Discusses the interactive nature of adult illiteracy and emotional maladjustment. Specific emphasis is placed on describing a series of psychological barriers to learning: ambivalence about success; fear of risk taking; overdependence on authority figures; tension; defensive dominance; and intrusive memories of poor learning experiences. A group…

The article reviews ways in which software can be modified for students with mild learning difficulties and criteria for evaluating software in terms of its appropriateness to school curriculum, software format, and its effectiveness in ameliorating learning difficulties of individual children. (CL)

The article describes elementary-level visual and auditory teaching activities using the Langugage Master (for drill and content exercises), the overhead projector (for direct teaching and classroom management), and the cassette tape recorder (for written expression and following directions). (JW)

Holistic scoring of essays, a writing assessment method in which trained raters make a single overall judgement of the quality of a piece of writing, has acceptable reliability, face validity, and speed of administration. (Author/CL)

This book introduces case studies in mathematics education that provide teachers with opportunities to look at someone else's teaching in an objective way and analyze their own teaching with a critical eye. In addition, this book addresses many of the topics considered the hardest to teach and learn, including place value, number sentences, basic…

Industrial arts may provide a meeting ground for persons looking for relevance, a way to fulfill individual needs, and a way to circumvent learning difficulties. (MS)

Study of causes of poor performance not correctable by training is an example of the non-training problems trainers were expected to solve. (Author/RK)

This article was a summary of presentations from the annual International Pupil Personnel Workers Convention, Maryland, 1972. Topics included were human relations, identification of learning problems, behavior change, disruptive children, coordination of community activities and behavior modification in the schools. (JC)

Reading instruction is excluded; a list of 44 references is appended. (SW)

Innovative methods forcapturing the attention of problem learners are described. (CK)

Fatuous "reasons and real reason are examined as they relate to curriculum and teaching. (Author)

Briefly discusses the complexity of the English tag question ( isn't he?" don't I?" etc.) and, in outlining a method for teaching this form, stresses above all the role of intonation patterns. (FB)

Describes a system of further structuring the discrete trial format, an approach that draws on operant conditioning principles to present standardized and consistent learning trials. A flow chart of the Standard Trial Progression and Reinforcement Hierarchy is included, and data collection approaches are suggested. (CL)