DESIGN AND CRAFTMANSHIP ARE INSEPARABLE, AND IN AN ART PROGRAM, AREAS OF CRAFT SHOULD BE TAUGHT WITH SERIOUS ATTENTION TO HIGH STANDARDS OF DESIGN. DESIGN CRAFT IS A COURSE DEMANDING TEACHER VERSATILITY. PLANNING SHOULD BE GEARED TO HELP TEACHERS SUPPLEMENT THEIR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND TO ASSURE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF DESIGN CRAFT…

A DEVELOPMENTAL CONFERENCE, CONSISTING OF LEADING AUTHORITIES IN HISTORY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, WAS HELD IN JUNE 1964. THE SUGGESTIONS AND DIRECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE IMPLEMENTED. PRELIMINARY SAMPLING VISITS WERE MADE AT REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS, AND MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MAJOR INVESTIGATION PREPARED. RESEARCH PROCEDURES…

THE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT OF INTEGRATING THE STUDIES OF SPANISH AND BIOLOGY WAS REPORTED. STUDENTS IN THE EXPERIMENT RECEIVED INSTRUCTION IN BIOLOGY THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND READINGS IN SPANISH. THE SPANISH LANGUAGE THUS BECAME THE MEANS TO AN END RATHER THAN THE SOLE END ITSELF. EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS WERE SELECTED AND DEVELOPED, CONSISTING OF…

This 9-week course outline (a weekly list of readings) is designed to acquaint students with the chief stories, characters, events, and passages from the Bible which are commonly referred to, alluded to, or used as themes, symbols, or motifs in Western literature. Using "The Bible, Selections from the King James Version for Study as Literature" as…

This study was designed to obtain estimates of what opportunities are now available, via organized courses and degree offerings at the undergraduate level, for students to gain a better understanding of certain ethnic and racial groups, and to determine the extent to which students avail themselves of these opportunities. A questionnaire was sent…

This report is concerned with the development of a model for projecting instructional activity and its application within The Pennsylvania State University. Inasmuch as models of this type have been developed at a number of institutions of higher education, the effort described in this report does not constitute an extension of fundamental…

Students from an undergraduate course in the experimental analysis of behavior and from an honors section and a night class section of introductory psychology were exposed to a contingency program designed to produce the same specified terminal performance in every student. The principles underlying the course administration, scheduled activities,…

Two position papers on graduate programs in adult education are presented. The first clarifies alternative positions which the Ontario Institute faced and illustrates the differences by means of charts. An explanation is given for the choice of a pluralistic rather than a singularistic alternative. The second paper lists alternative starting…

This article tells how to start a high school course in motorcycle maintenance and includes names and addresses of some motorcycle manufacturers and a list of needed tools, equipment, and materials. (MF)

A long-term experience with the complex organizations sociology course is recounted. Problems, challenges, and rewards are discussed. The course's organization and approach are described, including emphases, topics, reading materials, examinations, term projects, "capstone" articles, analysis of cases, and special topics. (Author/GEA)

Students in 22 social science courses at the junior high, senior high, and college level were surveyed about their study habits to prepare for a major exam. An index of the effectiveness of each class of study activity was developed in terms of its impact on test grades. (RB)

Compares differences in examination scores, students' statements of interest, and perceptions of course difficulty as a function of course topic order. Concludes that topic order had no effect on either achievement or students' interest and perception of difficulty. (Author/JDH)

This article reviews literature on kinetic structure, a low-inference variable related to lesson organization. Kinetic structure significantly affects student achievement and student perception of lesson effectiveness. Training programs to increase kinetic structure and other results concerning structure are discussed. (Author/MT)

Describes an approach to teaching civilization that organizes course content so that students respond to it from their own personal experience. The approach also closely links the learning of cultural information to the learning of linguistic information. (MSE)

This article describes an attempt to implement explicit classroom objectives, and presents the instructors' reactions to the experience. (RC)