A plea for attention by educational researchers to the relationship between the biophysical environment used for instruction and the pedagogical practices used in those environments. (Author)

What should be known about this testing technique - where the tests come from, who uses them, how they use them, and why. (Author)

First, what parents do with their young children does influence child intellectual performance; second, we cannot categorize any group of parents; third, many parents are now doing the right thing"; fourth, parent education is a reasonable effort. (Author)

Authors look at a range of variation in experience of five- to six-month-old infants on a concrete behavioral level, and conceptualize these discrete behaviors. (Authors/MB)

Research supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. (DS)

Specific aim of the study was to determine the predictive accuracy of selected observations obtained during developmental periods on later developmental outcome. (Authors)

Describes effort by counselor to make relationship between mothers and children more growth-promoting through shared group experiences in which new approaches to old behaviors were introduced. (CJ)

Findings indicate that early retention may increase achievement, but is indicative of lack of readiness on part of child for learning. Suggests transitional or ungraded classes to assist them, and to avoid social stigma of being held back. (CJ)

Findings of the study tend to support the contention that retention not only may be used as a remedial technique, but also may be used as a punishment for students who exhibit undesirable classroom behavior. (Author)

Specific plays, novels, and stories are suggested for high school, college, and adult education as examples of insights teachers and students can derive from a wide variety of creative literature, whether specifically focused on issues of death and bereavement or only briefly revealing psychosocial causes and effects in this area. (Author)