Statistical analysis indicates that a note-taking group performed significantly better overall than a no-notes group on both an immediate and a delayed quiz although both groups showed a significant decline in performance in the latter quiz. (JMF)

The utility of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system is criticized, based upon (1) difficulties in computerized retrieval of literature on evaluation; (2) the fact that few items listed in a bibliography on evaluation (RIE: ED 166 244) were included in the ERIC data base. (See also RIE: ED 160 664). (GDC)

The model stresses interactions among specific combinations of cognitive task requirements, learner characteristics, and instructional treatment properties, in a manner analogous to the aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) model. "Supplantation" is the provision of overt assistance to learners in performing a specific process required by…

An analysis of the personality, scholarship, and teaching style of Frederick J. Teggart, a respected scholar and lecturer in the social sciences at the University of California Berkeley from 1919 to 1940. (SJL)

To force shorthand students to develop rapid writing motions early in the skill-learning process, the author describes a procedure for shorthand teachers to use in dictation practice involving fast scribbling of outlines, with later improvement of form. (MF)

The relationship established between the Adult Basic Education (ABE) student and teacher in the first minutes of the student's first visit is crucial to the student's motivation and future learning. An ABE instructor suggests strategies to achieve immediate rapport and at the same time determine the student's needs and wanted skills. (MF)

Recommends a series of sense exploration exercises to help students develop more adequate descriptive writing. (TJ)

The Fernald Technique (originated by G. Fernald), which is a multi-modal approach involving tracing, is one method of teaching reading to learning disabled students. (Author/PHR)

The article explains the Grunes interview procedure, in which drawings of people significant to the interviewee are used, along with a series of 91 questions which all begin "Which one...", to facilitate conventional diagnostic interviews with children who cannot communicate verbally. (PHR)

Proposes the use of an analysis of synonyms as a method for contributing to the development of cognitive skills in culturally deprived children. (AM)

Proposes the use of word games to promote the enjoyment of literature studies by second language learners. (AM)

Applies the principles of linguistics to the teaching of vocabulary in the French elementary schools, and to the training of teachers of French on the elementary level. (AM)

Projects of second-year university students enrolled in French classes are described. Instead of regular classes, projects on similar subjects were grouped and presented to the class as a whole. Student reactions obtained through a questionnaire are also reported. (SW)

Presents a checklist of characteristics useful for planning an evaluation study intended to demonstrate the range of options available to client and decision maker. A series of questions is proposed focusing on the scheduling of evaluations, and recommendations are made for their design. (Author/JEG)

The adoption of a criterion-referenced assessment system and the resulting disadvantages of this form of evaluation for the college general education program are discussed, including problems in identifying assessment validation procedures. (RAO)