Nine papers were presented at a workshop concerned with structure and process in cognition. The reports given at this conference represent detailed applications of these concepts to limited areas of experience. This work is unique in that both structure and process appear together, rather than being studied as independent concepts. All the papers…

THE REDEVELOPMENT AND ENRICHMENT PROCEDURES USED TO INDUCE CHANGES IN THE LEARNING PROCESS OF ADOLESCENTS (AGES 12-15) WILL BE EVALUATED. THE EXTENT OF MODIFICATION AND THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR CHANGE ARE SECONDARY INTERESTS. INSTRUMENTAL ENRICHMENT, A CONSCIOUS RELEARNING OF LEARNING SETS, IS THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUE FOR ACHIEVING COGNITIVE…

The aim of this study was to document the development of illness and health causality concepts in young hospitalized children (ages 4-10 years) whose stage of cognitive development may limit understanding of illness and treatment. It was hypothesized that distinct qualitative levels would characterize children's conceptions of illness and that…

This issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of individual analysis, instruction, cognitive development, and Piagetian studies. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an…

Two studies were initiated to examine the effects of study habits, personality traits, and approach to content in college-level psychology courses. It was found that with the exception of regular study habits, none of the factors is either a help or a hindrance to academic success as measured by multiple-choice, open-book exams. (Author/JR)

Test scores have fallen because play is essential for childrens' cognitive development and this generation of children has played less than any other. (Author/IRT)

Examines the ability of infants at various age levels between three and nine months to discriminate between their mother and a stranger, and relates such ability to the infants' developmental quotient at age nine months. (Author/MP)

It is suggested that sexual involvement is a moral issue reflecting decisions about the quality of interpersonal relationships desired by the partners. A cognitive developmental model for understanding interpersonal relationships is proposed and three levels of relationship reasoning are described. (Author)

In a series of exploratory studies to develop instruments for measuring field dependence in young children, 312 Japanese middle class children, ages 5 to 6, served as Ss. (Author)

Indicates that the evidence in support of an identity-equivalence sequence is much weaker than Brainerd and Hooper claimed. Suggests that for most children, identity and equivalence appear to be contemporaneous developmental achievements. Some general methodological and theoretical issues raised by the identity-equivalence studies are discussed.…

Discusses the developmental characteristics of the middle school years child. (DD)

Observing behavior and short term recognition were studied in a training and test design. (Author/SB)