Considered in the article on issues in special education and the culturally and linguistically different child are long term planning, the low achieving minority child, language assessment, cognitive assessment, and instruction. Emphasis is on testing in the dominant language, since a true disability must be apparent in both languages. (DB)

Significant correlations between measures of cognitive structure and performance were found using a procedure distinguishing between episodic and semantic memory as an heuristic with achievement test items. The design increased the likelihood of indications of semantic memory. Higher-order and lower-order cognitive processes are discussed.…

Discusses the relationship between Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Perry's theory of intellectual and ethical development, and recommends a framework for their application in course design. Involving students in examining not only course content, but also their beliefs and reasoning patterns, is recommended as a route for improving…