Investigates the relative roles of positive and negative cue retention on oddity transfer, and seeks to learn how these roles change with age and practice. Age range studied is from 3 to 7 years old. (MH)

The university, public or private, is a voluntary organization. All members of the university community must guard against reckless disruption of academic freedom that is essential to stable governance in higher education. (JH)

Changes in the social setting of the 1970's could eliminate the need for a special curriculum for the disadvantaged child, with the exception of preschool programs. A more critical need appears to be improved teaching methods capable of rewarding and improving the self-image of disadvantaged children. (JH)

A Portion of this paper was presented at the 75th Annual Convention, APA, 1967.

A central problem of psychological research in education is to determine how to make learning more effective and productive. A psychological theory of educational productivity is summarized, the syntheses of the evidence relevant to the theory is discussed, and prospects for educational policy and subsequent research are presented. (Author/MLW)

Forty-eight participants read one of three texts (high explanatory, low explanatory, and standard) that varied in the degree of explanation of basic concepts of elementary probability. Performance test data showed that participants in the high-explanatory test condition did equally well on both formula and story problems. (Author/LC)

Investigated effects of two kinds of imagery on age differences in the ability to solve series problems. Overall, older adults (N=47) obtained lower scores than younger adults (N=41). However, results suggest older adults can use imagery as a control process, but are less likely to use imagery in abstract situations. (Author/JAC)

Discusses recent research highlighting both the child's growth as a reflective language user and the school's capacity to enhance or hamper that growth. The research is concerned with the need for children eventually to use language in decontextualized ways, without the supporting context of visible or manipulable objects or actions. (HTH)

Describes an experiment that manipulated two variables, repetition and pausing for viewer "digestion" of information in a news telecast. Concludes that the use of repetition increased viewers' retention of information, but that pauses did not. (FL)

Using a deep-level processing strategy, low test-anxious college students performed significantly better than high test-anxious students in learning a paired-associate word list. Using a superficial-level processing strategy resulted in no significant difference in performance. A cognitive-attentional theory and test anxiety mechanisms are…