Article expands on one aspect of conceptual conflict, contradiction, in order to illustrate in greater detail how it might be exploited in educational practice. (Author)

The concept learning of poetic styles, using a transfer paradigm, extends earlier findings on the learning of artistic styles to prose materials. (Author/KM)

Using a model for individual differences in multidimensional scaling, 16 concepts dealing with developmental psychology were scaled before and after a course. The criterion measure used was the instructor's position in the subject space. Implications of this methodology for educational evaluation are discussed. (Author/SE)

This essay sought to examine the difficulties surrounding the relevance of history to education. (Author/RK)

Previous cognitive science research demonstrates how the Agent-action-Objective (AaO) paradigm controls the cognitive processes of differentiation and integration. The present discussion advances the process to the fourth of five phases. Of the four dependent variables emerging at this stage, two are discussed: zero processing and variations in…

A series of studies investigated the development of infants' understanding of the containment function of certain objects. In Experiment 1, infants' absolute preference for looking at either a can or a tube was tested. No preference was found. Two measures were used in Experiments 2 and 3. One assessed infants' looking response or gaze behavior…

Subjects from three generations of Chinese-Canadian families completed questionnaires to assess their concept of family. A total of 12 males and 12 females from the three age groups participated. Age groups were composed of 9- through 13-year-olds, 30- through 50-year-olds, and 65-year-olds and older. Tasks included listing family members, drawing…

This report argues that there exists a pervasive tendency for analogies to contribute to the development of entrenched misconceptions in the form of reducing complex new knowledge to the core of a source analogy. The report presents a taxonomy of ways that simple analogy induces conceptual error and an alternative approach involving integrated…

This article asks if "open education" is a meaningless term or a meaningful concept. (PD)

A new operational measure of span of control is proposed in order to develop a common language of measurement that will facilitate an understanding of organizational structure. (Author)

The Piagetian concept of horizontality was studied in 195 fifth graders to determine the relationship between this concept and memory. (ST)

Despite the uniqueness of each individual's experience, approximate communication is possible in the margin of overlap between the speaker/writer's experience and that of the hearer/reader. This vague phrase, "margin of overlap," can be clarified and given an empirical base through application of the measure of vagueness developed in…

This paper presents the results of three experiments conducted in connection with development of a node-link based teaching/learning strategy. In experiment 1, subjects were instructed to either define concepts selected from a unit of introductory psychology or to describe the relationships existing between pairs of concepts. The cognitive…

A description of how protocol materials are used in a federally funded project for teacher education. (HB)