In today's educational setting, assessment results weigh heavily in determining what students should know and be able to do. In addition, because assessment scores are often tied to accountability systems that affect both teaching and learning, they influence what is taught in the classroom. The changes in the use of assessments underscore the…

Creative drama offers many techniques which provide a good way to approach curriculum goals. Introducing children to theater and play production in the classroom setting can create energy in the classroom, foster a sense of self-identification, and teach children to experientially appreciate drama as an art form. Multilevel learning is involved in…

Although older persons tend to have more difficulties in learning situations than younger people, questionnaires completed by United Auto Workers union members between the age of 60 and 65 indicated they were able to adjust to employment changes when properly motivated and trained. (AG)

Presents two examples of astronomical problems suitable for use in teaching of Newton's and Kepler's laws of motion in a logical fashion. Indicates that the gratuitous presentation of physical principles may lead to removal of student interests and sense of achievement and satisfaction in the study of physics. (CC)

A list of books and articles, periodicals, centers, and clearinghouses dealing with educational alternatives. (JF)

Results of the study show that punishment is an effective condition of learning. (Author)

This essay analyzes motivational factors which influence managers from business and industry in their selection and attendance in management development programs. A multi-phasic paradigm is generated. (Author)

The social, psychological and economic problems involved in programs of adult education for women are discussed. The raising of woman's consciousness and her role change in society are explained as the goal in this education program. (RR)

The author attempts to outline some guiding principles for adult education and learning in order to create a better educational climate for the adult interested in furthering his education. (AN)

The author describes a departure from the conventional high school programs and their credits. Lynchburg Learning Center is an effort to restore the spirit of learning in pupils who, under usual circumstances, would have become statistics in the dropout tables. (Editor/MF)

Includes a list of 8mm film-loop sources. (RD)

A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D.C., November 29, 1969). (Editor/RD)

The techniques used in a course on "French through the theater" emphasize the dramatic rather than realistic, authentic expression rather than authentic language, and the use of instruction to launch students on their own personal course of learning. (MSE)

Discusses the nonexistence of explicit reference to the learner's mental, linguistic, and cultural universe in traditional methods of teaching a foreign language and proposes teaching techniques that will facilitate the integration of the learner's local environment in the foreign language class. (AMH)

In an attitudinal survey conducted with fifth grade pupils, it was found that negative attitudes were formed toward forced activities that were at one time considered desirable. Evidence suggested that extrinsic motivation, either by reward or forced activity, is inferior to intrinsically developed motivation. (Author/NQ)