Observations were made in ten preschools of children's interactions in two domains of social events: social conventional and moral. Interviews were also administered to children from the preschool to determine whether they made a conceptual distinction between social conventional and moral events. (Author/JMB)

Examines the concept of maturity and then three aspects of the individual personality especially applicable to those who are religiously mature. (RK)

The effectiveness of simulation games as a method for teaching superordinate concepts was tested via a week-long experiment involving 183 fifth and sixth-grade students in the development of map skills. The simulation group demonstrated superior performance on the delayed posttest but not on the immediate posttest. (JC)

The author claims that there are two clearly defined stages regarding images and the way they are used: an "enactive" stage where a degree of identification with the image can be discerned and an "action free" stage. He warns against making assumptions about another person's imagery hence suppressing "equivalent mental…

The relationship between concrete operational thought and concept attainment was investigated in second grade students. (GO)

The role of test-teach questioning in helping developmentally retarded children understand basic concepts is discussed, and applications to child-clinician interactions are described. (CL)

Examines laws, systems and rules approaches to theory using generality and necessity as the criteria for viability. (MH)

Four of eight low-functioning, developmentally delayed preschool children initially failed to demonstrate expected oddity responding. In the context of a multiple baseline across-subject design, each of the previously unsuccessful children demonstrated significant increases in the percentage of correct oddity responses immediately upon…

Three experiments evaluated modifications of conceptual knowledge associated with judgments of adjective-noun conceptual combinations. The subjects included 109 students at the University of Illinois (Champaign). Results indicate that models that attempt to explain combined categories by adding or changing a single feature are not successful. (TJH)

Results showed that, contrary to predictions based on standard models of the logical time concept, long and short conditions were easier for children to solve than the traditional four- versus seven-second condition. Children were able to solve problems that are logically impossible to solve on the basis of nontemporal information. (Author/RH)

Responds to E. D. Hirsch's lists of essential background knowledge, asserting that readers must also understand key concepts, be familiar with genre, and employ interpretive strategies to understand literary texts. Asserts that careful grouping and sequencing of texts can provide this knowledge for students. (SR)

The ontological problem is "what exists?" The answer regarding the part of consciousness which is related to left hemisphere is that only individual discrete objects exist; objects are regarded one at a time. The answer regarding the part of consciousness which is related to right hemisphere is only comprehensive entities exist; each…

Compares the effects of concept instruction using either critical attributes or best examples on the acquisition of a concept. Inconsistent with previous research, findings reveal no statistically significant differences on the immediate or delayed achievement posttests. Statistical and procedural data are presented as well as possible…

The author presents objections to Clandinin and Connelly's 1987 interpretation of his work, the most important being a disagreement over the relationship between knowledge and action. Stating that they use a faulty typology in describing his work as "logistic," the author contends that his knowledge-action relation is problematic rather…

Discusses five- and six-year-old children's conceptions of life and death. Children were questioned about animals, plants, and inanimate objects. The most errors occurred when children judged inanimate objects; the fewest when they judged animals. The order of questions about either life or death significantly influenced children's responses. (NH)