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ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY can be used to overcome many of the barriers and other factors that restrict delivery of services to rural schools; it can also expand the world of rural gifted students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Online college and high school Web sites that offer courses are listed, as well as a Web site for tutoring and one offering help for teachers of rural gifted students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Recommendations are made for ways that legislatures and rural school districts can make Internet resources and assistive technology more widely available in rural educational settings.

Electronic technology can be used to overcome many of the restrictive factors or barriers to delivering services to rural schools, and it can expand the world of rural gifted students. On-line college and high school sites offering courses are listed. Also listed is a site for tutoring and one offering help for teachers of rural gifted students. Recommendations are made for legislatures and for rural school districts., Although there are issues for all children in rural schools, the needs of rural gifted students are especially critical (DeLeon & Argus-Calvo, 1997; Gear, 1984; Joyce & Wolking, 1988; O'Connell [...]

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The article reflects on the effect of arithmetic achievement on learning programmed algebra. Programmed materials are units of material that have been selected and arranged in a sequence so that a continuum from simple to complex material results requiring either a covert or overt response to each unit. A study has been conducted which tested two modes of programming algebra. As compared to the inductive method of programming materials, the deductive method of programming resulted in a superior average retention. Moreover, the verbal mode of programming resulted in a greater average retention than the non-verbal mode.

The article discusses the four techniques of programming algebra which includes, the non-verbal inductive technique, the verbal inductive technique, the non-verbal deductive technique and the verbal deductive technique. In developing a program using the non-verbal inductive technique, sets of specific examples were presented to the pupil in sufficient number to allow him to arrive at a definite rule, principle or fact while in the verbal inductive technique, sets of specific examples or applications are presented to the pupil in sufficient number to allow him to reach a conclusion concerning the examples or application and then construct a definite rule, principle or fact. In the non-verbal deductive technique, every frame presented to the pupil contains, complete rule or sub-rule and an incomplete example of application of that rule or sub rule while in the verbal deductive technique, the frames presented to the pupil in sufficient number to allow him to understand the rule, contains rules and examples of its applications.