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Ianniello, Raphaella A., Ed. – 1982
The four papers in this compilation were drawn from a conference designed to encourage scholars to continue the rhetorical tradition. The first paper, by Robert S. Cathcart, was the opening address of the conference and discusses the "technologization" of rhetoric. Specifically, the paper discusses the application of rhetorical analysis…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Literary Criticism, Mass Media Effects, News Reporting

Cavalier, Robert; Wesp, Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Maintains that having students estimate the size and width of a class waste paper can (placed on a desk) is a simple and effective way of illustrating perceptual distortion. Tests show that people will consistently overestimate the height of the can, allowing for a useful discussion on sensory distortion. (MJP)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments, Error Patterns, Higher Education
Yakimanskaya, I. S. – 1991
This is volume 3 of the series of translations of books from the Soviet literature on research in the psychology of mathematics instruction and on teaching methods influenced by the research. This volume presents a detailed and careful technical analysis of the constituent aspects underlying spatial thinking as well as interesting reports of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Psychology, Educational Strategies