The purpose of this article is to share with teachers selected information from the literature of motor learning which may stimulate thinking and generate interest in research on the questions pertinent to the problem of teaching game skills. (JD)

An elementary teacher investigates a way of telling a story using only pictures. In another article (EJ 527 113) this teacher and his students considered how our writing system uses letters to stand for sounds or groups of sounds, experimenting with Kiowa picture writing. (Author/RK)

Discusses the theories of Piaget, Bruner, Lifschitz and Langford, Vygotsky and others. (SB)

Discusses the use and stimulation of lateral, or divergent, thinking to promote creativity. (SL)

Presents a position strongly advocating inquiry training in science for students at all levels, but particularly at the elementary level. (SL)

The principal finding of this study is that supplementing verbal description with graphic analogies results in better learning and more positive student attitudes than presenting only verbal descriptions, which supports the view that external imagery also can facilitate complex concept learning. (Author/DEP)

A prose retention study of 12-year-old students indicated that recall is greater for main details than for elaborations. Results are discussed in terms of models of the storage of the story and thematic materials in memory. (Author/DB)

Comments on six theses about mathematics education are presented. How theories on teaching and learning mathematics are derived or developed, how philosophies are related, and their role in mathematics education are among the points discussed. (MNS)

Reviewed is research indicating problems in teaching and learning fractions and possible ways to improve instruction and learning. (RH)

Describes two activities designed to help students evaluate potential definitions of learning. The first activity involves discussion of 10 events which may or may not be learning experiences; the second is a computer program that simulates problem solving and appears to fit most definitions of learning. (Author/GEA)

Discusses Piaget's pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages and shows how this information sheds light on how children approach computers and computing, particularly with the LOGO programming language. (JN)

The forum is focused on thinking about and with algorithms as a way of unifying all one's mathematical endeavors. The lead article by Maurer presents examples and discussion of this point. Responses, often disagreeing with his views, are by Douglas, Korte, Hilton, Renz, Smorynski, Hammersley, and Halmos. (MNS)

Provides two lesson plans, one appropriate for kindergarten and one for fifth grade, emphasizing the role of the learner. Both plans include components addressing motivation, content, closure, and application. (RH)

Attitudes of 82 gifted students (grades K-12) toward handicapped children were positive, with no overall differences found between sexes among grade levels. Ss showed greatest acceptance of learning disabled children and responded more favorably when handicapped children initiated an interaction than when initiation was left to nonhandicapped…