A study of conservation of length concepts covering the symmetric, asymmetric, reflexive, nonreflexive, and transitive relations. Their order of development was traced during the course of a 15-lesson sequence of related instruction. (MM)

The author discusses cognition and affect as two aspects of the whole child" concept, describes positive and negative items relating to the home environment and parent behavior, suggests implications for school programs to encourage success, and redefines accountability in terms of the child's total self-concept. (SP)

Transformation abilities are those which deal with the intellectual process of changing, revising, or redefining information. Scores on a measure of academic learning were found significantly related to several of these transformation ability factors. (DG)

The interaction between dependent/independent personality types and supportive/impersonal college environments is investigated. Suggestions for further research are offered. (DG)

Results indicated that availability of categories rather than frequency of words seemed most crucial in determining developmental changes in clustering efficiency. (Authors)

Presents an experiment showing that naive trainers tend to allow factors such as task difficulty and competence of the trainee to affect the kind of reinforcement administered. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (JB)

Students showed more positive self concept and increase in reading and mathematics achievement as a result of behavioral counseling learning techniques. (Author/CJ)

An investigation was conducted with 200 first-grade students to determine whether language is a major factor in conservation of number experiments. It was concluded that language was not a major factor. (RP)

Highlights a research study indicating that children can spontaneously impose linguistic structure on their communication, even in the absence of a conventional linguistic environment. Subjects (16- to 50-month-old deaf children) had normal social environments but severely restricted language environments because of their disability. (JN)

Discusses research focused on characteristics of children's TV commercials, the relationship between commercials and children's learning and reasoning, and effects of commercials on children's language, attitudes, and beliefs. (Author/RH)

Indicates that children acquire the abilities of adults and an adult mode of life when they act out the world around them through play. Suggests that children should not be deprived of play time because it increases their cultural awareness as well as their physical development. (DB)