each other by reading and writing autobiography. (CRH)

Twelve behaviorally disordered special education students were randomly placed in one of three groups: self-recording, self-recording plus backups, and a control group. On-task and academic responding was significantly higher for both experimental groups, but the performance of the two self-monitoring groups was not statistically different.…

Approaches Susan Glaspell's work by uniting role playing and reader response to foster student understanding of their values of the text. (CRH)

Advocates having students stage drama, especially Elizabethan, to discover the production values that add meaning to the text. (CRH)