Four deficiencies that exist in the research literature that must be remedied before more conclusive answers about the effects of innovations in the teaching of psychology are examined. These deficiencies are: (1) failure to accurately describe teacher and learner behaviors involved in experimental and control treatments; (2) failure to…

Schools can be changed from the inside if one works with the dynamics that schools respond to. Four generalizations about the change in the schools are that: 1) Innovations must be comprehensible to the leadership of schools, i.e., innovations must be introduced to the administrators of schools as well as teachers -- administrators need to…

Since its inception in 1969, Burlington County College (New Jersey) has been dedicated to implementing a systematically designed approach to instruction and student learning. The core elements of the approach are as follows: (1) development of a basic college philosophy; (2) specification of general institutional objectives; (3) selection of…

This paper presents some inferences about preschool education, based on evaluative research done on the Bereiter-Englemann program. These inferences may be summarized as follows: (1) The Bereiter-Englemann program has clearly had more impact on IQ and achievement than the traditional child-centered approach, but not necessarily more impact than…

This bibliography contains citations of planning and development grant documents related to science and/or mathematics education that appeared in "Pacesetters in Innovation", February, 1969. There are 211 citations concerned with science education projects, 77 with mathematics, and 87 with both areas. Many projects cited concern…

Media for instruction can be characterized as big (expensive) or little (inexpensive), but research evidence suggests that whether a student learns more from one medium than another depends at least as much on how the medium is used as on what medium is used. Thus, this report discusses not only example programs and their results, but also…

This document presents the development of instructional specification (IS), a strategy designed to assist in moving systematically from the statement of desired outcomes to the point that sufficient cues are available to initiate the development of instructional materials and procedures. Five sections which can serve as a blueprint for developing…

"Interdisciplinarity," the integration of concepts and methods between disciplines in teaching and research, may provide an important key to the innovations required in universities to meet the intellectual and social demands of the present time. This report is based on a seminar held in September 1970 and reports the subsequent reflections of a…

This paper describes the design, development and use of computer-based teaching materials in the Physics Computer Development Project at the University of California at Irvine. The decision was made to develop dialogs and simulations related to existing material using the computational mode. The principal thrust has been in wave motion and…

THIS REPORT OF A SYMPOSIUM PRESENTED AT THE CHICAGO AREA CONVENTION IN FEBRUARY 1966 OUTLINES PROJECT "MODELS", A NOVEL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO "MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION OF LEARNING IN THE SCHOOLS." THE INTRODUCTION RELATED THE NEED FOR NEW APPROACHES TO IMPROVING EDUCATION THROUGH RESEARCH TO THE…

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES WERE APPLIED IN DESCRIBING THE BIOLOGY COURSE AT THE THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL, THEODORE, ALABAMA, WHICH WAS SELECTED AS THE UNIT OF STUDY BECAUSE OF ITS ORGANIZATION OF COURSES FOR INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS. A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BIOLOGY COURSE WAS PRESENTED IN TERMS OF THE (1) INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA,…

A form of individualized instruction called "managed" learning is proposed. Three personnel types would be required in such a system: (1) coordinators responsible for providing some education to assigned students and "managing" the rest of the student's education; (2) general service personnel such as guidance, library,…

Children learn basic skills through planned interactional experiences with horseback riding. The therapy is proported to utilize a multi-sensory approach in developing and facilitating psychomotor, language, mathematical, social and emotional skills. Some of the concepts and skills developed are described. (EB)

This essay suggests two innovative instructional approaches for using popular Black music as a model for historical study in the classroom: (1) biographies of popular music artists; and (2) lyrical demonstration of social themes. A list of lyric and album resources is provided. (Author/EB)

Multisensory instructional packages facilitated achievement among slow learners who had not progressed with conventional strategies. (Author/MLF)