THE BROAD PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO TEST EMPIRICALLY THE STRUCTURE OF THE HANDBOOK "TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES 1--COGNITIVE DOMAIN." IT WAS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT FOUR FORMS OF A TAXONOMY-TYPE TEST SINCE NONE WAS AVAILABLE. THE PHENOMENA WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED BY THE "TAXONOMY" ARE THE RESPONSES (BEHAVIORS) WHICH…

This study replicated a study by Mehler and Bever (1967) which had reported conservation observed in very young children between 2 years 4 months and 2 years 7 months old. Both Piaget (1968) and Bielen (1968) criticized the Mehler-Bever finding, claiming that true conservation had not been demonstrated. The investigator in the present study sought…

It has been found that an information-processing analysis of latencies collected in an immediate sentence recall task using children with median age 4 years 4 months favors a serial processing mechanism. This mechanism consists of three major parts: (1) The detection of a clausal boundary, (2) the assessment of whether or not the observed…

The Professional Development Seminar (PDS), an adjunct to the freshman Orientation to Education class at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, was a conscious attempt to develop a more positive feeling of self-worth in students enrolled in their first professional development education course. PDS provides a small group, student-oriented,…

This study examined the developmental differences in preschoolers' recognition memory while evaluating the effects of experimenter-provided labels and assessing spontaneous production of verbal mediators by preschool children. (JMB)

Asserting that play encourages development of the cognitive map, this article describes the development of a cognitive map and explores the function of play in that development. (JC)

J. Piaget's theories on cognitive development are briefly reviewed, but the author asserts that they cannot be applied to the mentally retarded. (CL)

This article also serves as a rejoinder to TM 502 436, focusing mainly on Kagan's second and third themes: continuity between stages of development and resilience of human cognitive growth. (DEP)

Two lines of research on the development of Piagetian concepts are examined in terms of the effects of their methodological procedures on the substantive results of the research. (JMB)

Developmental rates and standard scores are examined for 56 infants in four gestational age groups by repeated measurements on the mental scale of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. (Author/JMB)

Studied the hypothesis that adult acceptance and supportiveness of a child has a facilitative effect on the child's early curiosity and exploratory behavior. (GO)

This study provided data showing that with increase in age there is an increase in spontaneous alternation behavior in preschool children. Mental age rather than chronological age is indicated as a more meaningful predictor of a child's tendency to seek out and approach varying stimulation. (GO)

Based on a literature review, class observations, and interviews with teachers and students, this article offers a conception of higher order thinking (as signifying challenge and expanded use of the mind), discusses reasons for the difficulty of promoting it in high schools, and suggests ways principals can help. (MLH)

Defines the field of developmental psychopathology, and briefly describes the articles contained in this volume. (PCB)

To study age-related improvements in information processing, a release from proactive interference (PI) procedure was used with 144 children in conjunction with a running memory task. For class of item and acoustic similarity, evidence was found for PI release with age, but there was no evidence of a relationship between short-term memory (STM)…