Nursing and medical students by and large had different expectations of the summer program because of the characteristics of their professional educations. (author)

Reviews literature pertinent to studying the effects of drugs upon children's learning and cognitive function. The author concludes such research is in its infancy. He recommends further research focus upon whether drugs enhance the acquisition of new academic skills and upon assessment of the benefits versus side effects of such drug use.…

An information processing model was used to examine the coding and language functions of 88 institutionalized, moderately, and severely retarded persons. Contextual grammatical structures were found to relate to sequential processing, whereas comprehension and expression of relational thought was related to both sequential processing and…

Reviews research by Heyns and by Hayes and Grether that compared what children learned during the school year to what they learned during the summer vacation. Holds that, despite problems with these studies, they further confirm the positive effects of schooling. (GC)

Presents five generalizations from social science research relating to the teaching of social studies and the cognitive domain as well as their possible implications for teachers. Concludes that more research is needed and that social studies teachers must pose questions for researchers to answer. (CK)

Defines suggestopedy (an unconscious activity involving methods such as relaxation, pseudopassivity, and hypnosis), explains how it governs interrelation of physical activity of the personality and the external world, reviews research in suggestopedy, and explores its application to educational practice. Suggests additional research on the…

Argues that learning is an invariant process best understood from a dialectical perspective which demands that learning be viewed as an interaction between the organism and the environment. This view is contrasted with traditional operant approaches and with a Piagetian approach. (Author/DB)

Studies of concept of teaching are reviewed and a four-step process is proposed: (1) determine taxonomical structure of the context; (2) prepare a definition in terms of critical attributes; (3) arrange examples in rational sets; and (4) arrange sets according to divergency and difficulty level. (Author/RD)

Acquisition occurred in a special therapy room, and instructions were presented in a fixed sequence. Ss were then tested in another room, where instructions were presented in a random sequence. Despite dramatic changes in the stimulus conditions, the Ss performed close to their asymptotic level. The reduction in number of acquisition trials did…

In learning, the teacher and the elements that constitute good teaching--substantive knowledge, communication, and professional experience--are major concerns. Experience is particularly important in the professional school, as is assessment of teacher performance. (Author/MBR)

Discusses and exemplifies the pervasive relationship between learning and its context, drawing examples from schools in England. (DD)

The chief pedagogical advantages of the metric system are discussed as being its coherency and an aid to learning. The reasons for converting to the metric system are discussed. (MP)