A work reproduction design was used to examine the effect of attentional focus on the perception of physical work. Subjects performed a fixed interval of work while answering arithmetic problems or performing in an unfilled control condition. Results of this study are discussed. (Author/DF)

This book describes a theoretical framework, "experienced cognition," for understanding cognition at the level of conscious mental states that make up a person's stream of awareness. The central idea is a cospecification hypothesis that an experienced self and experienced objects are simultaneously specified in the information available…

Discusses the hierarchy of awareness levels through which a learner may pass, and emphasizes that science teachers, particularly at the college level, should attempt to use teaching methods that are compatible with the awareness of students. (JR)

Hypothesis that non-conservers would give more perceptual than identity arguments, and that conservers would give more identity than perceptual reasons for their judgments was supported by the conservation pretest results. (Authors)