Discusses the use of laboratory training for organizational development of school faculties and staffs. (JF)

A series of human relations laboratories was held for the administrators, faculty, and staff of the Dallas County Junior College District (Texas). Formed into T groups, the participants concentrated on developing relationships with people in authority and with those regarded as different." (JO)

Describes how the new bindery procedures in commercial bindery work can be simulated in the industrial arts laboratory. (GR)

Describes an experiment using the method of magnitude estimation to scale odorant intensities when the subject is in a nonadapted state, in an adapted state, and in a cross-adapted state. (Author/KC)

Determines through an historical review of the literature some of the most effective ways to teach manipulative skills in chemistry. Reviews chemical education journals, laboratory manuals, early American chemistry textbooks, analytical chemistry texts, and science education textbooks and journals that address instructional methods for teaching…

To learn if the experience of small group democracy in a training laboratory generalizes to the more broadly theoretical issues of ideology, a before and after experimental design was utilized at a college training laboratory to gather more direct information. Results showed highly significant shifts in democratic directions on each of four scales…

The authors evaluate impacts of web-based learning (WBL) for a geographic information system (GIS) course in which self-paced interactive learning modules replaced lectures to prepare students for GIS laboratory activities. They compare student laboratory, mid-term, final exam and overall scores before and after introduction of WBL, analyzing for…

A common cellular alteration, reduced post-burst afterhyperpolarization (AHP) in CA1 neurons, is associated with acquisition of the hippocampus-dependent tasks trace eyeblink conditioning and the Morris water maze. As a similar increase in excitability is correlated with these two learning paradigms, we sought to determine the interactive…

NASA Research Paper No. 20 (Grants NsG-237-62, Supplement 2, and NGR-05-007-090).

This monograph, divided into three sections, describes minicourses, outlines their possible application, presents reports from three teacher training institutions that demonstrated minicourses in conjunction with their Teacher Corps programs, and suggests guidelines for minicourse utilization in teacher education. The first section discusses the…

Recognizing the need for trained teachers to enter the classroom with confidence and professional capacity, Walla Walla College introduced a Child Psychology Experience program. Personnel from several departments contribute to this program. In connection with the child psychology courses, the project features a laboratory/demonstration center…

This new model for the supervision of student teachers utilizes videotaping hardware which allows the student teacher and his supervisor to evaluate teaching methods and behavior. Thus, the student teacher is better able to supervise himself. Employing Flanders Interaction Analysis, the student is able to interpret his teaching on closed-circuit…

This article describes a series of energy conversion experiments in the senior laboratory course at the University of California, Berkeley. (IR)