Concept learning and synectic strategies must be incorporated into the language arts curriculum to ensure concept development. (JH)

This article made some cursory analytical insights into three aspects of a nongraded program for junior high and middle schools. (Editor/RK)

Article focused on two levels of freedom, the role of intellect and of ethics in United States society. (RK)

Describes an approach which begins with observations and systems familiar to the student and proceeds to develop and test models to explain them. Experimental topics include Brownian motion, a germinating cell, phase change of p-dichlorobenzene, extension and contraction of rubber, and an enzyme system. (GS)

Presents a rationale for providing preschool children with experiences related to classification, seriation, and pattern recognition because they are means by which a child can organize the world around him. These are considered to be the early steps in the long developmental sequence leading to logical thinking and reflective observation. (GS)

In two experiments, judges evaluated fictitious protocols that varied in the number and uniqueness of the answers. Criteria for judgments were creativity, intelligence and gender. (Author/DEP)

Research supported by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity grant 1492.

This paper is based in part upon a doctoral dissertation completed at the University of Missouri under the supervision of John F. McGowan.

Standards regarding independent living programs for blind and visually handicapped students are presented in the self study and evaluation guide. Five areas are addressed: planning and organization, personnel, concept development and travel skills, living skills, and program evaluation. (CL)

A mainline CAI system is an individualized instructional system of major scope which uses the computer as a tool for instructional management and information transmission. Such systems are developed according to a design science approach and used as a less costly alternative to conventional instruction. In contrast, adjunctive systems have a much…