Nine of 11 Central Ohio horticulture teachers completed the Group Embedded Figures Test and Florida Taxonomy of Cognitive Behavior. Scores showed 55% were field independent and 44% field dependent. They taught 47% of the time at the knowledge level; 84% of teaching occurred at the lower levels of cognition. Higher field independence scores were…

Student perceptions were obtained on the emphasis given to cognitive objectives derived from the six levels of the Bloom taxonomy. Findings may suggest empirical ways of identifying the structure of curriculum and instruction. (Author/RC)

Emphasizing the linguistic nature of instruction and the importance of labeling, this article identifies seven starting points for creating a classroom language of cognition: (1) using precise vocabulary; (2) posing critical questions; (3) providing data, not solutions; (4) giving directions; (5) probing for specificity; (6) modeling metacognitive…

Compared a traditional trance hypnotic induction and a cognitive skill induction using a within-subjects design with college students (N=40). The skill induction enhanced responses to suggestions and produced marginally significant increments in behavioral responses when preceded by the trance induction, but there were no significant differences…

Explains some of the applications, hazards, limitations, and possibilities of confluent education, the educational approach which seeks to merge the cognitive and the affective into a whole and to educate, as well as train, the whole person. (Author/PR)

Poses a question which inquires about the need for behavioral objectives, the possible uses they may have, and the educational functions that may be conceived for them. (Author)

Classification is the taxonomic science in which a system of categories is established and in which the categories have some logical structure. Scientific classifications have included those by Aristotle, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier. Educational taxonomies include those developed by Bloom, Herbart, Dewey, and Piaget. The problems of taxonomy…

A health profile/validation learning exercise is designed to create a balance between cognitive and affective learning by promoting health information through student involvement. The profile identifies health knowledge strengths and weaknesses for each student and involves them in the validation process. (JMF)

The authors present two instruments suitable for use in elementary schools for measuring knowledge gained in areas of oral health education. (MJB)

The author discusses ways of revising presientific ideas among children, using the topic "Changes in Aggregate States of Matter" as a source for specific examples. (JH)

Overall, subjects performed significantly better on items which corresponded to the objectives they had been provided; subjects had previous experience using instructional objectives. (Author/SP)

A primary concern of teachers should be teaching students to value, to intellectually understand, and critically appraise values of three types: procedural, behavioral, substantive. (Author/SE)