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

Paper tries to review some preliminary ideas to and underlying the setting up of an educational experiment in English as a second foreign language for children aged 10-12. (Author)

Programs for students, teachers, and parents that concentrate on human development, self-understanding, and the problems of young people are described. (DB)

An unusual experiment in Rochester, New York, shows the value of student-centered learning in today's inner-city schools. (Author)

An experimental procedure to increase children's rate of hand-raising is reported. The procedure was tired with 240 grade school children and is held to be effective. (DM)

Plato's rationale for his ideas on teaching and the problems he confronted in convincing other educational leaders of the validity of his beliefs are discussed. (CK)

Much of the content was presented at the TESOL Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1971, and is derived from the author's dissertation Experimental Steps to Ascertain Reliability of Diagnostic Tests in English as a Second Language" (Columbia University). (VM)

An appraisal of performance contracting in an upper income school district. (JF)

Reports on an educational conference held in Toronto stressing spontaneous and expressive alternatives to existing educational patterns in public education. (Author)

Advocates that information on student aptitude for foreign language learning be used not, as in the past, for determining the best general method for language teaching but rather for determining the best teaching method for particular kinds of students. (FB)