Classes for senior adults (adults sixty years old or older, or retired) have become commonplace. Many instructors have no experience with this kind of student, so the need for instructors trained in special learning theories and practices that apply to senior adults has been identified. This report is designed to serve as a refresher or supplement…

"Algorithmic counseling" is an attempt to apply recent instructional regulation techniques to graduate counselor training and research. This paper seeks to explain what algorithms are, why they could be useful, and how they can be constructed. A central motivation for studying algorithms is their utility in showing students how to accomplish a…

This Practice Guide is the first in a series of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) guides in education that are developed by a panel of experts. The guides are intended to bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on the types of systemic challenges that cannot currently be addressed by single intervention or programs. This…

This manual introduces some of the essential principles of counseling. It is geared toward the training and education of those who have not had significant prior counseling experiences and is not comprehensive. These topics are discussed, focusing on basic, introductory material: (1) general principles of human behavior and motivation including…

Organizational intersections are temporary systems formed when organizational members become interdependent with members in other organizations. The effectiveness of organizational intersections was an important issue for those participating in the Documentation and Technical Assistance in Urban Schools (DTA) Project. Consultants who participated…

This book providing direction for the planning, designing, and writing of programs for computer assisted instruction (CAI) includes chapters on the role of computers in instruction, the BASIC programing language, flowcharting, terminal commands, displaying instruction, dialogues, learning theories, the process of instruction, and the planning of…

Presents guidelines derived from cognitive and constructivist learning theory and instructional design literature for designing effective hypermedia-based courseware. Topics addressed include the influence of learning theory, hypertext and hypermedia, courseware design factors, learner interaction variables, practice, feedback, learner control,…

This document addresses issues raised during the Research on Teaching Mathematics Conference, examining them in view of the central tenets of the Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University. It explains why teacher judgment is the focus of IRT research and discusses the concept of "the wisdom of the practitioner,"…

Heavy emphasis is placed on development of understanding of arithmetic in this mathematics curriculum prepared specifically for Navajo children and intended for use in reservation schools. Materials are presented so that only when a given concept is understood are skills associated with it and a written format introduced. Learning activities…

Although written primarily for organizational specialists in school districts, this book is also addressed to school administrators, departments of education, students of educational administration, teachers, and organizational researchers. It is intended to help establish the organizational climates that nurture personal fulfillment and to create…

This module is divided into five sections, each of which emphasizes a different aspect of planning for using drill activities. These are "what we know about learning through drill,""drill: how and when to use it,""commercial materials for use in drill,""activities and games for use in drill," and "using new drill activities." There is a programed…

One of 15 core modules in a 22-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists (VECS), this guide is intended for use by both instructor and student in a variety of education environments, including independent study, team teaching, seminars, and workshops, as well as in more conventional classroom settings. The guide…

This article discusses the value of the notional-functional approach to language teaching and considers some sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic features of the notional-functional syllabus. (CFM)

This module on theories in curriculum development is one of a set of four on stages and structure of curriculum development and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules intended as a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial…

The document is the third of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. It focuses on career education theory, goals, philosophy, and the concepts that are important to school staffs as the bases for implementation guidelines. The lessons also attempt to promote a thorough understanding of career…