A former president of the American Federation of Teachers now says that, under the right circumstances, vouchers might help humanize schools. (Author/MLF)

The Elaboration Theory of Instruction is an alternative to organizing instruction in terms of a hierarchical task analysis. The hierarchical organization results in an instructional sequence that begins with highly fragmented, small pieces of the subject-matter content, which many educators have found to be demotivating. The elaboration theory…

In an instructional experiment in poetry in a college English literature course, chronology of publication and labels of authorship were ignored in the study of Wordsworth and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads." In the original plan for the "Lyrical Ballads," Coleridge was to supply poems treating supernatural elements as real,…

The teaching practices presented in this manual address the following curriculum areas: language arts, art, music, guidance, physical education, special education, human relations, library skills, social studies, science, class management, math, reading, spelling, English as a second language, typing, foreign languages, humanities, English,…

This paper details a computer managed program of instruction called Teaching Information Processing System (TIPS) as adapted to an introductory psychology course. TIPS encourages the instructor to formulate objectives for meaningful units of a course--objectives which should imply what changes in student behavior indicate mastery. Then multiple…

TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA WHICH CAN ENCOURAGE CREATIVE BEHAVIOR ARE PRESENTED. AT CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS THERE ARE DISCONTINUITIES IN CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPANIED BY LOSS OF INTEREST IN LEARNING. SOME DISCONTINUITIES CAN BE DECREASED OR ELIMINATED BY GUIDED, PLANNED EXPERIENCES IN CREATIVE THINKING. THESE IN TURN CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO CIRCLE. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO PROVIDE THE RAPIDLY GROWING URBAN UNIVERSITY WITH NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND MEDIA. DETAILS OF ORGANIZATION, STAFF, EQUIPMENT, SPACE, AND BUDGET ARE GIVEN. FACULTY COMMITTEES…

INFORMATION RELATED TO INNOVATIVE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN OHIO IS PRESENTED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS THROUGH THE USE OF QUESTIONNAIRES. ENTRIES INCLUDE--(1) GEOGRAPHIC REGION, (2) COUNTY, (3) CITY OR VILLAGE, (4) LOCAL DISTRICT, AND (5) PROJECT TITLE. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF SELECTED PROGRAMS…

THE STUDY EXAMINED THE DISPLAY AND RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS BY WHICH A STUDENT CAN INTERACT WITH A SUBJECT MATTER DISCIPLINE. IT ASSUMED THAT THE STUDENT-SUBJECT MATTER INTERFACE IS A FUNCTION OF THE STIMULUS AND RESPONSE PROPERTIES OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE LEARNING REQUIREMENTS OF THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR BEING TAUGHT. CHAPTER ONE COVERED THE…

The goal of the research and development project described is to make it possible for students in grades K-8 to acquire at least minimal computer-related skills. The report gives the long range goals of the project, perceptions on the need for a computer literacy program, recommendations of approaches for satisfying that need, and the pros and…

The research presented in this report investigated the critical factors that affected the decision to abandon or replace a curricular innovation in one elementary school. The specific innovation examined in this research is called developing mathematical processes, which emphasizes process and induction rather than computational skills. Although…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SITUATIONAL PERCEPTIONS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHERS RATED AS INNOVATORS FROM JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHERS RATED AS TRADITIONALISTS. TEACHERS IN FOUR TEXAS JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE RATED BY THEIR DEANS, AND 52 WHO WERE RATED AS IN TRADITIONAL OR INNOVATIVE GROUPS…

Described are the experiences of the head of the television production center established by the BBC at Jordanhill College (Glasgow), who accepted the challenge of trying to integrate the use of television into all areas of instruction at the college. (LS)