A description of the development of a 50-item paper-pencil instrument for measuring teacher behavior characteristics, intended for diagnostic use with pre-service teachers. (MM)

Anticipating possible future legislation that makes continuing education a requirement for relicensure, North Dakota Nurses Association committee studied ways to encourage continuous education. In fairness to rural nurses, recognition points" instead of course credits are to be accumulated, only half to be gained through formal study. (PD)

Audiotapes of 44 instances of classroom teaching, ranging from seventh through twelfth grade, were analyzed to find how teachers established relations between items under discussion and concepts already known to the students. Nine such relations were found and are described here. (MM)

Twenty student tutors were each matched with two elementary school children, one judged to be compatible and one incompatible on the basis of a test of interpersonal relations. After nine one-hour weekly tutoring sessions (in remedial arithmetic) no significant relations were found between student achievement and either compatibility or tutor…

Author applies to the nursing field his observations on what motivates adult learners and the link between continuous education and leadership. Primarily he sees adult learners as acting out their roles as adults, strengthening their relationship with society, fortifying their leadership potential which is strengthened by individualized curricula.…

Achievement of 20 Trainable Mentally Retarded and 67 Educable Mentally Retarded Students under manipulative and non-manipulative modes of mathematics instruction are compared. (MM)

The process of Electronic Video Recording has been used to synchronize either notation or graphs with the picture and sound of music performance on video tapes. This process allows the recording to be played back on any television receiver by feeding the film through a special player unit. (Author/MF)

Dadist poetry instructions. Writing Poems by altering the juxtaposition of words in a newspaper article. (AF)

Low average tenth to twelfth graders were taught poetry by using word association. (AF)

Detailed step-by-step making of color slides. (AF)

Utilizing the Structure-Process System, which considers education as metascience, knowledge-seeking (epistemic) behavior is proposed as the fundamental motivational explanation for behavior. (Author)

Discusses the need for paraprofessionals and volunteers in adult education programs, the sort of individual best suited to these positions, opportunities in the field, qualifications required, and training sessions which are available. (DR)

Ideas, opinions, and goals related to physical education are presented by 7 new physical education teachers. (JB)