The basic purpose of the present study was to study the effectiveness of using trained peers to lead small process groups in freshman orientation. A sample of 253 freshman students from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma, were used for the experiment. The instrument used to determine whether perceptions of the college campus climate…

The relationships between the microteaching technique and experiential group meetings of student teachers are discussed. The author concludes that the linking of the two techniques might well prove of great value in the education of teachers. The journal is available from the Circulation Office, 325 9th St., San Francisco, California, 94103.…

Although experts in elementary education seem unable to devise wise and productive methods of student grouping, here is one experiment in grouping that is thought-provoking and may provide a more suitable classroom environment for developing harmony in student relationships. (Author/RK)

A FORTRAN 77 program is described that computes both the different response success-error patterns and their summary statistics for learning and forgetting in fixed trial experiments using a two-stage Markov model. (Author/GDC)

A complete package for Markov model-based fixed trial learning experiments contains four FORTRAN 77 programs. Two of the programs deliver likelihood and parameter estimates of one- and two-stage learning models, and two may be used for hypothesis testing of parameter differences between and within experimental conditions. (Author/GDC)

A Classroom teaching method for elementary schools utilizes the physical stimuli of spatial outlays (stations) in conjunction with organized discovery.'' Stations for math, art, and social science are described. (JB)

The present study contrasted the robustness of the WSD and the F test to heterogeneity of variances. (Author)

Purpose of research was to examine the contribution that expectancy to teach could make as a possible incentive for meaningful verbal (school) learning. (Author)

Overall, subjects performed significantly better on items which corresponded to the objectives they had been provided; subjects had previous experience using instructional objectives. (Author/SP)

Describes an alternative school set up by the Los Angeles City Board of Education. The School is housed in a leased YMCA building, enrolls five to eighteen year olds, and allows students to work out their own study plans. The article lists other innovations. (JF)

Student prepared questions were used in this examination experiment that proved quite beneficial to student learning. (HS)

Author considers contributions comparative education can make to teacher training and concludes that it can be a desirable component of teacher education programs. (CB)

Offers questions to serve as an intellectual springboard for those involved in the planning, implementation, or evaluation of experimental colleges. (HS)