For four years the California State University and Colleges attempted to encourage new approaches to instruction that would provide students with increased options in their educational programs and opportunities for faculty to test and develop their ideas for improving the quality of instruction. A number of different learning and teaching…

This study investigated the social studies curriculum perceptions of 66 pre-methods undergraduates and 164 student teachers surveyed after their field experience. Perceptions were measured on a 21-item Likert-format questionnaire developed from the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies. Results showed little…

A survey of the methods of communication used at special schools and units for the hearing-impaired in the United Kingdom showed that the oral method is used in about 90 percent of the unit classes. Findings revealed a rapidly increasing trend to total communication. (Author)

Examined adolescents views about sex education, specifically their views about interaction in single- and mixed-sex groups. Surveys of English secondary school students indicated that most girls, and one-third of boys, want some or all of their sex education to be delivered in single-sex groups. Girls' experiences of sex education with boys…

A meta-analysis of 268 studies suggested a deficit in subjects with mental retardation (compared to controls without mental retardation) across 12 categories of learning tasks, a relative deficit which remained, after training, across 7 categories of strategies. When strategy training was evaluated, the effect size was 0.701, which compares…

This study found that 47 mildly handicapped third graders in a full-time integrated program, Team Approach to Mastery (TAM), experienced greater achievement gains than 31 students in resource rooms, though differences were significant only in math. Nonhandicapped TAM students (n=176) made greater gains than mildly handicapped TAM students and…

Presents a perspective on vocational learning that proposes that vocational competence is dependent upon dispositional development, which in turn, results in moves towards maturation. Reports research with unemployed adults engaging in vocational training and resulting in four findings. First, while training packages describe assessable outcomes…

In winter of 2004, the Sociology Department at California State University-Bakersfield (CSUB) conducted a student assessment using an embedded assessment technique--a technique wherein a class assignment serves as an assessment tool. The authors conducted the embedded assessment for their Five-Year Program Review. Thus, similar to many…

Major funders of parent education services in Edmonton, Alberta, requested a study to determine what additional parent education programs/support services were required for the city, and who should be responsible for funding and delivery of these programs/services. While a detailed description of the study's design and results is provided in a…

The two-part report surveys tutor training in several European countries, particularly England and France, and presents a typology of adult educators. The first part deals with introductory considerations concerning tutor training in three sections: present state of tutor training in Europe, which discusses types of tutor training and general…

The author surveys the status in the USSR of educational programing and psychological research with learning disabled children who are classified as temporarily retarded in psychological development (TRPD). Education and psychology in the USSR are said to be marked by the following major characteristics: a strong emphasis on the importance of…

Evaluated were the effects of three different instructional programs (open education, structure of the intellect, and conventional contrast) on 56 bright kindergarten children of either high or low socioeconomic status (SES). Recognized experts evaluated the open and structured classes giving them positive ratings as being representative of the…

Attempts to apply Piagetian theory and research to educational settings are reviewed and evaluated. The fundamental assumptions of Piagetian theory are briefly summarized and the educational philosophy of Piaget is explained. Five representative early childhood education programs are described. Current criticisms of Piagetian theory and associated…

Examined participation by (N=9) older adults in a literary discussion group. Results indicated that the impetus for elderly attendance was to learn. Discussed the effect of program design and location, group dynamics, and various facilitation techniques. (RC)

The findings from a survey of 53 public school programs for behaviorally disordered children are presented suggesting that a majority considered their theoretical focus to be behavioral. (Author)