This article discusses the feasibility of and the skills needed for teaching basic economic concepts such as supply and demand in an informal learning situation, in this case the simulation of an economic system based on barter. (CJ)

Three types of arithmetic algorithms are discussed and compared. These are algorithms designed to get the right answer, computer algorithms, and algorithms designed to get the right answer and understand why. (MP)

Examines how changes in the Carkhuff Human Resources Development (HRD) training model affect the acquisition of defined interpersonal discrimination and communication skills. Compares a competency-based with a conceptual-based training group. Findings support competency-based training as more effective. (Author)

Reports on a study investigating the nature of metaphoric language in children's usage, specifically examining the unconventional word uses of one child between the ages of two years, three months, and four years, ten months. (Author/AM)

The article describes the empirical development of PREP (Preparatory Reading Program), an individualized program for teaching concepts to visually handicapped children at a prereading level. (Author/SBH)

Bar graph activities appropriate for four stages of development are given. (MK)

Models of conceptual and language development by Orwell, Piaget, Whorf and Sapir, Vygotsky, and Bruner are reviewed. Their implications for teaching and some individual problem-solving experiments are discussed. (CP)

Ways are presented to help students develop precomputational fraction concepts and skills using a circular-region or "pie" model. (MK)

The article notes the problems in K-3 program content resulting from historical patterns of development in preprimary and primary education. The article suggests improvements in the goals, identification and organization of content, developmental appropriateness of content, acceptance of expanded concepts, and organization for presentation of…

Describes four activities for use in introductory sociology courses on the college level. Major objectives of the exercises are to challenge assumptions often held by college students and to stress contradictions between ideological justification for a given practice with its operation. (DB)

This discussion of decimals covers topics such as place-value, zero, the decimal indicator, grouping, the metric prefixer, and rules for interpreting dimensions. (MP)

This discussion concerns itself with difficulties encountered by students in multiplication and concludes that when children understand a problem they can usually solve it. (MP)

Explores relationships between philosophical reflection upon morals and practical moral thought, and evaluates how social institutions influence moral and political concepts. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

Assesses comprehension of the mental verbs "remember" and "forget" among three-, four-, five-, and seven-year-old children by having the child judge whether or not toy characters in different situations remembered or forgot. (Author/RH)

Good and poor readers from grades 1-6 were asked to define what they meant by reading. Older children and above average readers were more likely to view reading as a meaning identification process as opposed to a general activity or word identification process. (MKM)