Illustrates the extent to which an insensitive administrative policy can disrupt the educational process and inhibit the development of viable learning situations with the case of an experimental social studies class observed during the first half of the school year 1969-70. (Author/JM)

Study conducted to assess the differential effectiveness of two or more creativity instructional programs which purport to develop similar skills and abilities among pupils of the same age. (Authors/CB)

Discusses insightful learning, trace system,'' and laws of perception and Pragnanz in connection with problem solving and critical thinking in science teaching. Suggests 19 guidelines for sequencing curriculum and identifying activities for use in science classes. (CC)

Contains a systems analysis of the Mankind-Education System and a block-diagram model of this system. (DD)

Telelecture is a system by which a lecturer's voice is transmitted through a telephone line, fed into amplifiers and then heard through loudspeakers at any number of distant locations. (Author)

Studies context as a significant aid to the learning and retention of words. (RB)

Assuming he has basic work recognition skills, any child can read any book with some degree of comprehension if the teacher conveys a positive attitude and students learn to read with purpose. (Author/RB)

Discusses mastery testing as a method for evaluating music education. (RK)

Hawaii elementary teachers were surveyed to find out how extensively the state health instructional guide was used, what nutrition teaching techniques were employed, and what the teachers felt they still needed. (BL)

Each speaker-hearer commands a language system that he uses unconsciously as he speaks and writes. Discovery of the rules underlying that system shows the futility of some accepted teaching practices and suggests other approaches. (Author)

Special issue devoted to research and the teaching of French in the elementary school. (VM)