The relative effectiveness of including behavioral objectives, classified according to the major levels of cognition, in independent study materials for high school juniors is analyzed in this brief summary of the author's dissertation. The three major questions under consideration are whether: (1) the use of behavioral objectives has an effect…

The author offers a model for classifying curriculum materials in the social studies. The model is based on the idea that social studies offered as part of the socialization process are either directed to the passive citizen who votes, serves on juries, etc., or to the participant citizen who actively gives some direction to the growth of our…

Background papers, developed by members of the Task Force to Study Programs Leading to Certification for Teachers in the Area of Social Studies, Illustrate the approach taken toward development of a new regulation for certification of social studies teachers in the state of Minnesota. These papers were prepared primarily as a means of identifying…

This report discusses one elementary school's implementation of a system of teaching and testing by objectives in compliance with a Michigan State Board of Education accountability model. The model used by the school called for (1) goals developed by each building; (2) performance objectives identified for subdivisions of schools, for teachers,…

Funding of much creative effort to solve educational problems is riding on effective states needs assessment and, therefore, suggests a model for accountability as well as identification of cognitive and affective needs. Concepts for model constructs are several, including the learner's unique self-social system: the school and classroom with its…

This Sociology Collection contains 32 objectives which are organized into the following sections: 1) The Method of Sociology; 2) Social Organization; and 3) Social Processes and Social Change. Limited to basic concepts and major terminology in the field and stated in operational terms, the objectives are classified for Grades 4-9. Three elements…

This 1969 curriculum guide in creative English presents a personalized approach to teaching high school English. The authors suggest that such a course begin by encouraging students to talk with one another and to engage in dramatic improvisation. These activities may then form a creative basis for later projects in writing and reading. The units…

The experiments outlined in this paper assess the relative effectiveness of two approaches to teaching foreign language grammar to adults. One approach, called the "Implicit Method," is based on the audiolingual habit theory of language learning. Grammar is taught inductively through the reading of dialogues and practice with carefully…

This curriculum guide discusses an English language arts and basic skills program for the senior high school level. The program is designed to reflect the learner's point of view. The authors argue that education is not so much a matter of objectives or subject content as it is a matter of what happens to the student. Accordingly, this guide…

This draft outline presents and organizes for teachers one of the fundamental concepts in war/peace studies: interdependence. As the definitional statement makes clear, interdependence involves learning to look at the world as a single system, and to identify and analyze its various subsystems. Part of the rationale for considering interdependence…

This paper was prepared for a social studies curriculum conference in Alberta in June, 1967. It provides a point of view on curriculum building which could be useful in establishing a national service in this field. The basic assumption is that the social studies should in some measure change the behavior of the students (a sharp departure from…

Educational institutions have at least two major functions: education and certification of competency. This paper examines the educational strengths and limitations of the mastery learning instruction model with respect to fulfilling these functions. The components of the mastery model are contrasted with components of other instructional models,…

Affective learning, psychomotor learning and cognitive learning are three objectives of education; they cannot be completely separated and often one type of objective may be a means of achieving another. This study attempted to begin bridging the gap between the affective objectives and the cognitive-psychomotor objectives in foreign language…

A sequential approach to implementing an associate degree nursing program at Mohegan Community College, Norwich, Connecticut, is presented in a conceptual framework. The framework utilizes Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive learning as a guide and incorporates objectives for learning level, sample course, and sample unit. (MF)

Student ratings of teaching are suggested as useful for: (1) improving teaching, (2) providing data relevant to judgment about teaching effectiveness, (3) aiding student choice of course and instructor, and (4) stimulating student thoughts about education. Student ratings should not be used as the single measure of teaching. (MLW)