PAGE SIX Research Review Two Classes Will Test New Teaching Method Machine age research and several hundred University students have united to determine whether courses can be effectively taught without personal contact with an instruc tor. Experimental algebra (Math 2) and remedial English (English 0) classes began yester-J ~ day to explore the possibilities of! « • i .1 I using programmed materials in-:MCCICI6nT mVOIVGS stead of the conventional face-to-'_ . face classroom situation. Soph on Scooter “Programmed material’’ con-i . corns a carefully sequenced or! J Gary Brooks, sophomore m in “programmed” course of study, idustml engineering from Pitts providing the background neces-: bur g h ; was struck yesterday after sary to learn the subject, John n 0 0» by a t car whlle operating a Quarkenbush, research assistant motoi scooter, in the Learning Research Center,: The ca r, driven by Mrs. John said. ... [Walker of Millheim, hit the scoot- The project, directed by the ler 'in an attempt to pass it, State Division of Academic Research ;College police reported. The acci and Services, had been in the Sd e nt occurred in the 200 block planning stage for two years. ; 0 f g. Allen St. The subjects are presented to: ' , , . . the students in “frames,” pages! Brooks was treated for bruises or slides containing a breakdown ?/ the ankle at the Ri enour of the material to be learned, health Center. Damage to the Each section contains questions scooter was estimated at $5. so that the students continually! demonstrate what they are learn-; . ~ . , _ . inR Applications tor Tutoring In this manner,' the instructor! Applications for the Student knows precisely who is having Government Association tutoring trouble or where his own presen- service are now available at the tation is at fault. Hetzel Union desk and in IJO Old The students will also be given Main study guides with homework; problems so that they may prac tice the- items covered in class, j Quackenbush said that some ! exagerated claims have been made about the success of this method. While the researchers have drawn no definite conclu sions yet, indications are that students potentially could learn twice as much as they are now. Concerning quality, program ming is at least as good as any other technique: it has never , been worse, he said. At Hamilton College, for ex ample, supplemental use. of pro grammed materials for a fresh man logic course reduced the class horns from three to two per week. Yet the students covered more material, more thoroughly than ever before, Quackenbush said. He attributed the success of the programs to the careful se quencing. In the math program, for example, the lessons start with the basic number system— “what number comes after 1,2,3, 4,f> , , —and in twelve lessons moves step-by-step to linear (Continued on page seven) Ccmpud Ctitukm. your do everything dress V, 'l’,: # ' | L T&4 dM4IM 0- . "Hulk, M fovt {/«« 51m«-((4H & \mH - "VwUi tWttl (uUO.lilti jt u.cKlfcjiwtla puP fcufeciu-, Mutidzzd.'tijiwlitJi bjdt (tfiiij/.uxliir ijiy, Jfj <p*<s fiwtjTMduutufaia. to, Ip/fick.' it) tOO'k ifHvj OiauAHi.(XvA •iwJtttA &Ml(s}tk:^lljU>in\ukUi/(MU>yu tM&jjlM <UUmv, BEAUTY BLOUSE A SPORTSWEAR IPHRATA, PENNA. If** Color ~,,,, Horn* IMrlll Ifly Still llMltlt 2’ L'li't'.*. . ft tvrt~U *7i 4% Penns, Still SileTTo* By KAY MILLS The deadline for returning ap plications is Friday. They may be left at the HUB desk or in 110 Old Main. "Tareyton's Dual Filter In duas partes divisa est!" says Publius (Boom-Boom) Aurelius, Coliseum crowd pleaser. Says Boom-Boom, “Tareyton is one filter cigarette that really delivers de gustibus. Legions of smokers are switching. Try a couple of packs of Tareytons. They’re the packs Roman&l” THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Coed Tells of Visit to Russia By PAT DYER News Editor The Russian people are very curious and ask Americans a lot of questions, especially about U.S. unemployment and the educational system, Elea nor Space, junior in Russian and political science from Ford City, said. Miss Space, who spent five weeks in the Soviet Union last summer under a scholarship from tiie Carnegie Corporation, added that .Russian students seem es pecially interested in the way the American government handles its affairs abroad. “They feel we make a lot of mistakes,” she said. Miss Space visited the Soviet Union with a group of 20 under graduates from all over the United States. The group left New York July 21 after five weeks of in tensive Russian study at Indiana University. This was the third; year for the Carnegie program’ and the 11th for the Indiana; workshops. j While in the Soviet Union, the ] members of 1 he group spoke only in Russian. The group had a required hour of classes each day. They participated in plan- ; ned group activities such as visiting Russian theaters, mu seums, parks and circuses. They also had some free time and, since they were required to speak only in Russian, were ab’le to talk to the Soviet peo ple. The students visited Leningrad,’ Kiev and Moscow and spent 12 ; days in a sports camp outside; Kiev, Miss Space said. 1 Tareyton delivers the flavor... About 550 Soviet students at tended the camp under the aus pices of the Kiev Politechnic School. The American students lived with the Soviet students during the 12 days two Ameri cans and eight Soviets in a living unit. The Soviet students were in technical curricula. Miss Space said, but knew "so much" about American culture. They even recited contemporary American poetry. Miss Space said. Most of the students were members of Kommsomol, the first step to membership in the Com munist party. They seemed to prize their membership, she added. She said she found that thej Russian students seemed veryj sine-'- e about their concern for WE'VE MOVED! Upperclassmen may be as lost as freshmen this year when it comes to locating the office of The Daily Collegian. We’ve moved from our old home in Carnegie building, down the Mall to the basement of Sackett. Hope the map below will help all of you to find us. Armory // DVAL # FILTER #DOESIT! » * * >OUTE Tarey frtiwtii ffii&ntom tttmUilt M wt. .♦**•** WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1961 peace. ' “Everybody talks peace in Russia,” she said, adding, “It’s almost a national, slogan ‘We’re for peace and friendship’.” Miss Space said the Soviet people would constantly ask the students “ ‘Why does the U.S. want war?’ We're considered the warmongers,” she added. The students found that they really missed one phase of American life during their slay in Russia news from the outside world. Miss Space said that they couldn't get a copy of The New York Times any where in Russia. She said she met one Russian student who admitted he read jPravda, believed every word of it and said that he wouldn’t even read any tiling else. MALL □\ IT Obelisk * Sackett
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