Presents a discussion of the ways by which a teacher can make his instruction become more scientific. (RP)

Attempts to determine whether vowel quality in vowel-like sounds is affected by the characteristics of an immediately preceding vowel. (MB)

Age and condition (either constancy-relevant or variability-relevant) interact, with the youngest group in the constancy-relevant condition performing most poorly on concept identification tasks. (MH)

The results of the data revealed a trend toward agreement between teacher and students as to the perception of the seriousness of behavioral acts, yet a discrepancy between the two groups as to appropriate treatment of behavioral problems. Teachers and students need to exchange ideas and experiences regarding behavioral problems. (Author)

Conventional (linear) amplification supplemented with frequency transposition was compared with conventional amplification alone in teaching speech to 18 severely deaf children. The former was not found to be superior to conventional amplification alone as an aid in articulation training. (Author)

The intent of the study was to determine whether persons differing in selected dimensions, e.g., age and educational level, perceive disabilities with similar attitudes. Results indicated that teachers and college students differed significantly regarding areas of exceptionality which should be considered as disabilities. (Author)

Automated and traditional procedures for teaching speech sound discrimination (the /s/ phoneme) were found to be equally effective with 40 second through fourth grade speech handicapped students. (KW)