A review of research suggests that support for team teaching is not based on empirical evidence. Intensive, systematic investigations are needed before the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of team teaching can be substantiated. (MV)

Four general classroom reward structures were identified (individual reward contingencies, group reward contingencies, individual competition and group competition) and studies comparing their effectiveness in strengthening the independent academic performance of students were reviewed. The most striking finding was the consistent superiority of…

The major theme is that better and more productive studies could emerge if media research would move out of its traditional either-internal- or-external validity conflict. (Author/MV)

Problems in measuring change abound. For many purposes, a pretest score is best treated as any other measure obtained at the time of the pretest. Where appropriate, regression analyses that treat the pretest no differently from other independent variables, and the posttest as the dependent variable avoid many difficulties introduced by gain…

Recent advances in item analysis have provided greater capabilities for the analysis of tests, but have also significantly increased the gap between the theory and practice of item analysis. This paper traces the lines of development in item analysis under latent trait theory. (MV)

The terms, workers' education, labor education, and labor studies, reflect historical periods differing in curriculum content, student body, and basic objectives. (MV)

In an attempt to develop a widely applicable, practical means of reducing students' alienation from school, family, and community by increasing self-ideal congruence, encounter groups were offered as elective courses to 10th-grade students; results suggest limited positive results. (MM)

No significant difference was found between elementary students' reading development in control groups and in classes whose teachers had one of three feedback/incentive conditions: monitoring, verbal reinforcement, and monetary rewards. (MM)

There is evidence that both preferences and beliefs of student teachers can be altered by the influence of a student teaching program. (MM)

The Cooperative School and College Ability Test (SCAT) was found to be the best overall predictor of cumulative grade point average and success in professional education courses. (MM)

The effect upon pupil performance of providing elementary level teachers various types of standardized test information was assessed - and found to have little impact on student achievement. (MM)

Student teachers in an eight-week practicum gained as much teaching sophistication as those in a 16-week program. (MM)

A high level of informal contact with faculty members by college freshmen was associated with positive views of their academic and non-academic lives and persistence at the institution. (MM)

An expectancy model for predicting academic achievement was found to be a potentially useful tool for understanding factors that influence effort and performance. (MM)

Students with an internal locus of control functioned well under a variety of conditions while students needing extrinsic reinforcement functioned well only when feedback was provided by the experimenter. (MM)