Results indicate that identity conservation generally does not precede equivalence conservation; instead the two conservations tend to co-occur. (Authors)

Studies of the ability of elderly debilitated patients to respond to conceptual training and their differential response to different kinds of conceptual shifts. (Authors/MB)

The expectation that an effective conservation training procedure would be one in which the child was confronted with opposing points of view was investigated in an experiment and a replication experiment in which the child's point of view was brought into conflict with those of other children. (Author/RY)

Examines the relationships between mental maturity and achievement in three types of science concepts-classificational, correlational, and theoretical. (AL)

Development of tests to measure learning proficiency and learning style is crucial to obtain an understanding of this phenomena. A major objective of curricula in the early years of schooling, especially for low socioeconomic status Negro children, should be to assist them in mastering elaborative learning skills. References. (Author/VW)

Eight hundred and eighty-two grade 5 students were examined for differences in meaning of ten school-related concepts, using the semantic differential technique. It was concluded that high achievers do not necessarily perceive school-related concepts more positively than do middle and low achievers. (DM)

Discusses various writings on behavioral objectives for teaching English and wonders why objectives such as concepts, generalizations, insights or understandings are omitted by today's behavioral objectivists. (RB)