Developments in instruction in mathematics are traced through a discussion of factors contributing to the new mathematics movement, a description of new mathematics, influences on program development, and reactions to new mathematics. (MP)

Narratives about death produced by children between three-and-one-half and nine-and-one-half years of age were analyzed. Younger children have difficulty coping with death in emotional terms, and suppress or deny their affective reactions to it. (Author)

Short interviews were conducted with 48 first grade and 37 third grade children. All third grade children vs. 54 per cent of those in first grade had some concept of a drug. Parents were most frequently mentioned as the source of drug knowledge with television next. (Author)

Presents a brief but pertinent reminder that many of the so-called "basic" concepts in art education are value-laden and articulated with different degrees of evidential support. (Editor/RK)

Notes the lack of interest that youth have in "parenting". Discusses the conflict between developmental crises among youth and their parents. Fidelity, or loyalty to values, was suggested as the basis on which a concern for parenting could be stimulated among youth. Also suggests the strategic importance of modeling parenting for youth.…

A training packet of materials to train the trainer in rural development includes texts, teacher's guide, and learning aids designed for a class of 25 and aimed at: understanding rural development; finding the best approaches; defining community problems and setting priorities; locating resources; developing and implementing action programs; and…

Several observations about the way humans conceive of attributes, changes, and covariation of stimuli are presented as indications for the existence of a conceptual hierarchy of dimensions in which time dominates space, and space dominates every other dimension. (Author)

This article outlines some points about emotional development and the uniquely valuable contribution the arts can make to the important aspects of personality development, such as feelings. (Author/RK)

Offers some concepts that hold potential for reducing the frequency and intensity of the strained relationships that exist between supervisors and teachers. Introduces the school of thought in the social sciences known as "symbolic interactionism" and some of its principles as they may apply to the supervisor and gives some guidelines…

A professor of education talks about the meaning of career education, its objectives and philosophy, and the role of vocational training at the career preparation stage. (MF)

Reviews and analyzes previous major conceptualizations of communication satisfaction and offers a revised perspective and suggestions for future research. (MH)

This paper discusses how children form concepts; the diversity of concepts that are influenced by social processes; factors that affect concept formation; and behavioral techniques that have been effective in improving the instructional capabilities of parents and teachers. (Author/AM)

According to Piaget's (1958) theory of cognitive development, the stage of Formal Operational Thinking, highly abstract, as opposed to concrete, thinking, emerges during the adolescent period. Recent research suggests that "all" adolescents, or even adults, "do not" develop complete formal reasoning. Attempts to integrate…

The author explains what the IOWO is and the reason for the present conference and his part in it. He discusses the observation of learning processes and gives an example of an opportunity he had to observe a learning jump in a small boy. (MN)

Arts in general education is a comprehensive approach to reducing the isolation that the arts have suffered from for far too many years. It is a broad concept with many local applications. Describes the intent of a number of programs that comprise varying approaches to the arts in general education. (Author/RK)