Investigates effects of a specific method of art instruction designed to increase the individual's ability to handle visual complexity and detail. Implications of findings for art education are also discussed. ( MG)

Article explores need for improvement in teaching the process of diagnosis as cruicial to delivery of appropriate medical care. (IR)

Describes a reading and listening study aid called a map" which, in addition to synthesizing information, displays it in pictorial form with special markings for main and supporting ideas. (MS)

Presents representative poems written by students who had carefully examined one square foot of playground. (RD)

Studies suggest that primary children are teacher-motivated, prefer structure, movement, and intake while reading, and use tactual and kinesthetic senses to learn to read. Older students are less teacher-motivated, need less movement, intake, and structure, and more choice of materials, and use visual and auditory senses to learn. (Author/JM)

Discusses global education from an attribution theory perspective. Attribution describes the process in which inferences about human behavior are made. The three stages of attribution processing--observation of the action, judgment of intention, and making a dispositional attribution--aid in diagnosing the instructional situation and in clarifying…

A teacher reports on helpful advice she received from a colleague when she started teaching: to teach students in the cognitive mode in which they learn best (auditory, visual, kinesthetic, or tactile). (TE)

Kinesthetic apparatus make physics learning experiences stimulating, memorable, and influential in helping students relate natural phenomena to the laws of physics. Describes a number of experiments and demonstrations that are possible with kinesthetic apparatus, which help eradicate some traditional student misconceptions and provide students…

Discusses that Gestalt principles are especially well suited to teaching music. Identifies the laws of proximity, similarity, common direction, and simplicity in the notation system. Suggests that music teachers use these principles by following a logical progression to teach students to improve musical skills, solve problems, and think in…

Describes several ways to demonstrate the relationship between various aspects of auditory stimulation and sensation. Discusses the equipment required to hear and to visualize simultaneously a variety of auditory signals. States that these demonstrations allow students to learn more about sensory processing in general and auditory function in…

Research tells us we can learn complex tasks most easily if they are taught in "small sequential steps." This column is about the small sequential steps that unlocked the powers of digital photography, of portraiture, and of student creativity. The strategies and ideas described in this article came as a result of working with…