Describes some of the research being done by the Center for the Study of Reading, a federally sponsored center established to pursue research into the processes underlying the development of reading comprehension by children in grades three through eight. (MKM)

Suggests that educators will increase learning if they base curriculum on children's thinking patterns. Discusses prominent characteristics of young children's thinking and selection of content appropriate to these thinking patterns. (DB)

Although students did not recognize Canadian poetry to any important extent, those students who made any differentiation between poems favored the Canadian poems. (DD)

Suggests that there is an ever increasing need for universities and their teachers to work out and subscribe to a code to guide their conduct. (Author/RK)

Describes a study that investigated whether the introduction of cable television in a community would lead to greater interest maximization and increase the gap between low and high socioeconomic groups' viewing of news and public affairs programs. (GW)

Findings from a study conducted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on the status of parent education indicate where parents and expectant parents acquired child-rearing information and how knowledgeable they are about child development. Suggestions for parent educators and implications for Extension staff contributions are…

Reviews literature dealing with children's understanding of economic concepts. Suggests that developers of economic education curriculum for elementary school should be aware of cognitive development and of children's informal economic learning from parents, the mass media, and interactions in economic behavior settings. (Author/DB)

Author critically comments on D.W. Hamlyn's work on human learning which borrows from the classical philosophies of rationalism and empiricism. These lack a proper biological perspective for man and an adequate appreciation of man's social nature. The author discusses animal-like instinctive behavior and specifically social learning. For journal…

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…

Describes an evaluation instrument for college-level introductory American government courses which measures mastery of facts covered by the course. Class lectures do not include the facts; students must learn them through readings and discussions. The instrument thus measures student knowledge gain as well as teaching effectiveness. (AV)

Reports on the development and administration of a test on understanding the nature of science for use in Pakistan. (CP)

First, notes several important non-epistemological factors that seem to be particularly relevant to the success or failure of interdisciplinary inquiry and then turns to the epistemological and methodological constrinsts on interdisciplinary work. Also expands on the notion of interpretive knowledge. (Author/AM)

Studies of a population's health attitudes, knowledge, perceived needs, and resources can be used to establish the need for scientifically sound health education, as illustrated in this Appalachian case study. (MB)

Minnesota vocational educators implemented a statewide public opinion poll to find out what people knew about vocational education and how much and what kind of information the public needs about it. Some results and how they will be used in Minnesota's vocational-technical education system are given. (MF)

A survey of residents at five training hospitals concerning the variables affecting physicians' practice behavior in treating alcoholism supported the view that alcohol-related training and experience would influence practice behavior more than attitudes or knowledge. (MSE)