Early childhood teachers need not worry about program content duplication but should realize that the standard materials for early childhood programs are merely tools to be used for the satisfaction of the three major early childhood drives; curiosity, interest in other children, and the handling of emotional impulses. (AJ)

Essay written by sophomore is utilized for argument against universal education for underachieving youth. (AD)

Examined are important factors that have produced the present mathematics curriculum. The impacts of society, the psychology of learning, and groups of mathematicians are examined. (CT)

To test the hypothesis that children learn concepts better through linguistic cues than through exemplars, 58 kindergarten children in four matched groups were taught four new concepts using different combinations of sentences and exemplars. Neither main effect, variety of exemplars, nor level of linguistic context was significant. However, a…

Summarizes research projects on infant behavior conducted during the 1960's and includes an extensive list of references. (AJ)

The author examines the way in which students learn mathematics in the different countries of the IEA International Study of Mathematics Achievement and concludes that these are basically different. (CT)

Results of this study indicate that learning occurred only under immediate reinforcement and that there was no developmental trend in the ability to withstand the detrimental effects of delayed reinforcement. (WY)

This paper describes a theoretical model and the results of its application to a particular laboratory program. A variety of issues arising from this kind of design are also described. (Author/CJ)

The ideals toward which education should direct itself are analyzed. (CK)