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University of Southern California, Los Angeles. – 1974
These forty conference papers deal with a wide variety of new approaches to the application of developmental theory. The papers represent a cross-section of current research methodology and techniques used to evaluate such traditional Piagetian topics as concrete and formal operations, conservation, classification skills, language development,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Development, Conference Reports
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The purposes of this conference panel were to suggest ways of bringing basic and applied research on reading comprehension into an interaction that would enhance both theory and practice, and to develop an approach to the design and study of instructional practice that would maximize the relevance of instructional research for both the public and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Learning Theories, Reading, Reading Comprehension
Schroeder, Paul E., Ed. – 1975
In November 1975, a group of 158 persons met in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss the processes and techniques of job task analysis and the use of task inventories. The papers presented at the symposium are reproduced in this document as prepared by their authors. For the two speakers who did not prepare papers, only references to papers previously…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of the panel on semantics, concepts, and culture, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine how lexical, semantic, conceptual, and cultural factors contribute to reading comprehension. The contents of the document include the following: "Word Recognition Skills," which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading)
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The aim of the panel on reading comprehension, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine the influence of intellectual factors, general experiences with the world, knowledge specific to the particular reading task, and general decoding skills to successful reading performance. In addition,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading), Functional Literacy
1975
The 62 papers presented at the 1975 conference of the Military Testing Association cover almost all areas of military and occupational assessment and evaluation, and are arranged in 19 "common subject-matter groupings": Symposium (on Aptitude Testing), Training Extension Courses, Computerized Testing, Task Validation and Qualification…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Certification, Computer Assisted Instruction