The major focus of this study is to trace the cognitive development of students throughout a mathematics course and to seek the qualitative differences between those of different levels of achievement. The aspect of the project described here concerns the use of concept maps constructed by the students at intervals during the course. From these…

An experiment was conducted to investigate memory in a concept (CI) identification problem as a function of the number of trials. As the performance was significantly better, it was concluded that participants actively try to store and retain information during their search for a solution. (Author/KM)

Research supported by a postgraduate scholarship from the National Research Council of Canada. (RS)

Results support the hypothesis that, with 6-year old children, the production of analytic responses on the Conceptual Style Test is a function of the instructions used. (Author/CB)

The psychological concept of cascading chains of responses is introduced as an explanatory mechanism for the enhancement of acquisition of extended trends and sequences in science and the efficacy of using verbal models in science teaching. The author suggests that the validity of his theory can be tested empirically by using suitable multi-trial…

Children's errors and slips, their incomplete and partially right answers are often more illuminating and informative of a child's stages of language development and his thought processes and are of greater value for future action by the teacher than are the number of correct answers in a formal right, wrong testing situation. (Author)

Experiment compares the effect of equilibration type training to the effects of S-R reinforcement type training in developing weight-conservation concepts in second and third grade pupils. S-R group performed significantly better than control group on initial posttest for conservation of weight. A measure for permanence of the conservation beliefs…

The Kindness Picture-Story Measure was constructed and given to subjects between the ages of 4 and young adulthood. Results showed that children acquire an understanding of different aspects of kindness at different ages. (DR)

Proposes and tests a model of the cognitive processes that cause communication apprehension. Also examines the relationship between cognitive processes and physiological arousal. (PD)