This test of the Biglan model demonstrated that differences did exist on certain tasks for clusters of department chairpersons. The tasks identified for each cluster represent professional development needs common to all chairs in the cluster and different from the needs of chairs in the other clusters. (Author/IRT)

Recounts various answers offered to the question of why the study of history is or is not a valid undertaking, offers reasons why historians must make their research more useful, and suggests that learning will come to an end when historians no longer believe in their own worth and no longer strive for high professional standards. (DB)

Stresses that departments of psychology in colleges and universities should supplement existing curricula with a human service psychology emphasis. Explains why and how this should be done. (DB)

To help students overcome difficulties completing research projects (including limited feedback, lack of deadlines, press of more immediate activities, etc.), the article suggests a behavioral research supervisory system. The goal of the system is to ensure that undergraduate students steadily perform all activities needed for completing research…

Criticizes the type and extent of statistical training given to undergraduate students in psychology courses on the college level and suggests ways of improving this training. Suggestions include introducing broad concepts of differential and inferential statistics at the beginning of the course and presenting introductory information on…

Questions whether higher achieving students complete an achievement test faster than lower achievers, reviews relevant research, and poses various hypotheses regarding test completion and achievement. Findings indicated that perhaps there is a tendency for better students to finish early on tests but that the correlation between test score and…

Suggests ways in which universities can improve the quality of the educational experience, including keeping the size of classes small, encouraging better teacher/student ratios, supporting team teaching, and attracting and retaining better students. (Author/DB)

Rexford Brown, Thomas D. Horn, James Sledd, and Rudolph C. Troike discuss the most significant language arts developments of the 1970s, their hopes for the 1980s, and references of value to elementary language arts teachers. (DD)

The author argues that British adult education should have interaction between theory and practice, and that practioners should realize that theory is their province, too. Another need is to discover and evaluate the ideologies implicit in the existing patterns of practice in all adult education, not just in community education. (MF)

As acquisitive Europeans expanded their frontiers, they needed land. Thus the need to instantly convert Indians to a "civilized" agrarian way of life, and thus the need for Indian education in the mode of the White man. (Author)

Explores the gap between rhetoric and reality in the areas of adult education and continuing education, using Great Britain as an example. Emphasizes that existing provisions should be opened up to more students and that all adults should receive some form of educational entitlement. (DB)

Describes a social problems sociology course in which reading and writing assignments are of paramount importance. The article is presented in three sections--an account of the teacher's goals, plans, and experiences; evaluation of the course by the undergraduate research associate; and reflections by the teacher on literacy and academic values.…

Enumerates ways in which university sociology departments can help students find out about career possibilities in the field of sociology. Suggestions include providing information on employment opportunities and graduate programs, identifying occupations of graduated sociology majors, advising students about employment and graduate school, and…

Examines the relationship between science and the socioeconomic and cultural systems of society and how UNESCO has promoted international cooperation in social science, education, science, and culture. Suggests ways American educators can further UNESCO goals. (CK)

Suggests that much of the resistance among mathematics teachers to educational change is due to lack of understanding of the objectives and operation of the new math. Suggests how to emphasize the successes and positive aspects of mathematics reform. (DB)