This report describes two 4-week research training institutes (July 1966), supported by USOE funds, and designed to increase the competence of junior college research directors and staff. Organized by the California Junior College Association (and the University of California Extension Division), the institutes were held concurrently at the…

This research study is a continuation of the work on Instructional Flexibility Training (IFT) developed by Joyce and Hodges. It attempts to discover if the use of IFT helped student teachers control the flexibility of their teaching styles, whether they could employ a variety of teaching models, and whether the conceptual ability of the teacher…

Two major hypotheses were tested in three experiments. The first hypothesis proposed that students can imitate and internalize filmic codes, to be used subsequently as covert schematized mediators. The second hypothesis was that subjects with low relevant aptitude scores would profit more than better able subjects from films which model for them…

A compilation of readings by professional educators on aspects of the Continuing Education Unit, a new measurement concept for noncredit continuing education, is given. An Interim Statement of The National Task Force to Study the Feasibility and Implementation of a Uniform Unit for the Measurement of Non-Credit Continuing Education Programs is…

This paper provides psychological and sociological substance to Kurt Lewin's conceptions of topological territories. (Author/AM)

This policy brief draws on research and evaluations of efforts in Tennessee, California, and Wisconsin to describe different approaches to reducing class size in kindergarten through third grade. Tennessee implemented a randomized experiment to investigate the effectiveness of smaller classes; California used a statewide approach; and Wisconsin…

Author presents a brief record of probes directed towards the experiential enrichment of the normal person. The experiments are also explorations into human potentials and efforts to enlarge understnading of the contents and processes of the human mind. (Author/RK)

This article discusses a method of teaching and learning in which the family is used as a paradigm, providing the prototype for subsequent relationships. It is hypothesized that if the dynamics of familial relations are understood, it should be possible to perceive analogous dynamics at work in other relationships. (Author/RWP)

Report on an experiment at the University of Maryland. (DD)

Results of experiment showed that of the 80 per cent of students cheating, roughly half had a GPA of over 85. (SP)

Learners in a graduate course were given some behavioral objectives and took mastery test when they felt they were ready; author found they scored significantly higher on the unit and final examinations when compared to a control group. (Editor)

The traditional theoretical rationale underlying audio-visual instruction has been that the more concrete a presentation is, the more effective it will be in the instructional situation. Some researchers have questioned the validity of the above rationale. The author presents evidence that it may be advantageous to compress and simplify…