The primary purpose of the study was to investigate and compare the critical thinking development in grade eight students in Saskatoon resulting from the traditional approach and the cognitive curriculum approach to the teaching of social studies. (Author)

A one-year pilot study was undertaken to aid students in realizing full academic potential and assist them in personal growth toward maturation. Student development intervention strategies were used to structure a developmental milieu. Results show the program had a positive impact on academic performance and dimensions of personal growth.…

This article reviews the literature calling for specific skills in student development, describes a process-outcome model presented earlier for purposes of training student development specialists, and reports on the field applications and further development of that model. (Author)

As educators, are we stifling learning by using non-motivating, dissatisfying factors and concepts to try to motivate our students? According to the work of Dr. Frederick Herzberg, many teachers may be doing the wrong thing for the right reason. Considers what motivates students to enjoy their educational surroundings and to learn. (Author/RK)

Ideas, suggestions and activities for preschool through the early primary grades. This issue focuses on the use of fairy tales and folktales to stimulate student learning. (Editor/RK)

Student development programming goals are analyzed. Student development programs will make minimal progress in higher education without the intentional application of sound approaches to organizational change. Organization development and its concepts and strategies are presented as one systematic approach that warrants study and application by…

Possible drug-behavior relationships were viewed from a developmental perspective (e.g., sex, age, and maturation rate), insofar as drug effects will be directly related to the level of physiological and psychological maturation achieved by the drug user. Consequently, proposals were made dealing with drug education in the schools. (Author)

The author suggests that it is time to teach writing with a holistic approach that will produce students who can write and read equally well, and, if commercial publishers do not create well-focused writing programs, that teachers should develop their own instructional materials. (Author/RK)

The first article argues that student personnel professionals must become knowledgeable about the implications of the learning-earning conflict in higher education. It offers an alternative model for career development. A second article comments on the first. (Author)

Suggests that Piaget's theoretical perspective on children's developmental stages may provide insight into ways to help children who are not succeeding in formal reading instruction. (TJ)

Discusses the need for designing a system of accountability for use in decision-making about allocations of resources for student services. Programs and staff adjustments should be made in response to the changing student population. (MB)

Illustrates some of the musical topics which can be tackled with elementary school students. (Editor/RK)

There is a core of reference material that should be familiar to persons in student personnel work. This is one attempt to identify these basic sources. Areas included are general treatments of higher education, student characteristics and development, administration, and specific personnel services. (Author)

Studies the application of the monotonic criterion, i.e., career development proceeds in a continuous pattern. Systematic increases in scores on the Career Development Inventory are shown by high school students, but not by college students. Findings and related theory support discontinuity of career development process after high school. (DOW)

This paper presents and tests a model of career commitment in the young adult years that predicts membership in ROTC and the strength of the individual's commitment to a military career. Many of the specific findings, may be generalizable to other types of careers. (Author)