This article discusses how developmental and behaviorist learning theories can be used to create educational games. The Piagetian rationale for the use of games is examined and three benefits of gaming are identified: (1) games are related to intellectual, socio-emotional, and motor learning in young children, (2) gaming requires aspects of…

Author cautions educators to pay heed to the findings of research and "to stop accepting the educational stereotypes with blind acquiescence". (Editor/RK)

Not all children are self-motivated, not all like the spotlight, not all are aggressive enough to express their need for help or even to ask questions. Security must be provided in individualized classrooms, as well as freedom, says this author. (Editor)

Article presented solutions for recharging old, weakened magnets and suggested why the study of nature should always be of the utmost importance in elementary science. (Author/RK)

Several studies were conducted where subjects were not instructed to imitate models. Subjects viewing models exhibiting complex, flexible, divergent, or creative behavior tended to increase this behavior, while subjects watching rigid or convergent thinking models were less consistent. (Author/BJG)

Assessed the relative difficulty in the utilization of oddity and matching response strategies in 144 children, ages 5-13 years. A model of matching and oddity problem-solving is presented based on the data collected. (Author/ED)

The effectiveness of substitute teaching is lower than student teachers and teacher aides, according to a recent study. The author says new attitudes and new approaches can turn substitute teaching into a creative, effective force in our schools. (Editor)

Considered the relationship of individual art to a planning-design process that offered opportunities to apply concepts that unify isolated categories of society and brought artists into a working relationship with other groups of people. (Author/RK)

Article focused on an internship program begun by Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, with Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, that gave students practical experience in the development of fund raising techniques. (RK)