Sixteen children (ages 6-9) with articulation disorders expressed their view of the roles of speech-language pathologists, teachers, and children both in classroom and intervention settings. Children had well-demarcated role differences and were consistent in their perspectives of role-related behaviors. Children's responses differed from the…

Explores the connection between U.S. college students' increased career orientation and the growth of geographic information systems (GIS) and experiential education in the curricula of U.S. geography programs. Maintains that the discipline should not focus only on the technical aspects of geography but beware also of neglecting the general…

This paper describes a campus survey designed to enhance student learning while generating high-quality data for research and evaluation. Students enrolled in a research methods course pretest a draft interview schedule and interview randomly selected students; then, drawing on their interview experience, they write a paper that addresses…

Distance Education--new trend in the world--has developed from the result of competition, developments on marketing, globalization and technology. Online education as a practical side, saves time, eliminates distance among communicators by giving equal opportunities, resources to everyone. Online courses and program are the new application and the…

Evidence from an investigation of Australian adolescents in school is used to clarify the concept of alienation which has been used to describe students' attitude to school. Article further considered the role of the student and the role of the worker, the world of school and the world of work. (Editor/RK)

Research has documented that individuals feel a greater sense of responsibility and commitment to an organization when they are active members in organizational decision making. To investigate the level of student involvement in doctoral level counseling psychology programs, student involvement surveys were completed in the spring of 1983, by 28…

This report describes student participation in computer applications through classroom use and through student-consultants. Three types of outcomes of computer use are explained in terms of "student activity." The first activity, "computer literacy," concerns the impact of computers in society, how computers affect each…

Influencing campus activities through formal participation can be an important aspect of a student's college experience. In this paper, the author briefly surveys the recent demand for this participation and views student influence in terms of the specific nature of participation, reasons for student involvement, and special problems peculiar to…

To examine the effects of varied roles, forms of feedback, and error spacing on subject attitudes and learning in programed instruction (PI), 125 students in an introductory psychology course were randomly assigned to treatment groups differentiated by three ways of spacing error-producing frames (spaced, semi-massed, and massed), two forms of…

Discusses how one school district involved students in curriculum planning as an outgrowth of a district-wide unit in leisure-time study. (FL)

Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.

Reviews research concerning the relationship between reading achievement and student leadership. (FL)

A student survey conducted at 10 colleges by the Project on General Education Models (GEM) demonstrates that students do value a broad general education, especially if that goal is seen in relation to other goals of specialized knowledge, self-knowledge, and preparation for a career. (Author/MLW)

This study examined how a group of kindergartners anticipated and actually experienced school. Interviewed in July, before starting kindergarten, then again in April, the children were asked to describe their own and the teacher's role, activities they engaged in, and what rules or constraints on child behavior existed. (Author/SJL)