Discusses Piaget's theory of constructivism and its practical application in schools. Gives evidence for the value of constructivist teaching and the importance of offering different kinds of education within the same system. (WD)

The arts are an equal and essential part of the curriculum if understood as rigorous disciplines of the mind and necessary vehicles of thought, no less than the sciences. (Author/IRT)

Addresses the difficulties in assessing the receptive capacity and learning style of a child and matching it to the instructional aspects of schooling. Describes a teacher sensitization course that has been developed to make such matching possible. (WD)

A longitudinal study of the ego and cognitive development of boys and girls revealed that sex-different socialization practices cause the two sexes to create different premises about the world, develop different competencies, and use different cognitive structures to deal with new experience. (Author/WD)

A Michigan elementary school has developed an unusual six-tier grading structure to accommodate the needs of children at different stages of development. They provide half-step classrooms that allow students to move forward in school at a rate that allows success. (MD)