The university does not need research so much as research needs the university. (Editor)

The study reported here demonstrates the differing requirements critical to teaching at the elementary, secondary, and college level. In college teaching professional factors (e.g. knowledge of subject matter and class presentation) were found to have greatest significance in overall effectiveness of teaching-learning performance as opposed to…

Arguing that students' demand for relevance is for wisdom rather than for utilitarian knowledge, and that it is caused by poor teaching, particularly in the liberal arts, the author emphasizes the individual teacher's responsibility to communicate the proper view of education, to lead students in their search for wisdom. (JT)

Proposes that the ways in which professors test and grade largely determines what and how their students learn. (Editor/PG)

At Bucknell University, a study of student preferences for faculty teaching styles indicates an overwhelming preference for professors who see themselves and are seen as teachers rather than researchers, administrators or socialites. This preference was found to exist across sex, class level, and student self-reported personality ratings (JMD)

To assess student feeling toward large group instruction, an attitude survey of 17 questions was administered before and after participation in such a class. Tremendous attitude changes from negative to positive were attributed largely to effective media use in the class. (LBH)

The effects of an innovative method of instruction on cognitive and attitudinal outcomes were examined. The method combined the techniques of large and small group instruction. Findings suggest that large group instruction, when combined with small group interaction, may provide a satisfactory alternative to traditional instruction. (LBH)

Does course evaluation by students aid students in selecting the "best" instructors? This and related questions were experimentally tested by University of Utah faculty members. (Editor/LBH)

This study is an attempt to replicate earlier investigations at other institutions regarding the characteristics of an "ideal professor." Indiana University Northwest undergraduate and graduate students are in agreement about the most and least important characteristics: encouraging independent thinking, and liking college-age youth, respectively.…

Student evaluations, often ignored, are a valuable evaluative method for teachers. (PG)

Reports on a survey of college students regarding what professors made them think and how the instructors initiated this response. (HS)

Thirty-six high-achieving students at San Jose State College were surveyed on the quality of the university's instruction, with the intent of compiling a monograph of the results to stimulate campus-wide student-faculty discussion of ways to improve teaching. The questionnaire is included. (MSE)