This study was designed to determine what types of evaluation practices are being carried out in schools involved in flexible scheduling and independent study. A questionnaire, designed to determine if a flexibly scheduled school had included the independent study phase of instruction and if an evaluation program for this phase exists, was sent to…

This document describes the innovative approach that Minnesota Metropolitan State College, a recently established upper level college, has developed. It is felt that many of the aspects of the MMSC plan can be beneficial to planners in black colleges across the U.S. See also HE 003 464. (HS)

Upper level colleges, those institutions offering only junior and senior year baccalaureate programs and programs leading to master's and doctoral degrees, could be funded under the same formulas as other colleges and universities, but the development of a special funding formula is highly recommended. In the state of Texas, the funding formula…

Practical advice is offered to the prospective practice teacher in this article. Comments focus on public relations, instructional materials, teaching methods, dress standards, student evaluation, and student-teacher relationships. (RL)

This songbook contains some 77 songs, with words and music, reflecting the daily life and culture of the people of Czechoslovakia. The text is designed for use, as supplementary material, in the Defense Language Institute's "Czech: Basic Course." (RL)

A method providing objective analysis of teacher and student interaction is described in this article. Feedback derived from a matrix of the teacher's classroom behavior (prepared by a professional observer) provides objective information in 10 separate categories. The categories, characteristic of any teacher's classroom behavior and teaching…

The relationships between two measures of self-esteem and each of two measures of general anxiety and test anxiety were examined. There were statistically negative correlations between the measure of self-esteem and each of the measures of general anxiety and test anxiety when scores were analyzed by total group, grade level, and sex. (Author/BJG)

Using a great variety of word problems drawn from many contexts can make multiplication and division rules more relevant to the student's needs. (SD)

Presented is a paradigm for teaching basic and semibasic arithmetic facts to children with arithmetic difficulties, in which the student progresses from the use of concrete materials such as blocks, to the use of diagrams such as tally marks, to a reasoning process, to responding in an automatic manner. (DLS)

The results of this study of pre-service elementary teachers show that the majority of teachers studied preferred to use partition as opposed to measurement division word problems, were able to distinguish between the two, and actually used partition to introduce division of whole numbers. (MN)

Instructional sequences are presented for teaching two-digit multiplication and division with one- and two-digit divisors using a base-oriented approach. (MN)

Investigated whether there was a difference in achievement between ninth and tenth grade students upon completion of a year of biology. A comparison of mean scores on the final examination showed there was no significant difference between grade levels. (MLH)

Surveyed college students (N=688) from two universities to examine variables related to drinking, i.e., peer pressure, social ease, and desire to refrain from drinking. Results show class standing and gender to be variables affecting resistance to pressure to drink (RPD). Presents preventive strategies for university administrators. (BH)

Some benefits of helping learners think in prime numbers are detailed. Reasons for the decay of this ability are described, with short division presented as one activity which should be reintroduced in schools. (MNS)

Manipulated three types of examiners and four types of data in order to study the examiner effect on self-reports of drug use by students (N=152). Analyses revealed that type of examiner, sex, and year in school had a significant three way interaction affecting self-reports of drug use. (Author/BH)