This study examined the effect of various instructional conditions on the ability of young children to form classes and to recognize order and equivalence relations. Children from four kindergarten and four first grade classes were first classified by two levels of IQ and then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, giving a 2 x 2 x…

SPECIFIC CONCEPTS OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WERE SURVEYED FOR APPLICATION TO ART INSTRUCTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. A REVIEW WAS MADE OF WRITINGS BY ARTISTS, CRITICS, AND HISTORIANS IN SEVERAL AREAS OF ART (ENAMELING, JEWELRY, PAINTING, POTTERY, PRINTMAKING, SCULPTURE, AND WEAVING). THE DATA GATHERED FROM THESE SOURCES OF ART EXPERIENCES WERE USED IN…

AN ANALYSIS OF A FIELD TEST OF SCIENCE LEARNING MATERIALS FOR ABLE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IS REPORTED. THE LEARNING MATERIALS FIELD TESTED AND EVALUATED WERE UNGRADED INDEPENDENT STUDY KITS. THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR MAXIMUM SUITABILITY REGARDLESS OF TEACHER OR SCHOOL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE LEARNING MATERIALS INVOLVED CONCEPT FORMATION IN THE TOPICS OF…

This investigation was designed to test the hypothesis that the nature of the concept learned by a student is a function of the mode of instruction. Written materials were prepared to teach the concept "mib" to students in a remedial chemistry course. One set of materials presented the concept through a programmed text format consisting of 26…

This experiment examined developmental changes in the ability of infants to learn conceptual categories regarding the human face. A total of 108 infants, aged 18, 24, and 30 weeks, were habituated to (1) the same face in the same orientation, (2) the same face in differing orientations, or (3) different faces in different orientations. All…

The primary purposes of this study were to establish baseline data relating to the environmental knowledge and beliefs of 5th year secondary pupils in England and to examine relationships that might be of interest to teachers and curriculum developers in environmental education. Instruments were developed and pilot tested to assess environmental…

Using subjects classified on the basis of positive and less positive self-concepts, this study investigates the effects of instructions, a principle, and practice with four concept-attainment problems on the efficiency of the attainment of concepts among subjects. The findings indicate the subjects with more positive self-concepts attain abstract…

This study was designed to: (1) investigate differential responding to stimuli that differ along a continuum of degree of discrepancy from a familiarized standard; and (2) attempt to determine if infants will show response decrement and recovery to conceptual categories. Fifty-five infants at two age levels (10 and 16 weeks) were familiarized with…

Investigated was the lateral asymmetry in children's hemispheric brain functioning during performance of Piagetian and curriculum related tasks. Six subproblems were investigated. Eighteen right-handed children, ages six to eight years old, were given electroencephalograms while performing a battery of tasks: Piagetian conservation tasks,…

The information processing terms "content" and "address" are used to describe structural differences between the constructs of individual identity and identity in the equivalence sense. In both cases a sameness relation is established in spite of specific differences. The resulting constructs of identity are known to be…

The author examines three teaching methodologies (repetitive, conceptual, and creative) and concludes that teaching should produce in students a balance of specific, convergent, and divergent thinking. If industrial arts educators limit teaching to known and accepted practices, programs and opportunities for young people are limited. (LH)

Surveys the language problems encountered by teachers and students when the vehicle of instruction is not their native tongue and groups these according to five ad hoc headings. Outlines five parameters which offer a solution to the language problems. (GS)

The principal recent models of semantics, conceptual, and lexical memory are explicated and criticized. A description of long-term is developed in terms of these models. (Text is in French.) (DB)

Examines intrinsic individual differences in conceptual behavior with a multivariate model, three mode factor analysis. The analyses yielded five individual difference performance factors, three stage factors, and four response components indicating the importance of a multivariate representation of complex behavior. (Author/DEP)

Concern about the existence of abnormality or the reality of the distinction between sanity and insanity is in large part philosophical puzzlement. It can be alleviated by an analysis of the meaning and significance of scientific concepts and facts. (Editor)