In order to determine the number of credit hours being produced in various subject fields, questionnaires were sent to the institutions of higher education in the state of Colorado. This report presents tabular data on all resident classes taught at publicly controlled institutions, and on some taught at privately controlled institutions. The data…

Details are given of the background and organization of the Curriculum Revision and Instruction in Mathematics at the Elementary Level (CRIMEL) program for undergraduates at The Ohio State University. The first three years of the program are discussed; administrative problems in grouping students for instruction, attempts to use multimedia methods…

The present study examines the following hypotheses: (1) James' Classroom Inventory to Describe the Use of Physical Space is suitable for use in a Caribbean school setting; and (2) the size of the Jamaican primary classroom bears no relationship to the number of children to be accommodated. (Author/AM)

Details are given concerning the steps used in designing and implementing a modularized liberal arts course in mathematics. (DT)

Increasing the amount of time students spend in school does not necessarily improve learning. Article questions the quality and organization of classroom instruction, suggesting that these should be evaluated first. (RB)

Describes a day at the Bennett Park Montessori School in Buffalo, New York. Interviews the school's director and one of the teachers. Discusses Maria Montessori's ideas and their application at Bennett Park. (BJV)

The difference between teachers whose classes run smoothly and teachers whose classes are out of control is that the effective teachers speak carefully, take time to give examples, and articulate reasons. Checklists are provided for developing a classroom management plan to reinforce productive behavior and rule out problems. (MT)

Considers the potential detrimental effects on classroom teaching of programs that pull individual students out of the classroom for specialized instruction or activities. Suggests alternative means for meeting student and teacher needs within the classroom. (PGD)

Reports on how teachers organize their classrooms when they have more students than microcomputers available to them. Indicates that seatwork is the primary activity of students in a classroom when other students are engaged at the computer. Other findings (based on data from 1,082 microcomputer-using schools) are reported and discussed. (JN)

Eight suggestions for surmounting barriers between the student and the class teacher are given and briefly discussed: class evaluations, alternate class structure, student-written notes, in-class "experiments," quizzes without trauma, the class dummy, "programmed" spontaneity, and "treats." (DT)

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an alternative to the traditional age-graded form of elementary schooling. In a typical IGE school, the principal shares her/his authority with leaders of units in decision-making domains and reaches decision by consensus. The leader of a unit in turn shares his/her authority with unit teachers in making…

Specially designed materials were used for a class that combined the teaching of beginning shorthand and beginning typing in a 50-minute period. A comparison was made (1) between the typing skill of the combined class and a beginning typing class taught in the traditional manner and meeting 50 minutes daily and (2) the shorthand skill gained by…

An elementary school teacher of gifted, creative, talented, and high ability students describes her efforts to individualize classroom instruction by developing learning centers and individualized learning materials. A Learning Agreement is used for personal planning of students' daily activities. Other classroom components are journal writing,…