This report describes student participation in computer applications through classroom use and through student-consultants. Three types of outcomes of computer use are explained in terms of "student activity." The first activity, "computer literacy," concerns the impact of computers in society, how computers affect each…

This pacing guide is a detailed outline that provides trainees with a building-block approach to the aquisition of teaching skills. In addition, it provides clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the intern, the cooperating teacher, and the supervisor, and coordinates the classroom experience for the third semester of a four-semester…

Students older than average have usually been defined as adults 25 years of age or older. Research findings note that these students appear to be a different kind of learner than younger students. Older students are more mature, have a well developed analytical-problem-solving capacity, tend to be more motivated, are more goal oriented, spend more…

The Central aim of this study was to discover what provisions were being made for the social, cultural, and recreational welfare of students as represented by the creation of a common gathering place and a program for the community life of the institution (the student union). "Student union" also refers, however, in a large part of the world, to a…

The ways in which differences between expected grades and those actually received affect a student's academic expectations, actual performance, attribution of success or failure, and self-involvement were measured. Using the assumption that an individual is usually motivated to maintain or increase his self-esteem, 4 hypotheses concerning academic…

Increasing complexity of duties and increasing needs for funds require college presidents to relinquish primary fund raising roles to college development offices and development officers. Development, a process which must involve the entire college community, consists of defining the educational philosophy of an institution and seeking funds to…

Some of the problems that occur for researchers using the TICCIT computer assisted instructional system are described. The underlying learning strategy of the TICCIT system states that the student rather than the developer is best able to select the order of instructional frames. In order to successfully engage in research with the TICCIT system,…

This guide examines the elements of the open space concept and offers insight and suggestions as to how to employ this process in the classroom. These elements are outlined as follows: (a) objectives--primarily to develop self-respecting, self-directing, autonomous individuals; (b) knowledge and method--with emphasis on cognitive or thinking…

Influencing campus activities through formal participation can be an important aspect of a student's college experience. In this paper, the author briefly surveys the recent demand for this participation and views student influence in terms of the specific nature of participation, reasons for student involvement, and special problems peculiar to…

The attitudes of 43 faculty members at Harcum Junior College (Pennsylvania) and of 1,069 faculty members at six diverse colleges and universities concerning student participation in academic and social policy-making are compared in this report. A majority of both faculty groups favor student participation in the formation of social regulations,…

Because the phenomenon of delayed graduation--the practice of prolonging the college career beyond the normal 4 years of undergraduate study--is so widespread researchers speculated that "continuers" might have certain common characteristics which would differentiate them as a group from "completers." The objective of this…

This anthology contains articles, course and project descriptions and statistics on the magnitude, implications and effect of white racism in the United States. The first article maintains that the myth of the American melting pot has perpetuated racism; the second analyzes bigotry, prejudice, and behavioral and institutional racism; the third…

To examine the effects of varied roles, forms of feedback, and error spacing on subject attitudes and learning in programed instruction (PI), 125 students in an introductory psychology course were randomly assigned to treatment groups differentiated by three ways of spacing error-producing frames (spaced, semi-massed, and massed), two forms of…