This curriculum guide, part of a series of science units, provides for differentiation of emphasis of subject areas at different grade levels. It is intended that the unit will be studied in depth by grades 1, 4, and 6. Kindergarten, grades 2 and 3 will study the unit in less detail. "Our Wonderful Sun" is studied in Kindergarten, "Earth in Space"…

This report summarizes theoretical, applied, and experimental studies in the areas of computational principles in complex intelligent systems, cybernetics, multivalued logic, and the mechanization of cognitive processes. This work is summarized under the following topic headings: properties of complex dynamic systems; computers and the language…

A booklet of poems written by Indian children in Ontario and Northern Quebec, Canada, is printed for sharing with everyone. The educational background of the contributors ranges from children attending large schools in or near urban areas to children attending 1-room schools in the northern bush. For some of these children, English is the only…

Theory and research regarding four levels of concept attainment and three uses of concepts as specified by the model of conceptual learning and development (CLD) are described. Subtests, utilizing three-dimensional stimuli, were developed to assess each level of attainment and each use of the concept equilateral triangle. The tests were…

The traditional dichotomies of urban and rural may no longer be valid. Investigating whether or not there are socially significant areal units to redefine rural and urban areas, the report described one attempt to delineate such units and to test them for sociological utility. Counties were placed in homogeneous social units based upon the…

This yearbook presents theories of learning, discusses the research on which they are based, and suggests ways to apply these theories to concrete learning situations. After an introduction to the more prominent theories in chapter 1, the remaining chapters present more specific areas and questions. The next three chapters deal with motivation,…

Intended for parents, the handbook describes characteristics of learning disabled (LD) children and offers activities that the child can perform in the home to build skill proficiency. It is explained that the activities are designed to relieve the parent and child of constant awareness of the disability, to avoid use of special materials and…

This study describes the framework of a curriculum plan for the preservice education of elementary school teachers, utilizing a conceptual schemes-processes approach to instruction and based upon the philosophical set described in the 1970 AAAS publication, "The Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers." Major goals of the…

This book is a compilation of literature and research concerning how children learn. The first chapter is a historical introduction to research in learning that summarizes the major developments of the last 100 years and relates these developments specifically to children's learning. The main body of the text is divided into six major topics: (1)…

The method most organizations use in processing information to carry on their management goals are inadequate for the modern world. A convergence of theoretical and empirical work can create new ways of thinking about management. Four areas which can help to achieve better organizational procedures need concentrated study: new conceptual tools…

This study examines the relationship between development of a child's ability to coordinate perspective and his ability to conceptualize spatial relations on a map. One hundred and four school children from inner city, urban fringe, and suburban schools, grades K-6, were administered a Test of Coordination of Perspectives and a Test of Map…

The publication is one of a series produced by the Enrichment of Teacher and Counselor Competencies in Career Education Project (ETC Project). The Project was designed to (1) develop, evaluate, and disseminate career education curriculum guides, (2) develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate sample teaching learning modules, and (3) develop,…

Major purposes of the study were to: (1) determine the critical behavioral requirements for the generic job of Idaho Extension agricultural agent based on the analysis of critical incidents, and (2) study several situational factors related to critical incidents. Situational factors were: (1) most important subject content (social, technological,…

Learning activities that are associated with programed materials can be applied to learning from ordinary text; in fact, there is no essential difference between programed and ordinary text. Active response so important to programed learning can be controlled in textual materials by carefully defined adjunct aids such as word lists, underlining,…

These selections were chosen to give practical, understandable answers to several questions concerning concept teaching. What are concepts? Why teach them? How can concepts be taught? What are the implications of teaching? Here concept teaching implies: 1) developing the learners ability to conceptualize; 2) evolving more complex…