Provides a learning profile for evaluating student behavior so that teachers may use a tool to assist them in improving their student's academic performance. (RK)

A plea for adults to respect children's growth patterns and to realize that a child's feelings about himself will determine, in large part, his ability to cope with his world. (Author/ST)

The planning and development of a new education center at Particino in Sicily is described. Based upon a maieutic approach to education, the program emphasizes both theoretical and practical processes of collective exploration which takes as its starting point the experience and intuition of the individual student. (SM)

A discussion of instructional systems characterized by a set of learner objectives or competencies in which three processes bring about individualization: assessment, diagnosis and prescription. (Author/HB)

A discussion of an experiment on learner controlled instruction as opposed to teacher controlled instruction in math and physics instruction. (HB)

Underscores the importance and influence of positive attitudes as a factor which affects achievement in second language learning. (RL)

Discusses the use of self-instruction in conducting a college laboratory program in biology. Six different laboratory exercises are set up in carrels, and students rotate around the carrels as they individually complete each exercise. (JR)

The Keller Method requires abolishing lectures as a vehicle of information transfer in favor of a study guide and breaking the biochemistry course into a number of units each to be mastered at the student's own pace. (Editor)

The intention of this article is to identify the main elements in the theme that the community college should guarantee learning and to question their implications. (Author)

Reports the results of a study, supported by the National Science Teachers Association, which examines exemplary secondary school science facilities. Based upon observations in the schools, evolving patterns are evident in the facilities, supporting technology, science programs, and student-staff relationships. These patterns are represented…