An approach to the understanding of history be letting students participate actively as historians. Topics researched were student family origins, aspects of the Civil War, Slavery, and school history. (AP)

A course in Kinematics uses behavioral objectives and problem-solving to speed learning of abstract principles. (GR)

This article describes controlled experiment sponsored by Bureau of Research, Office of Education, to determine whether it is better to present a demonstration before or after discussion of the theory involved, with the conclusion that skills were best taught by presenting demonstration before theory. (IR)

Two hundred seventy subjects were randomly assigned to seven treatments within each of two schools in different socioeconomic neighborhoods. Findings: (1) experimental treatments were more effective; (2) active participation generated more interest in banking occupations; (3) a precise decision favoring overt over covert responding in the active…

The purpose of this paper is to propose a process which will assist the student in formulating defensible moral decisions. (Author/RK)

The use of the Prolog programing language is promoted as the language to use by anyone teaching a course in relational databases. A short introduction to Prolog is followed by a series of examples of queries. Several references are noted for anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding. (MP)

Examines possible reasons for declining employee motivation: greater instability and diversity of values; more guaranteed rewards; inability of rewards to satisfy emerging needs; disappearing work ethic; reduced costs of failure; rising income and progressive taxation; more group production and problem solving; decreased employee loyalty; less…