This bibliography is divided into two main sections. The first section cites general studies having to do with the psychology of foreign language learning. The second section cites books, sections of books, and articles dealing specifically with motivation in language learning. Entries include European and American publications, and most have been…

The effects of feedback on motivation were investigated with a 3 x 3 factorial design. Adult subjects (72 male college students) read prose sentences and completed cloze test items. Feedback on each item was either immediate, delayed, or omitted. A cloze retention test over the sentences was given either immediately, delayed, or was omitted. To…

This manual for those responsible for matching teacher requests and student needs to volunteer services is applicable to a variety of school volunteer programs but concentrates on the type of volunteer service which evolved from the Winnetka, Illinois, project in which older citizens in the community form a "talent pool" to work to…

In this study of the economic process of education, individual activities regarding education are treated as a process of overtime resource allocation. The optimum plan for receiving education is investigated in terms of a mathematical model, and the demand for education is derived by examining the effects of changes in parameters on this optimum…

This collection of reprinted speeches delivered at the 1967 Ohio Conference on Disadvantaged Children covers the following topics: learning as the discovery of personal meaning, occupational and vocational training, characteristics of successful Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I Programs, the inherent difficulties of cultural…

Freedon of expression, lack of fear of criticism and humiliation, refusal to be content with the most easily established routine, and a spirit of play as well as a commitment to work should be some of the attributes in a creative environment for teaching reading. To create such an environment, the teacher should use the humanistic approach,…

A comparison of oral interviewing and written proctoring procedures is described. Students were required to present units orally or in writing from unit study guides. Final exam scores were positively correlated with the number of oral interviews one student interviewer gave to another student, and negatively correlated with the number of…

To assess the effects of verbal reprimands on students' errors in daily class exercises, seven 15- to 17-year-olds in a Spanish II level class were required to respond verbally to fill-in-the-blank exercises covering Spanish grammar. An ABA design evaluated the effects of the teacher's reprimands for each incorrect response. During baseline there…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether achievement motivation can be taught by either of two approaches common to the kindergarten. After being pre-tested for motivational levels, subjects were randomly placed in three groups: (1) cognitive-direct teaching of components designed to enhance motivation, (2) Social-social interaction…

A questionnaire designed to measure changes within the learning environment of a law school was administered to 274 first-year law students at the University of Montreal before they began classes and again after the end of the first term. The largest changes occurred on the Goal Direction and Breadth of Interest scales. Considerable changes…

The major purpose of the Georgia State Module was to demonstrate and investigate effective recruiting methods for Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes in the Appalachian Region of Georgia. In order to better understand the strengths and limitations of recruiters with differing backgrounds, this project utilized college students, lay persons,…

This investigation attempted to clarify the effects of different classes of reinforcement on the size discrimination learning of normal and low achieving third grade middle class boys. The classes of reinforcement consisted of tangible reinforcement, person reinforcement (praise), and performance reinforcement (correctness of response). Each of…

The report consists of two parts. Part A discusses the progress made in eight areas: monitor training, monitor selection, attendance, recruitment, class scheduling, I.Q. minimum, student motivation, and financial incentives. Part B discusses the overall progress toward accomplishment of the six major project objectives, which were the following:…

Papers from a seminar of the American Montessori Society are presented on various kinds of environments for learning. The first addresses itself to the ideas of Montessori herself, focusing on the interaction of the child at the place which he found himself as an alternative to interaction with an instructing and supporting adult. The power of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book prepared by the Federation of Yugoslavia Organizations for Technical Culture ("Narodna Tehnika"). In this book, an attempt is made to (1) establish the current trends in the development of scientific and technical culture and productive technical…