Children can recognize patterns much earlier than they can reconstruct them. A child cannot understand seriation in an operational sense unless he recognizes a seriated configuration. (ST)

Article discusses Albert Upton's concepts in Creative Analysis, a major emphasis in creative studies at State University College at Buffalo. (Author)

The bibliography includes works which analyze Mexico's ancient and contemporary philosophy, as well as the country's culture and national identity. (NQ)

A graphical representation is proposed as a teaching device which can be useful in order to obtain a good intuitive grasp of the physical meaning of the Lorentz transformations. The connection between the time dilation and the desynchronization of clocks is particularly discussed. (Author/PR)

The authors examine two prominent learning theories, Bruner's cognitive approach and Skinner's operant conditioning approach, hoping to "construct a 'mix' of the two traditions that really has something to say to educational practitioners. (Authors/LS)

A discussion of the meaning of conceptual learning, the types of evidence needed to substantiate claims to be teaching concepts, and some of the difficulties students may have when teaching proceeds on the basis of an inadequate concept analysis." Appended are 14 references. (Author/AA)

This article discusses the rationale for the classroom use of manipulative materials. Selection criteria are presented for the guidance of teachers, together with advice on how and how not to use the materials. (MM)

To test the hypothesis that children learn concepts better through linguistic cues than through exemplars, 58 kindergarten children in four matched groups were taught four new concepts using different combinations of sentences and exemplars. Neither main effect, variety of exemplars, nor level of linguistic context was significant. However, a…