Schools in five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania take their environmental problems seriously, as at least one planning board will attest. (Editor)

Cites evidence from an Israeli study which indicates that media effects on cognition interact with a child's initial level of skill mastery. (MH)

Discussions and research of class size would be more useful if they dealt with some of the significant relationships that exist between a resource allocation plan (more teachers for smaller classes) and the social processes that constitute the environment of these smaller classes. (Author/MLF)

Briefly discusses perceptual and organizational differences between the brain's left (sequential) and right (associational) hemispheres. Suggests that learning situations can be greatly enhanced by involving the learner's right hemisphere and describes some ways to stimulate that portion. (MF)

Although taking notes during a lecture can interfere with absorption of information, review of notes before a test neutralized the interfering effect. (Editor)

Caution is urged in applying the normative-descriptive distinction to selection models, because ambiguities arise when the distinction is actually carried out (AA 529 125). A multidimensional structure may be needed to account for strategy, and the relationship between strategy and such nontask variables as intelligence is needed to clarify the…

The article discusses the use of an Electraid typewriter which enables the writer to type by remote control using whatever muscles most readily controlled. (PHR)

By consciously examining a structured fantasy, one learns through visual imagination from the process, and the information from the fantasy becomes readily accessible. This concept can be applied to changing negative self-images as well as to acquiring information. The article provides methods and guidelines for its classroom application. (LPG)

The advantages in preparing and producing radio-type production for classroom use are detailed. Focus is placed on the roles and responsibilities of teachers, media specialists, and pupils. Some specific production activities to facilitate instructional experiences are defined. (Author)

Voluntary forgetting of a list of verbal items was tested under two conditions. Results show that both recall and recognition increase as a function of the spacing between the two occurrences under the Remember-Forget condition, but not under the Forget Forget-Remember condition. (Editor/RK)

Interresponse time (IRT) data were used to investigate the hypothesis that the learning to cluster (effectively organizing presented material) phenomenon should be interpreted as the result of a retrieval strategy. A systematic increase of category exit criterion should produce an increase in clustering because more category words should be…

The development of plurals in two German-speaking children was analyzed, based on observational data. It was argued that the children were learning plurals by rote, conditioned by morphological complexity which cannot be subsumed under any general rule. (Author/NCR)

One hundred and eight 12-year-old children recalled words from sentences they had rated as producing bizarre images significantly better than they recalled the same words from sentences rated as producing ordinary images. A tentative explanation is offered in terms of a cognitive approach to perception itself. (Editor/RK)

Recall of spatial location was studied with 5, 8, 12-13, and 17-18 year old subjects. Intentional learning of location was superior to incidental learning in the youngest but not in older children. Results are in agreement with Bryant's (1974) analysis of perceptual development which emphasizes the use of external spatial frames of reference in…