Evaluates the sequential introduction of compliance training components on the instruction-following of four elementary school students. The components included effective instruction delivery with reinforcement for compliance, time in, and time out. Increased compliance levels were maintained at follow-up with all four students. Discusses results…

Describes study of elementary school children in Australia which was designed to determine their sequential knowledge of measuring length and to apply recent cognitive theories to predict the sequence of development of knowledge. Recent literature is reviewed, information processing skills are discussed, and skills required for measuring length…

Using Jean Piaget's theory of thinking as a structuring mechanism, this paper presents a theoretical framework for the development of remedial, corrective, and developmental reading programs geared toward teaching reading comprehension. The four stages of intellectual development that Piaget has proposed (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete…