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The main objective of this study was to develop a category system to analyze or evaluate issue-centered classroom discussion (teaching-learning processes, cognitive and affective classroom interaction, verbal transactions (communication patterns), and, achievement of behavioral objectives). Behaviors investigated were: the extent of Michigan secondary school teachers (biology, english, and social studies) discussion of issues in the classroom; how and why certain teachers pay more systematic attention to issues than others; how students perceive issue-discussion, and the skills used in examining issues; and, what personality or school factors influence the nature of the discussion. The survey instruments used were the Michigan Social Issues Teacher and Student Questionnaires, Minnesota Student Attitude Inventory and the Harvard Social Issues Analysis Test-2. Classroom dialogue was observed and recorded to identify the range of verbal communications, logical and affective operations, and the socio-psychological environment of 17 classrooms. Data analysis is covered in chapters 2, 3, 6, and volumes 2 and 3 of this study. Chapters 4 and 5 traced the category system development, and, the methodological and substantive means for presenting and imterpreting data collected through system use. A related document is: SO 000 017. (SBE)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert