The incidence of depression in 282 children (6 to 14 years old) admitted to a child and family psychiatric unit for a variety of emotional/behavioral disorders was investigated. (Author/SB)

This paper considers the insights that can be gained into the 'actual' curriculum, as compared to the 'intended' curriculum, by using an approach which probes the structure of children's understanding. This approach, known as the clinical interview, can be used by teachers and curriculum evaluators to help children understand curriculum content.…

Describes cognitive mapping, a practical, effective technique designed to help spot potential learning problems and avoid them. This method aids in matching students and courses, reduces the dropout rate, and helps improve students' learning performance. (Author)

To evaluate the effects of two different psychomotor programs on activity level and concentration, 34 children (ages 6 to 12) with educational problems were studied. Among findings were that children in both the yoga and general psychomotor programs were more efficient in their completion of criterion tasks after periods of physical activity. (PHR)

Able mathematics students had better short-term memory than mathematics disabled students; they recalled best when information was presented aurally, while poorer math students recalled better with visual presentations. (JD)

Health educators are warned not to overlook the relationships among the academic, emotional, and social problems of a learning disability. (MM)

Poses a probability problem with counterintuitive results which ultimately leads to a lesson in how mathematicians work and think. (KHR)

Responds to F. Uhlig's article on linear algebra that appeared in an earlier edition of this journal. (KHR)

The article describes 15 staff/student prereferral intervention strategies developed by teachers in Montgomery County (Maryland) for use with students having academic difficulties. Strategies are concerned with self-monitoring, metacognition, curriculum integration, simplifying English, study skills, home reading, and mentoring. (DB)

The article identifies five incorrect beliefs about mathematics often held by students who have difficulty with mathematics. They include: the relative size of numbers is more important than the relationships between quantities; computation problems must be solved by using a step-by-step algorithm; mathematics problems have only one correct…

Proposes a model for understanding child and adolescent achievement problems. Suggests four dimensions of a family's learning environment: (1) family communication deviances; (2) family structure; (3) family attributions; and (4) family achievement values. Offers metaphor of family as "primary classroom." (Author/ABL)

This model is useful in identifying specific learning problems and in providing techniques for the teacher to motivate and teach students at all levels. What it is and how it can be used are discussed, illustrated by specific strategies for geometry and science. (MNS)

Teachers need to watch for hidden visual problems which may affect their students' learning. The article discusses vision and learning, visual efficiency problems, and treatment; it describes conditions and symptoms of visual processing and efficiency disorders. (SM)

Children between 7 and 11 years of age with moderate learning difficulties were tested for conservation. Nonconservers were divided into experimental and control groups. Experimental group children performed conservation tasks with conserving children in their class. Posttests indicated that the increase in performance in conservation tasks was…

Describes a series of empirical studies designed to investigate the nature of learners' difficulties with the proof technique of structural induction. Indicates that a constant factor was the role of implication in induction. Concludes that the conceptual gap between knowing how to apply the principle of induction and understanding why it is valid…