Four-way cooperation produced the statewide workshop on inservice education techniques which the Mississippi Nurse's Association felt was essential to enriching educational programs in community hospitals. (Author/RB)

Reported is a study measuring attitude changes among eighth-graders resulting from studying a unit in mathematics using laboratory materials. Students were grouped into eight naturally occurring attitude-groups. The results indicate that the formation of attitude-groups is not a major factor for consideration in the design of mathematics units…

Reported is a study which investigated four strategies of instruction for promoting higher levels of awareness of certain mathematical probability concepts. Strategies were identified on the basis of characterization moves and exemplification moves. College freshmen were presented the concepts via specific strategies by following programmed…

Reported is a study which compared two instructional methods involving discovery learning and a verbal didactic instructional method. The verbal didactic method was significantly better for immediate learning; the verbal didactic method and a guided discovery method were better for retention. No differences were noted regarding transfer. (CT)

Examined was the effect of teacher attitude on student achievement in arithmetic in grade four. The students were presented a lesson involving division via a modified programed learning sequence and teachers were given bias statements regarding the effectiveness of the programs. The results indicated no significant differences among students…

Investigated was the feasibility of inducing number conservation through training kindergarten children on reversibility tasks not related to the criterion measure. (JG)

Grade four students who studied 3, 5, 10 or 12 value systems of numeration were compared with similar students who studied only a decimal system. A test was designed to measure understanding of the decimal system, processing decimal numerals, and place-value systems in general. Data analysis using multivariate analysis of covariance is presented.…

Changes in mathematical achievement, attitudes towards mathematics, and test anxiety were measured after instituting a classroom management plan. The plan emphasized the use of behavioral objectives during an initial teaching phase and intraclass grouping on the basis of achievement for a second teaching phase. (JG)

Reported is a study which measured conservation of length among kindergarten and first-grade subjects using several verbal and nonverbal procedures. The results indicated that conservation of length is not a simple unitary concept, but has empirical gradations. (Author/CT)

Reported is a study of the interaction between figural and semantic abilities (as defined in Guilford's Structure of the Intellect") and success in a programmed unit in modular arithmetic. The subjects were prospective elementary teachers. Significant interactions were found between both figural and semantic factors and methods of instruction.…

Four levels of quantitative comparisons based on Piagetian task analysis and three IQ levels were used to partition a population of 341 first grade children. Each child was then tested on a set of addition facts and a set of addition problems which varied according to the use of aids or transformation. (JG)

A detailed analysis of the basic mathematical concepts and skills used in teaching linear measurement in SMSG curricular materials and conclusions from Piaget's work dealing with linear measurement are presented. Using this information the author compares Piaget's sequence of development with SMSG's sequence of instruction. (JG)

Discusses the onset and organization of Nursing Inservice Educators of the Greater Milwaukee Area, NISE. Objectives of the group are to assist inservice educators in their professional growth and development by promoting the sharing of ideas among inservice educators in health facilities in Greater Milwaukee area and by identifying mutual problems…