Research supported by NICHD training grant number T1-HD-105-02.

The focus of attention of this paper is a widely held view that is put forward to clarify the philosophical question as to what indoctrination is and that the proposed clarification is inadequate and that it must be replaced by a more acceptable alternative. (Author/RK)

Suggests that lifelong education is a policy for education, and education is too broadly defined. Education should be restricted to areas of learning that produce desired effects. The place of knowledge in lifelong education is discussed, and distinction is drawn between education and training. (Availability: Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe,…

Results of a study involving 24 developmentally delayed preschoolers revealed that training on two or fewer exemplars of a stimulus class was sufficient to produce concept acquisition regardless of the training program employed (stimulus fading, stimulus delay, or reinforcement only). (CL)

Three children were observed in their homes approximately once a month for one year, from their 11th through 22nd month of life. Based on observation of the children's changing nonverbal behaviors, a five-level developmental sequence documenting the evolution of the cognitive notion of agent was developed. (Author)

Problems surrounding curriculum and curriculum theories are analyzed from two different viewpoints: (1) the search for the identity of curriculum; and (2) the relationship between curriculum theory and practice. The present complexity and paradoxes to be found in curriculum are discussed. (CJ)

Compares developmental changes in the processing of subordinate/superordinate relationships across perceptual and nonperceptual categories. Perceptual categories contained visually similar exemplars, while nonperceptual categories contained dissimilar exemplars. Second, fifth, and eleventh graders, as well as mentally retarded adolescents,…

Preadolescents were interviewed to determine their image of foreigners and foreign countries. Images are formed from personal environmental experiences and television. Children from different socio-cultural levels have different images. (AM)

Descriptions and clarifications of the concept of need have not included some of the problems inherent in the use of the term or implied by the term. This paper addresses the logical problem of the concept of need as a "referent" term and its hedonistic implications. (Author/SSH)

Evaluators usually have preconceptions about how decisions are made in social programs and how evaluation results will be used. This article demonstrates how an evaluator's choice of a decision-making model has significant impact on the conduct and fate of the research. (Author/CM)

Briefly reports findings of research indicating that primary school children are adept at recognizing many historical stereotypes and placing them in an accurate sequence. Illustrates how time charts can be used to foster children's historical understanding. (RH)

Develops a conceptual base for analyzing the literature on interviewing for its usefulness to the reference interview. Four holistic dimensions of the reference interview are identified and discussed in relation to interviewer decisions and other factors not directly controlled by the librarian. There are 18 references. (Author/RAA)

This article offers a perspective from which to consider the dimensionality of data used in teaching social science concepts. The perspective is based on consideration and analysis of the dimensional nature of areal space. Tips are offered on using the procedures designed to describe and adjust the indices of empirical property space so that they…

Explores the ways in which Burke's theory can be applied to the study of theater. Sets forth the general functions that Burke ascribes to entitlement. Considers three kinds of titles that might be connected with a theatrical artwork: (1) critical; (2) artistic; and (3) artistic-critical. (PD)

Describes the Consumer Education Project for Educable Mentally Retarded (EMR) 13- to 16-year-olds in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools. (Author/CM)