Based on an MA thesis (Ahammer) submitted to West Virginia University.

This paper describes the rule-assessment approach to cognitive development. The basic question that motivated the rule-assessment approach is how people's existing knowledge influences their ability to learn. Research using the rule-assessment approach is summarized in terms of eight conclusions, each illustrated with empirical examples.…

This review presents the educational implications of recent research and related theory indicating that morality and convention are understood within distinct conceptual systems with independent courses of development. People differentiate between moral actions affecting the rights or well-being of others and social conventional actions whose…

Argues that the use of brainstorming sessions in a journalism public relations course can help to stimulate creative ideas. (HOD)

Warns that schools must make sure that students are aware of the relationship between reality and image, particularly the image presented by television. (JL)

The model described, which views the learner as a resource-limited system that has to transform instructional information, includes six factors for expected success. Although based on microscopic psychological theories, it can be applied at more macroscopic levels of analysis by increasing the size of instructional units. Five references are…

Concepts and conceptual analysis are viewed in examining basic differences between types of questions. Six techniques used in the inquiry of concepts are: (1) isolating questions; (2) model cases; (3) contrary cases; (4) counterexamples; (5) related cases; and (6) invented cases. (JN)

Two studies investigated the presence of precursors of symbol formation in eight autistic children (nine years old) compared to matched retarded children. Results indicated that autistic Ss could form internal images but appeared to be unable to manipulate them in a purposeful and meaningful manner. (Author/CL)

Provides a number of techniques that teachers can use to teach concepts, fluent reading skills, and analytical thinking through basal reading series. (FL)

A longitudinal study of young children's conceptions of money and its value was conducted among 80 subjects between the ages of 3 and 8 years. The research was conducted within the framework of Piagetian theory using the "critical method." Results demonstrate that the development of the notions under investigation proceeds in six…

Examines young children's awareness that an actor's intention to transfer possession or control is a necessary precondition for correct use of the verb "give". Ninety-six four- through six-year-olds were presented with anecdotes in which the actor's behavior was held constant but his subjective goal was varied. (Author/RH)

Three tests were conducted to contrast the ability of bilingual and monolingual children to label and relabel objects. The findings show that bilingual subjects were significantly better than monolingual subjects, supporting the view that preschool bilingual education stimulates children's cognitive development, and enhances their self-concept.…

The Black community is discussed in relation to ethnicity, a process involving the search for identity. Ethnicity is defined as an ongoing response to categorical ascription by others as well as to the creation and incorporation of symbols into the collective identity. (Author/JLF)

Fourteen preoperational retarded boys and girls were interviewed for their concepts of death. Subjects did not have realistic concepts of when they would die, or of the permanence of death, but did have knowledge of how things die. Types of replies subjects made were significantly related to subjects' cognitive level. (Author/RH)

Forty second- and third-graders were placed into two groups, classifiers and non-classifiers (determined by Piagetian tasks). Twenty of the subjects were then trained to use feedback to manipulate stimulus attributes, in order to determine whether the effect of the training on concept attainment was similar to that predicted by the application of…