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
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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
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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
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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.
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