The implications for extension in the electronic educational age are tremendous. The idea that an agent will be able to observe a problem from his/her office without always making a farm or home visit adds a new dimension to public educational service. (LRA)

Presents an evaluation design which, because of its simplicity and the ease with which the data collected may be analyzed, is ideal for use in the "real world" as a practical method for evaluating the impact of training on employee behavior. (CT)

Consists of practical classroom techniques. Topics covered are: (1) reading/studies skills techniques for college freshmen, (2) teaching main ideas, (3) a team approach to content area reading, (4) readers theatre, (5) survival skills, (6) passage dependence tests, (7) leisure reading, and (8) using music in informal diagnosis and motivation. (MKM)

The article focuses on models of the causal ascriptive processes in relation to the education of exceptional learners. The model the authors found most useful includes four dimensions of causal attributions, i.e., causes vary in the degree to which they are internal, volitional, mutable, and predictable. (PHR)

The article examines the nature of performance deficits in exceptional learners as they relate to the ability to perform complex cognitive tasks. (PHR)

The article reviews cognitive training for modifying social behaviors among handicapped children. The use of self-evaluation/instruction strategies is explored including such areas as locus of control and generalization and maintenance of appropriate behaviors. (PHR)

Evaluations were made of 46 mentally retarded residents (mean age=18.32 years) in a central Ohio state institution using part one of the American Association on Mental Deficiency's Adaptive Behavior Scale. A significant overall setting effect was not revealed in the multivariate analysis of variance for repeated measures. (Author)

The two experiments described investigated the effects of pictures on the recall of prose passages from newspapers by children. Both single pictures expressing the main idea and groups of pictures illustrating each sentence helped fourth graders recall content. (Author/BK)

Describes a study comparing a conventional textbook/lecture teaching method and a teaching method based on current event readings with lectures and class discussions. The study sought to show whether improvement in students' understanding of economics was influenced by teaching method and selected characteristics of students and teachers. (AYC)

Deals with results and implications of a national study of Canadian practices in preservice environmental education. Points out needs for improved communication, continued research, more funding, better teaching materials, more attention to the field, and better leadership in teacher training institutions. (JD)

Children's difficulties remembering correct algorithms for operations with fractions are traced to difficulties in the instructional sequence. Many teachers "teach mistakes" by failing to provide sufficient referents for their pupils. (MP)

Some attempts to create situations where students work enthusiastically at mathematics are reviewed. Many approaches and items that could be used to generate pupil enthusiasm are presented. (MP)

Ways that teacher centers can help teachers deal with their problems are explored. (JD)

Ted Miller, professor of counseling and human development at the University of Georgia, defines developmental education and student development and then discusses the components of the Tomorrow's Higher Education Model for Student Development and the need for student affairs practitioners to foster student development rather than cater to…

Presents the theory that rhetorical modes taught in developmental writing courses parallel the process of human cognitive development. Describes the teaching strategies and competencies incorporated in a developmental writing course which proceeds sequentially from description through analysis, comparison, classification, and cause and effect. (JP)