Two studies evaluated long term effects of the Direct Instruction Follow Through Model with 624 fifth and sixth graders and about 500 high school and older students who had received Follow Through instruction. Achievement and college acceptance results consistently favored the Follow Through groups over control groups with strongest effects in…

The study found significant improvements in behavior when a profoundly mentally retarded blind subject was reinforced with music. The young woman also discriminated among different types of music, and behavior rates varied accordingly. (Author/DB)

The study with eight learning-disabled elementary grade students found modeling a more effective feedback strategy than prompting on subjects' sight word reading performance. Differences were generally maintained at one-month and three-month follow-up. (Author/DB)

Describes the process by which an authentic document may be integrated into first- and second-year college and high school classes to form a cultural component of foreign language study. A discussion is presented on how linguistic and cultural information can be extracted from these documents to form the grammatical level of students. (Author/VWL)

An exploration of second language acquisition research's traditionally separate focus on learners or learning, covering the development-as-sequence model, the development-as-growth model, learning style, cognitive orientation, and affective orientation, argues that a "whole" approach to language teaching must consider both the structural nature of…

The use of cooperative education as a technique for increasing both test performance and interest in a course of introductory statistics was studied. The hypothesis was that students in voluntary groups would perform better than students in assigned groups and that group learning would be more effective than individual learning. (MLW)

Described is an investigation of the contributions of genes and environment to a quantitative character using readily available varieties of dwarf beans. Included are a list of materials, typical results, and a student instruction sheet. (CW)

Argues against the use of an alternative model of Language Awareness (LAw), which rejects Transformational Grammar-based applications of language study in favor of a semiotics-based approach, and presents examples of teaching English to native Bengali speakers to support the use of the more traditional LAw. (CB)

Assesses the use of seven common faculty evaluation methods (teacher interviews, competency tests, student evaluation, student achievement, classroom observation, peer review, and self-evaluation) for English-as-a-Second-Language teachers. A developmental orientation to evaluation is outlined that considers different stages of teaching careers and…

Offers a working model of exercises and suggestions for integrating the videocamera into the foreign-language classroom. Although the video exercises described are intended to build on the various language skills being taught and acquired, the model is flexible, and the instructor can use as few or as many of the exercises to complement other…

Explores China's literary tradition to refute popularly held beliefs regarding Chinese literary genres and to illustrate how teachers of Chinese students can take advantage of such fundamental Chinese beliefs as: (1) the personal is political; (2) the written word carries power; and (3) the product outweighs the process. (92 references) (CB)

Discussed is a series of lectures designed to illustrate the use of general organic chemical principles in molecular biology, introduce current research in interdisciplinary areas to the beginner, increase interest in organic chemistry, and bridge the gap between traditional organic chemistry, biology, and the consumer. An outline is presented.…

Discussed are two techniques that can be used to directly test the theory that the plates which make up the crust of the earth are still moving. Described are the use of satellite laser ranging and very long baseline interferometry. Samples of data and their analysis are provided. (CW)

A teaching method in which students develop models of simple systems to learn critical thinking and scientific methodology is presented. Discussed are the stages of the development of a model and the possible outcomes of the use of model development for students. (CW)

Discussed is some of the confusion encountered in electrochemistry due to misunderstandings of sign conventions and simple mathematical errors. Clarified are issues involving emf series, IUPAC sign conventions, calculation of cell potentials, reference electrodes, the polarity of electrodes in electrochemical devices, and overpotential. (CW)