"T & E" (Thorough and Efficient Education) requires that New Jersey's schools set standards that will be functional and continuous. Here is an educationally viable approach to handle what has become a "political" issue. (Editor/RK)

Defines the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and explains why and how it can be used effectively to teach undergraduate history. A study guide from a PSI course on the history of Africa is used as an example. Also included is an annotated bibliography of 23 resources describing PSI and how to implement it. (AV)

Surveys successful teachers and their writing students on preferred teaching emphases and response practices. Notes that successful teachers deemphasize response after a piece of writing is complete and do not use writing for testing students, but comment during process so students will learn to think for themselves. Reports contrasting student…

Educational excellence exists in the process of learning as much as in the results. The engagement that marks excellence involves curiosity about the world, clear thinking with values, and character that keeps you anchored in the world. Every person is capable of this excellence. (LHW)

Describes a program which focuses on the care and study of animals. The program, part of a grades K-6 science curriculum, emphasizes science process skills and encourages students to develop a questioning attitude about the world while they gain a sizable amount of background information about the animal world. (JN)

The roles and behavior of the process education curriculum of MACOS are meaningfully implemented in a college professional preparatory setting. (Author/KM)

A summary is given of student responses to use of a process model in exploring the concept of overpopulation. (Author/KM)

Counseling process variables were investigated. Process variables were counselor-client congruency, counselor empathy, counselor verbal mode, and subrole. Counselor cognitive complexity did not significantly discriminate between measures of the process variables. There was a significant difference in performance on three process variables between…

A learning organization set up to pursue meta- or process-goals for management students is described in terms of its theoretical bases and course structure. Student perceptions of the course and its outcomes are compared with expectations; discrepancies are discussed along with criticisms of the approach within a university context. (JMF)

Described is a freshman science program at Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Mass.) in meteorology, designed as the first part of a three-year unified science sequence. Merits of the course, in which particular emphasis is placed on observation skills and making predictions, are enumerated. (CS)

Examines the emotional responses of three individuals to timed mathematics skills-tests. Uses a non-Newtonian view of time to interpret the individual reactions. Draws on Mandler's insights into the nature of emotional responses. Examines the implications of these emotional responses for equitable assessment practices. (Author/KHR)

Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC resources available for study of both content and process in social studies. Includes Lynne V. Cheney's "American Memory," a study of the status of humanities education in the nation's public schools, as well as Nancy Hutchinson's analysis of Glaser's theory of the role of knowledge. (LS)

Responds to Graeme Decarie's recommendation to teach processes in introductory history by citing E. D. Hirsch's argument that a general body of knowledge is necessary for intelligent discourse. Argues that an understanding of historical chronology must be developed in the introductory history course. (LS)

Addresses the difficulties students have in acquiring graphical problem-solving skills. Presents some techniques and concepts intended to help students overcome them. Contains 15 references. (Author/ASK)

Argues that science education can provide skills and perspectives that are transferable to domains outside of science. Discusses how the rationality of science is closely related to principles and norms fundamental to discourses outside of science. (CCM)