This study was conducted to test the effect of practice or adjunct questions on learning in a real-world training environment. Subjects were 289 males enrolled in a self-study Naval communications course. Subjects were assigned to one of three experimental groups which received workbooks, or to a control group which did not receive workbooks. The…

Summer School in Action was created in 1979 by members of the Syracuse (New York) Area Teacher Center Policy Board to meet the expressed needs of local teachers. The participants for the first year (1979) were 21 elementary and secondary school teachers with a median of 8.6 years of teaching experience. The second year (1980) participants numbered…

The results of a second year of experimentation in self-directed learning (SDL) of English for Special Purposes are presented. The experiment was carried out with a group of 13 intermediate level students at the "Ecole des Mines" in Nancy, France. Changes in the original strategy are described. In addition to communication exercises directed by a…

The purpose of this project was to develop, administer, and evaluate an inservice education program designed to provide entrepreneurial competencies for owner-managers of newly formed small business firms. The project objectives included the following: (1) identify the core-crucial managerial-entrepreneurial competencies needed by the…

This paper describes an experimental teacher education program organized in terms of the "social process model," a theory of educational interaction that stresses: 1) the ecology of social environments; 2) the rules and roles involved in given social episodes; and 3) the status of social episodes as interpersonal games. Classrooms are…

In the social learning perspective the anticipation of rewarding consequences serves as one source of motivation. A second results from the perception of a negative discrepancy between present capabilities and desired performance. To foster motlvation it is necessary that persons accurately appraise their capabilities. Techniques for fostering…

The purpose of this study was to test several hypotheses from self-efficacy theory in the area of children's arithmetic achievement. Fifty-six elementary school children showing low arithmetic achievement were assigned to one of four treatment groups of 12 subjects each (modeling-attribution, modeling-no attribution, didactic-attribution,…

TWO GRADE 9 MATH CLASSES (41 STUDENTS) OF LOW ABILITY WERE EACH EXPOSED TO LINEAR AND SELF-DIRECTED (COMPLETE FREEDOM AS TO EXTENT, SEQUENCE, AND METHOD OF STUDY) PROGRAMS ON SET THEORY AND PERMUTATIONS. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE FOR ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES AND MEAN RETENTION SCORES SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT OF PROGRAM TYPE OF STUDY TIME.…

THREE ASPECTS OF PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE PRESCHOOL CHILD ARE DISCUSSED--GROWTH IN COMMUNICATING, OPERATIONAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND SOME SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES TEACHERS CAN PROVIDE. THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SETTING, ENVIRONMENT, AND ADULT EXAMPLE ON GROWTH IN COMMUNICATION ARE DESCRIBED. OPERATIONAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS--THE DENVER PROGRAM,…

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANA-PURDUE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE LEARNING ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES AND INTRODUCED BY DIEKHOFF'S SPEECH ADVOCATING TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN THE REVISION OF PROGRAM POLICY TO MEET CONTINUOUS SOCIAL CHANGE. IN THE FIRST SECTION, THE INTERRELATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING, ARE…

THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES PROCEDURES AND POTENTIALS FOR INDIVIDUALIZING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS IN SMALL RURAL SCHOOLS. FOUR FACTORS ARE SEEN TO BE OPERANT IN THE INDIVIDUALIZATION PROCESS. THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTOR, THE CURRICULUM AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS, ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE, AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES. NEW INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES SHOULD BE…

The guide describes the development and first year implementation of a program for talented and gifted secondary students. Addressed are the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): project history (objectives, initial workshops); teacher selection; teacher role and function (self evaluation); principal's role; the counselor's role;…

A BULLETIN WHICH EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE INSERVICE EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS BEGINS WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION WHICH (1) DESCRIBES TYPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS, (2) LISTS FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS MATHEMATICS TEACHING, AND (3) CITES IMPLICATIONS OF…

This self study programed text for training Four H Club leaders covers the value and the objectives of the Four H movement; basic principles of program planning; useful club meeting formats and guidelines for delegating authority; types of learning and examples of planned learning experiences; teaching methods and their objectives; growth and…

The primary objective of this study is to aid policy makers - state and federal officials, accreditation officials, and university administrators - in making decisions concerning the regulation of postsecondary external degree programs. The purpose of this project is to identify the legal and regulatory issues that the operation of these programs…