This study was designed to identify the preferences of elementary reading teachers for certain instructional patterns and procedures and to compare these preferences with those of a similar group of teachers in another geographic location. (Authors/JA)

The results of a comparison of eight different typing programs involving a variety of media indicate that the most effective programs tended to be those that devoted relatively little time to detailed instruction during keyboard learning and emphasized speed by forced-pace typing during skill building. (Author/JA)

To study the effect of note taking and opportunity for review on subsequent recall, 88 college students were randomly assigned to five treatment groups utilizing different note taking and review combinations. No treatment effects were found, although quality of notes was positively correlated with free recall an multiple-choice measures.…

Comparison, over four years, of academic performance (reading, algebra, and weighted GPAs) of two groups of students regularly admitted, via an admissions test, and one group specially admitted, via a summer program, to a specialized high school in New York City showed significant differences at the .05 level. (Author/JA)

A study of a first-grade, bilingual-bicultural program was made to determine the effect of the program on three nonintellectual attributes of children: self-concept, self-descriptions, and stimulus-seeking activity. (Author/JA)