Ninety-seven children between 5 and 8 years of age drew two arrays, four times each, in different orientations vis-a-vis the child. Younger children's drawings contained much array-specific information but often no indication at all of the child's viewing position. Older children's drawings were predominantly view-specific, often containing little…

Describes the educational technologist's work in Open University course production in terms of the work's context and the potential roles and tasks that may be assumed, and concludes that the educational technologist must continually construct and reconstruct his/her own role according to a number of sets of criteria. (Author/CMV)

Twenty-two infants aged eight weeks and 23 infants aged 16 weeks were tested in a visual fixation paradigm for the detection and use of sound localization cues. (JMB)

Forty 10-month-old infants were given two minutes to explore tactually an object in a totally darkened room. Subsequently, during a two-minute test trial in the dark, 10 infants were given the same object and 10 were given a novel shape. Novel shapes were manipulated significantly longer than familiar forms. (RH)

There was not a significant relationship between good or poor handwriting ability and a perceptual quotient score of above or below 90 on the Marianne Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception. (Author)

Examines the needs of media users and the perceived helpfulness of the media in gratifying these needs. Describes the relationship between the media-related needs and the use of the media and also the relationship of media use to perceived helpfulness. (JMF)

Although attitudes concerning different treatment rationales did not vary as a function of problem severity, exposure to a rationale enhanced rated willingness to enter counseling and promoted a more accurate perception of the nature of psychological problems and the requirements of treatment. (Author)

Outlines an approach for studying auditory levels in speech perception, focusing on the artificial speech understanding system that is most compatible with the experimental data obtained in speech perception research. (RL)

Four studies showed that a substantial proportion of their subjects, aged four to seven years, responded as if elements "out of sight" in pictures were either nonexistent or imcomplete. Termed "literalism," this mode of responding was related to age but little influenced by training or another form of structured experience.…

The forthcoming yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education focusing on philosophy of education is described. Included are comments on the proper role of philosophy in the education of educators, expectations of what philosophers have to offer educators, and a curriculum for doctoral programs in philosophy of education. (JMF)

The author examines the meaning of pedagogical caring as a role concept, and clarifies difficulties which have issued from a confusion of pedagogical and psychotherapeutic professional roles. (MJB)

Describes a study of the differences in the perceived roles, functions, and duties of clinical and counseling psychology interns in internship and university training program settings and of the effectiveness of the interns in their roles, functions, and duties as perceived by supervisors. Suggests training improvements. (SB)

Referring to the writings of L. Meyer, the author analyzes the view of music which emphasizes transmission of meaning and hence the reception and perception processes of the listener. She proposes an alternate view of music as an active mental construction and considers the teaching implications of both theories. (Author/SJL)

Reports that first grade children could be taught auditory perceptual skills, but that this training did not have a significant effect on their reading achievement. (Author/FL)