The importance of incorporating Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSRO) and related material in the medical curriculum during a phase of the one-month clerkship in community and family medicine is discussed. (Author/PG)

The hypothesis that being questioned about a narrow topic while reading enhances the recall of other material closely related is supported. The relationship between the performances facilitating adjunct questions requires further explanation. (Author/BJG)

SOME REASONS FOR THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE INSTITUTES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL ARE EXPLORED. THE METHODS USED IN THE INSTITUTES ARE BASED ON THE HYPOTHESIS THAT POOR NEUROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION RESULTS FROM THE FAILURE TO PASS THROUGH A CERTAIN SEQUENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN MOBILITY AND LANGUAGE. THUS, PATTERNS ARE IMPOSED…

THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LISTENING AND READING ARE DISCUSSED. SOME COMMON ELEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO SKILLS ARE VOCABULARY, SENTENCE PATTERNS, ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS, AND ADJUSTMENT TO THE FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE. LISTENING COMPREHENSION IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO READING COMPREHENSION. READING AND LISTENING INVOLVE THE SAME MENTAL PROCESSES --…

Among the Mexican American Dialects activity's concerns is the linguistic phenomena characterizing what has been termed Local Hispanicized English (LHE) and whether or not LHE has become an institutionalized dialect of American English. In order to answer whether LHE has characteristics distinguishing it from other Hispanicized forms of English…

The effectiveness of three types of structured reviews of mathematical concepts was compared in this study. The three types of reviews were testing only, testing with explanations, and unit review. The experimental population consisted of 55 members of two sixth-grade classes, 94 members of 4 eighth-grade classes, 36 members of two Algebra II…

The Ohio Program Review for Improvement, Development, and Expansion (PRIDE) in Vocational Education is a comprehensive program review system designed to define, secure, and provide useful information relative to selected vocational education objectives. This document was designed to assist the local vocational education personnel in planning and…

Field-independent and field-dependent college students studied a 1525-word article under a preferred or nonpreferred study condition (read only, underline, or note taking). Half of the subjects reviewed the material prior to an examination and half did not. Results indicated that field-independent subjects who used a nonpreferred study technique…

An academic affairs committee submitted a questionnaire to the 116 U. S. medical schools to obtain specific information concerning the existence of National Board of Medical Examiners' part 1 preparatory review programs and the organization and methods of such courses. Only 25 percent of the respondents indicated an organized program of board…

The literature on the three most commonly used study techniques was surveyed. Underlining and note taking, requiring active student involvement, were found to be the most effective techniques. (MA)

Suggests teaching word attack skills using these steps: present, practice, apply, review, and re-review. (MKM)

Barnes and Clawson's presentation of Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning (Review of Educational Research, 45, 1975, pp. 637-59) is misleading, according to the author. He states that Ausubel's crucial point is not that organizers relate new knowledge to an existing cognitive structure, but that new learning materials can only be considered…

The effects on retention of adjunct questions either placed at the end of a passage or inserted after their respective paragraphs within the passage were examined. Both treatments led to superior retention of the previously questioned facts. The position of the adjunct questions did not differentially affect performance. (Author/BW)

Describes the game STRATAGEM and its usage by university students preparing for examinations. The game, which comprises questions coded by topic and level of complexity (recall, application, and inference), is designed to focus student attention on important content, foster accurate assessment of team potential, and encourage risk-taking.…