Reviews three types of contributions Coolie Verner has made to adult education: (1) defining adult education as a discipline/field, (2) classifying the adult education process, and (3) studying adult education as an innovation to be diffused and adopted. Verner's writings in these areas are summarized, analyzed, and assessed. (Author/CSS)

The observation and performance of an object's function in training receptive labeling was studied in four severely and profoundly retarded institutionalized adolescents. (Author/DLS)

A group of 108 children from nursery school, first grade, and third grade were given five problems measuring the concept of time, in which they were required to judge and explain which of two partially overlapping events started first, which ended first, and which lasted for a longer time. (Author/JMB)

Discusses ways of teaching the mole concept in high school chemistry classes. Provides resource information on the mole and Avogadro's Number. Includes an explanation of four methods for measuring Avogadro's Number and instructions on how to use the mole. (MA)

An example is used to illustrate the four levels: rote, observational, insightful, and formal. (MP)

There is a need in art education to clarify the conceptual meaning of art attitude and to delineate the qualities implicit therein. This research provides that clarification by presenting a definition of attitude applicable to art and art-related referents. Compares this definition to some fundamental characteristics of attitudes previously…

Suggests that there exists a "finite" number of elementary concepts and distinguishable modes of thinking, that all human beings tend to acquire the same set of elements of thinking and the same strategies with which to understand and control their physical environment, and that the method of analysis used here is a standard scientific method.…

The positive uses of negative space and other creative ways to bolster kids' physical awareness and expression. (Editor)

From a sample of 40 children's books on death, the concept of death was classified and elucidated, utilizing relevant literature in philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Death was viewed most often as temporary; it was also treated as an inevitable event. (Author)

Draws on the myth of Medusa to trace issues bearing on the concept of a "feminine sensibility" in art. (Editor)

Ausubel's theory of personality development in adolescence examines the role that social factors, especially parent-child relationships, play in the adolescent's struggle to find himself. An overview of this theory is presented and some parallels between it and Eriksonian theory are pointed out. Also examines some selected examples of research on…

This paper describes six experiments performed to investigate elementary school childrens' understanding of a proportionality concept, the concept of fullness. (CM)

Hugo Munsterberg's "The Film: A Psychological Study" is one of the earliest essays in the area of film theory. Unfortunately, it has remained relatively unknown since its publication in 1916. The author discusses two concepts raised by Munsterberg: the contrast between films in the theatrical mode and films in the cinematic mode.…

These comments take up the major issues raised in Eyseck's (1978) critique (AA 528 584) of Craik & Lockhart (1972): the problem of circularity in the definition of "depth", the distinction between qualitative and quantitative differences in encoding, and the relationships between the concepts of depth, strength and elaboration. (Editor/RK)