Objective. The purpose of this study was to examine differences between traditional student assistance teams and an innovative consultation-based assistance team in terms of the risk ratios for minority students for evaluation and eligibility for special education services. It was hypothesized that the innovative consultation-based assistance team…

Suggestopedic language teaching, which is based on Lozanov's theories and their applications to teaching, is discussed. A language course based on suggestopedia covers a large amount of material in a very short time. This approach is designed to stimulate the student to assimilate a considerable amount in a short time, enabling him to use the…

Over 300 scholarly papers are presented here. The papers are divided into 40 sections covering such topics as memory, sensory development, learning, conditioning, behavior theory, attitude development, clinical assessment, perception, and psychophysiology. Although the papers are in the main aimed at other professionals in psychology, many of them…

Reviews trends in applying psychology to mathematics learning. Discusses the influence of behaviorism and other functionalist theories, Gestalt theory, Piagetian theory, and the "new functionalism" evident in computer-oriented theories of information processing. (GC)

The author describes nine separate stages of help that reflect the normal process of pupil improvement and some of the corresponding teacher skills. Stages begin with the "honeymoon stage," including active resistance, limited testing, beginning trust, and achievement, and concluding with expression of genuine feelings of sadness and attachment.…

This reaction to the special feature on psychological education (School Counselor, May, 1973) stresses the need for more articles on workable methods of implementing both the new and old theories and programs into a school or community. (JC)

The study used the psychological paradigm of transactional analysis (TA) to classify and develop items for an environmental attitude questionnaire. It was concluded that TA provides a framework from which to structure questions for the questionnaire. (RE)

Analyses indicated that the poorer performance of learning disabled students on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability, as compared to their performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, can be explained in terms of the kinds of behaviors sampled in the Woodcock-Johnson battery. (Author)

Describes a six-session psychoeducational program for training vocational rehabilitation counselors in group dynamics. Presents evaluation of program by counselors (N=15) in which leadership styles, conflict management, and typology of group tasks concepts were rated as most beneficial. (Author/ABL)

Argues that the future tense underlies both literary criticism and the discipline of rhetoric as conceived by Aristotle and that Aristotle gives the argumentative arts a middle ground which makes them distinct and yet weds them inextricably with those claiming greater or lesser degrees of generality. (RAE)

Discusses a psychoeducational, experiential group for members of an alcohol treatment program which addressed loss, personal reaction to loss, and grief as a healing process. Explores the relationship between grieving and addiction, and presents the protocol for the group experience. (Author)

Examined ability of Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJPEB) to identify learning-disabled (LD) students. Administered WJPEB to 71 previously identified LD students and evaluated cluster score performance. Used three methods of obtaining discrepancies; slightly more than one-half of LD students were identified. Memory deficits were…

The study compared patterns of performance on the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery of 36 college freshmen with learning disabilities (LD) and 36 control students. LD students performed lower than non-disabled students in 15 of the 17 clusters of the battery. (Author/DB)

In a group of 29 nursing home residents, 14 were taught to use Prodigy for electronic mail, bulletin boards, and electronic games; 15 participated in regular activities. Computer interaction effectively increased cognitive abilities and daily living skills and decreased the level of depression. (SK)

Claims there is a need for mental health counselors to see the big picture and deal with the system surrounding the individual. Notes psychoeducation can have a positive effect on the therapeutic process. Sets forth a theory and presents programs that can expand the role of mental health counselors. (Author)