An experimental study evaluated affective response by students to various teaching media--films, slides, and audio tapes. Goals involved rating the media as to the degree of affective response (emotional involvement or attitudinal learning) each could elicit over non-mediated, teacher presentation of the same material. Affect was defined as…

To determine the effects of teacher comments on spelling test papers, 32 randomly selected fourth- and sixth-grade teachers from low and high socioeconomic area Los Angeles elementary schools used 965 pupils in their regular classes as subjects. The teachers gave the regular weekly spelling test, and one of four evaluation treatments was randomly…

Two problem-solving IBM 1130 computers were installed in two New Orleans high schools for a project designed to enrich the mathematics, science, and physics curricula, to provide student motivation through individualized instruction, to develop course materials, to develop programing skills, and to encourage broader computer use in schools. Four…

A 5-year study was conducted to determine cultural behavior factors affecting community development. The site was a 40-acre tract within the community of Guadalupe, Arizona, and the principal subjects were 79 Yaqui Indian families. Thirty-three other Indian families (non-Yaqui) and 13 Mexican-American families also resided in the tract, producing…

In order to test the hypothesis that integration of the public schools and individual classrooms has resulted in the development of positive attitudes between the races not only on the part of students but also for parents, teachers, principals, and the community at large, the author of this review of research focuses on studies on school…

An attempt at promoting greater variety and thus better student attitudes toward open languages laboratory attendance involves a set pattern of five specific steps in the preparation of taped exercises. Three basic principles are prescribed and illustrated by examples in German, French, and English as a foreign language. (RL)

Problem solving flexibility (PSF), an ability commonly assessed in creativity batteries, was studied in a sample of middle class children (grades 1 through 3, average IQ 114), tested on questions resembling Guilford's consequences procedure. An hypothesis linking PSF with alertness to and interest in the environment was generally supported, more…

The collected seminar papers on childhood education included in this publication have three main objectives: (1) To acquaint participants from four Utah universities with research trends, with emerging principles and practices in child development, (2) to confront participants with different points of view and to provide opportunities to clarify…

This report summarizes the dialogues and debates of 27 secondary school principals who discussed at length the emerging problems of providing a pertinent education for young people. Among the topics discussed are a description of a relevant curriculum according to students and teachers; the teachers' roles in student teacher relationships; effects…

Using a social learning approach, this study compared the effects of two experimental mini-courses on a specially constructed measure of competency of behavioral response. The two experimental groups and the control group were all black high school students. The curricula suitable for use by high school teachers utilized behavioral modification…

The purpose of this guide, developed by a committee of Logan County Elementary reading teachers, is to provide reference materials for the classroom teacher concerning reading lessons in several areas. Contents include sections on kindergarten, listening, phonics, vocabulary, oral reading, comprehension, following written directions, rate of…

A study was made: (1) to determine whether children allowed to choose the difficulty levels of their arithmetic problems in a Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) task would show greater engagement in learning than children who were not given a choice, (2) to discover possible patterns in the choices made, and (3) to determine the relationship of…

The study reconceptualized the construct anticipatory goal deflection and recast it as anticipatory success. Previous theoretical and empirical work was reviewed and a recursive model developed based on 8 hypotheses involving aggregate measures of socioeconomic origin index as an exogenous variable, achievement motivation, and anticipatory…

An evaluation of the Instructional Television (ITV) Program was conducted to measure the success of the project. The program was designed to upgrade teacher competencies and student learning by using ITV: 1) as a tool for classroom instruction and teacher inservice training; 2) as a means of extending the curriculum and motivating students; 3) to…

Three Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (IRIT's) provided a comprehensive half-day program of reading instruction for a period of approximately 11 weeks for 405 third and fourth grade pupils who were in Hartford's validated schools and not achieving up to expectancy. A fourth team, funded by the general budget, provided special reading…