This paper reviews evidence that meaningful learning is facilitated by several imagery eliciting strategies including pictorial stimuli, concrete verbal stimuli, and imagery instructions. The review focuses on the conditions under which imagery eliciting strategies facilitate memory for prose or expository texts rather than for more simple…

The paper looks at the value and need for theory, specifically as it relates to career development/career education for the deaf. A review of the literature provides an overview of major theoretical ideas regarding career development. An interactive adjustment model is described which incorporates four parameters: personal characteristics,…

IN OCTOBER 1966 A SEMINAR WAS HELD IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND ON THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN LANGUAGE RESEARCH. THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CONFERENCE, THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, ATTEMPTED TO BRING TOGETHER EMINENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAJOR SCHOOLS OF CURRENT LINGUISTIC RESEARCH. THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE…

A SELECT GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, RESEARCH, GOVERNMENT, AND EDUCATION MET TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MOST OBVIOUS NEW EMERGING TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING RESEARCHABLE PROBLEM AREAS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THE NEW OR…

In examining the field of speech communication and its research, it is clear that most research has focused on linking (linking the individual with the human environment) and regulatory (the regulation of human behavior) behavior. However, the primary goal of human communication is mentation (the development of higher mental processes), and this…

This book is based on the taped proceedings and papers presented at the National Development Conference on Forensics. Part I discusses the foundations of the conference. Part 2 discusses the conference recommendations concerning a definitional statement, future goals and roles, theory and practice, research and scholarship, and professional…

The author suggests that the emerging fields of social practice (such as recreation, social work, and adult education) must all go through a sequential pattern of research needs, first superficially, and then in ever deeper cycles. The six phases of these research needs are: definition of the field (survey and descriptive studies, census studies,…

If American education is to turn out the independent and creative type of person we say we want, then the needs of the individual child must be identified, and teachers must be trained to perceive these needs. Teacher education programs have begun to train teachers in the use of individualized instruction methods, but there is a great need for…

This two-cassette recording of a session of the 1969 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science contains five presentations related to the association's report on preservice science education of elementary school teachers. The papers describe the origins of the report and provide an overview of its contents (Herron);…

An analysis of the teacher behaviors conducive to successful student role-playin g was made. Four teachers experienced in role-playing participated in 10 video-taped role-playing sessions with sixth grade students. Using the Flanders system, an overall interaction matrix was constructed based on data gathered from three of the 10 sessions. Also,…

This report covers the period from the initial grant award for the establishment of a Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) by the Office of Education in June 1966 to August 31, 1969. There are four major sections. "The Problem and the Proposed Solution" deals with the historical background of the RCU and lists the objectives set forth in the proposal.…

The 23rd Annual Central Regional Research Conference in Agricultural Education was attended by 67 participants and guests representing 12 states. This report contains summaries of major presentations, including: (1) "Research Strategies for the Seventies," by John Coster, (2) "Project REDY," by L.J. Phipps, H. Thomas, and D.L. Williams, (3)…

The theory and practice of education have been profoundly influenced since 1900 by the educational research and the educational testing movements. These movements deserve greatly increased historical research. Many current innovations in education have been tried in the past and found wanting. Study of the pioneer educational researches reveals…

The five papers collected in this document were delivered at the 1970 American Educational Research Association symposium sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Teacher Preparation Curriculum. All five focus on developing a research base for teacher education standards, in particular for the "Recommended Standards for Teacher Education" by the…

Discussing teacher training for teachers of American Indians as it exists today, this paper establishes the inadequacy of present training programs (with the exception of the program at Arizona State University, which offers courses specifically designed to train teachers of Indian students). Needs and methodological considerations for training…