Describes a project designed to develop mathematics education materials for pupils who do not plan to become mathematics majors. (PEB)

Twenty-four disturbed and 24 normal boys with a mean age of 10.5 years were asked to construe 12 persons known personally to them and 12 familiar inanimate objects on two sets of 12 5-point bipolar constructs. (Editor)

An organizational framework based on developmental needs is advocated for use in planning instruction in map skills. An outline of an individualized approach to map skill development from the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development is presented. (SDH)

Subjects in grades 2, 6, and college were asked to sort 50 pictures according to several class labels, each with a functional equivalent. (ST)

Part 1 of a continued article. (DD)

A discussion of the computer "glass box", which is a bold new approach to teaching children concepts using A Programing Language. (Author)

The effectiveness of three fading and two nonfading procedures were compared in training kindergarten children on an oddity problem in which shape was the relevant dimension. (SBT)

Two studies were conducted, with three-to-five-year-olds, to assess the relationship between language comprehension and production and the development of quantity concepts. The asymmetry of acquisition of adjectives, "big" and "little," was also assessed, as well as differences in the acquisition of the underlying concepts. In Experiment 1, it was…

This paper offers a social learning explanation for age-related changes in children's cognitive functioning. Three hypotheses have been derived from the assumption of Piaget that structures play the preeminent role in cognitive development: (1) a child can not profit from or even appreciate experiences which are meaningful at a higher stage of…

Article evaluated Oakeshott's view of that temper of mind that he called the "conservative disposition" as distinct from a philosophy or creed. (Author/RK)

Author answered his critics and emphasized the need for all of them to focus on those things upon which they all agree in considering the potential that exists for educational planning to play a major role in social development. (Author/RK)

It is suggested that twin discourse functions are served by thematization and topicalization, the former providing stable referential focus and the latter providing momentary referential focus. (Author/AM)