Examines how understanding of the concept of an electrical circuit depends upon age, sex, non-verbal ability, reading ability, and spatial ability among 192 eight to 11 year old students in two English elementary schools. Findings indicated performance differences by all factors except sex. (Author/DB)

To determine whether different long-term memory representations are necessary for verbal and visual material, subjects studied faces composed of visual features or verbal facts composed of concepts. Findings showed interference between verbal and pictorial information, and supported the ACT theory that pictorial and verbal materials are stored…

What has been lacking up to this time is an articulation of a general theory of inquiry about education and a relating of some of its practical applications to the day to day operations of a School or Faculty of Educology, another way of saying "studies about education". This analysis is intended to provide at least an initial basis for…

The author emphasizes the importance of concepts and mathematical form in a discussion of understanding mathematics. (MN)

Suggests that children will be motivated to learn if they are taught by educational games. Games emphasize the importance of the learning process, minimize the humiliation of failure, and capture children's interests. (Author/DB)

The relationship between cognitive style and hypothesis-testing behavior was studied in 46 third grade children. It was found that field independent children process information more efficiently and according to a perfect focusing model. Efforts to enhance the information processing of field dependent children were described. (GDC)

Describes the range of research on ethnicity and education in comparative education, a conception of ethnicity in comparative studies, the relation of this conception to "race" and minority groups, ethnicity as a political phenomenon the need for applying culture theory, and makes some suggestions for ethno-educational studies. (Author/RK)

The intention in this research was to collect instances of study skill in different situations, and to relate study activity to levels of understanding and academic performance. Also reanalyzes data described by Marton and Saljo (1976a) which led to the concepts of deep-level processing and surface processing as explanations of qualitative…

This article draws out features and issues characterizing two projects, dealing with the establishment of a handbook for parents of blind children, and likely to be important to nonspecialist educators. (SK)

Discusses the principle elements for understanding and using mathematics, particularly arithmetic. Three aspects of arithmetic are considered: Understanding the concepts underlying a mathematical process, techniques or algorithms of arithmetic, and applications of the techniques to real situations. (SH)

This article traces changes in mathematics teaching, stresses the importance of mathematics in the lives of today's children, and gives some suggestions for new teaching methods. The applications and distortions of Piaget's learning theory as applied to mathematics instruction are also discussed. For journal availability, see SO 506 042. (JK)

Shows that age or conceptual tempo are not related to the number of trials needed to reach the criteria for a learning task. Impulsive responders performed more poorly than groups of slow-inaccurate, fast-accurate, and reflective responders on the transfer of learning task. (RL)

A teacher describes the teaching techniques she uses in an eight-grade English class composed of learning-disabled students. (JD)

Advocates the educational theories of David Ausubel as a basis on which to build science and mathematics curricula and instructional procedures. Offers interpretations of Piaget's conservation tasks in Ausubelian theory. (CP)

A class activity involving role play introduces the concept of human nature as it relates to political phenomena. The lesson involves development of the concept of human nature, reference to its usage by various political theorists, and student speculation about human nature as it relates to their political life in the classroom. (Author/AV)