The work described in this paper was undertaken to study children's ability to preserve semantic relations during analogical mappings. Two experiments are described based on the understanding that metaphors and analogies are mappings from one semantic region (the domain of origin) to another (the range of application), which convey the idea that…

This multiple case study investigated the relationship between kindergarten teachers' questions and children's responses. The classroom discussions of 4 groups of children and their teachers (all middle income level) were taped and classified into five different question and response categories. Results indicated that: (1) some teachers ask more…

This collection of checklists is designed for screening preschool children, both handicapped and non-handicapped, in order to identify those with talent in the following areas: intellectual, academic (reading, math and science), creative, leadership, visual and performing arts (art and music), and psychomotor. Each checklist consists of a 7- to…

This manual provides instructions for the administration, scoring and interpretation of 6 Preschool Talent Checklists (PTC) which have been developed for screening handicapped and non-handicapped, preschool children who may be gifted or talented. Rationale, description, development and standardization of the PTC are reviewed. The PTC are 6…

The second of three documents on Project PRISM, a program designed to help middle school classroom teachers provide for the needs of gifted and talented students without removing them from the mainstream, notes guidelines for parents. The following topics are addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): characteristics of the gifted (common myths…

Written in Spanish and focusing on art activities for early childhood education, this manual provides guidelines for Spanish-speaking teachers of preschool and primary school children. The content of the manual is oriented to the learning styles and special interests of Spanish-speaking children. Part One defines artistic activity in the preschool…

SIXTY SOURCES ON TEACHING METHODS, MOST PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1958 AND 1964, ARE REVIEWED AS A BASIS FOR POSSIBLE REVISION OF COLLEGE COURSES ON METHODS. EIGHT DEAL WITH DEFINITIONS OF INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING, FIVE WITH THE TEACHER, NINE WITH GROUPING, 15 WITH HEURISTIC METHODS, FOUR WITH PROBLEM SOLVING, AND 19 WITH CREATIVITY. A SUMMARY LISTS THE…

The Leisure Activities Index was developed to measure educative behavior and was used to study the relationship between leisure satisfaction of adults and the extent to which they engaged in educative behavior. Five different groups established norms for the index: college graduates, noncredit university students, part-time credit students, high…

This 1964 report briefly describes a large-scale longitudinal study to assess the achievement of all students who entered the Toronto school system in either junior kindergarten (1960) or senior kindergarten (1961). To assess the effect of kindergarten on the students' later school achievement, and to examine the nature of school failure, it was…

This journal provides a focal point for the collection and distribution of systematically processed information about theory and practice in theatre. Part of an irregularly published series, this issue contains investigations of possible effects of counterattitudinal role-playing on actors' attitudes and self-concept, cognitive dissonance and…

Three stages of the developing second language of a 3;9-3;11 year-old English-speaking child in an Urdu speech milieu were examined and compared with findings that have been accumulated about the order and process of first language acquisition. The study showed that in the development of many syntactic and morphological features the child used…

This publication relates a conversation between a university music professor and a public school music coordinator about musical creativity and its potential in every human being. As part of the National Humanities Faculty Why Series, the book is intended to help students, teachers, and citizens maintain and improve their intellectual vigor and…

Ten environmental education booklets presented in this document are the third volume of the environmental series developed by community groups around the Tallahassee Junior Museum and its Pioneer Farm. The first three booklets present an overview of the museum and of the various education programs and activities offered for students at the museum…

This study was designed to test four groups of pupils entering the second grade in the York County School Board area--two groups in open schools and two in traditional schools--chosen because of the similarity in the schools' size and location and in the socioeconomic status of the pupils. The students were tested once each year for three years…

These papers, presented during ASCD-sponsored conference, confront educators with issues in and alternatives for making secondary schools a more humanizing experience for students. The contributors and their articles are: Norman K. Hamilton, "Alternatives in Secondary Education"; Thornton B. Monez and Norman L. Bussiere, "The High School in Human…