This publication is an extended essay by the president of Indiana University on the impact of the sciences at Indiana University (IU) and beyond. In several sections it addresses the nature of discovery, science and society, the research university, and learning and teaching. The essay often refers to past and present IU faculty in astronomy,…

Based on the notion that teaching vocabulary extension in isolation makes little impact on students, a three-part exercise, designed to develop students' vocabulary through poetry while providing meaningful enjoyment, uses the poem "The Hawk" by A. C. Benson. In the first class period, students are introduced to both the exercise and the poem and…

Courses designed to teach problem-solving and creativity, which are relatively new additions to college curricula, are discussed, along with their intellectual foundations and research on these two processes. The teaching of these processes involves the following course goals: teaching a specific subject, generally useful skills, and professional…

"Teaching for the moment," an approach to teaching English as a second language (ESL), is described. In addition to using nonclassroom moments to expose students to language discovery, this approach involves changing instructional materials to get to the students' level of language and experiential development. It also involves taking advantage of…

A teacher-written essay comparing writing to farming served as a process model for analogical student themes. This assignment, given to 39 students in 2 classes of a first course in freshman composition, produced complete analogical essays in all but 4 cases. The essays, questionnaire responses, and retrospective essays on the writing of the…

When adequately elaborated, the basic method of Gestalt therapy can be traced to the phenomenological field theory of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt therapy differs from Gestalt psychology not because of a difference in philosophy or method, but because of different contexts; the clinical context has different demands than those of basic research.…

The new trend in writing instruction is toward "content area writing"--the rhetorical situations and composing problems that students will face in their non-English courses and in their professions. The focus of content writing instruction should be to prescribe the inventional techniques that are common to all forms of writing, and to…

THE REVOLUTION IN THE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SCIENCE AS TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS MUST NOW BE MATCHED TO ANOTHER REVOLUTION IN EDUCATION--THE TECHNOLOGICAL CLASSROOM. CURRICULUM REVISION MUST BE MADE WITH A VISION OF WHERE THE CLASSROOM MAY BE HEADED IN THE FUTURE. THE TRADITIONAL, THE TRANSITIONAL, AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL…

THE INITIAL QUESTION IN THE TITLE IS ANSWERED THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS FOR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MUSCLES, RUNNING, WATER, WIND, STEAM, FAST BURNING AND ELECTRICITY ARE FOUND TO "MAKE THINGS GO." USING THESE BASIC DISCOVERIES, VOCABULARY IS BUILT UP BY WORKING WITH DIFFERENT WORDS RELATING TO THE…

Developed was a set of behavioral objectives which indicate (1) the processes of inquiry used by physical scientists, (2) the components which make up the structure of the physical sciences, and (3) the relationship among these various processes and components. A content analysis of a random sample of 50 books written by scientists and…

Investigated was the readiness of fifth, seventh, and eighth graders trained to empirically gather data by manipulating objects and materials with their hands, and to transfer this skill to a problem situation outside the classroom. After one semester's training in the science process under investigation, the increase in the use of the strategy of…

Based on the philosophy that students retain most when they are actively involved in learning experiences, this handbook is designed as an idea source for teachers of consumer homemaking or consumer education classes. The suggestions and ideas are presented in six sections, one for each of six instructional approaches: (1) field trips, (2)…

This paper discusses the benefits of teaching literature through levels of understanding so that teachers can more quickly and efficiently determine the operational levels of individual students. The seven levels of understanding and some of the generic questions by which they can be determined are: (1) perceptual level: "What happened, when,…

Relationships which existed between intelligence, process, attitude toward teacher-pupil relationship, and content in physical science were examined, along with differences between IQ levels and treatment groups for outcomes in content, process, and attitude. Ninety prospective elementary teachers were involved in the study. Instruments used were:…