The ability to make relational discriminations, i.e., to solve problems by responding to the relationships between cues rather than to the absolute properties of individual cues, is examined. The laboratory analogy of this type of problem is referred to as a conditional discrimination problem. Mr. Grogg empirically demonstrates the difference…

The transformation of episodic inputs to semantic representations was studied in two very similar tasks. In one, subjects were required to infer the underlying four-term linear ordering from three comparative sentences such as, "The teacher is taller than the doctor." In the second task, subjects inferred underlying 4- and 5-digit…

Previous work shows that skilled college level readers tend to apprehend words as wholes, whereas they tend to process random strings of letters as a series of individual letters. Subjects in the study were forced to process words and non-word strings both serially and under conditions which allowed simultaneous processing, and their performances…

Suggests that the form of note-taking has less significance than the process which goes along with effective note-taking, namely, thinking, summarizing, reciting, and reviewing. (TJ)

The review demonstrates that studies of the role of instructional sequencing provide an important test of the assimilation-to-schema theory, and that many apparent inconsistencies in the literature may be better understood by an analysis of the internal assimilation process. (Author)

Experiments are described in which students listened to messages describing the placements of numbers in imaginable matrices. Recall was tested by having students write in the correct cells of a blank matrix. Results appear consistent with a modified level of processing approach. (Author/RM)

Discusses the process and role of chunking of items, with further organization of the chunks, in verbal learning. (RM)

A proposal for curriculum reform to increase learner's abilities to solve problems" instead of a memorization of information." (Author/AA)

Experimental rather than statistical studies are needed to further research in the learning processes of coding and planning, since the variables need to be manipulated. Quantitative measures may mask qualitative factors. (MSE)

Acceleration of the rate-of-take recorded material as a way of increasing input load to the learner may be detrimental to the quality of learning that occurs. Experimental findings here show that such an increase severely attenuates optimal learning levels. Correct absolute judgments regarding input material is impaired. (Author/PJM)

Encourages college writing teachers to promote composition as a way of learning and developing basic to all disciplines. (DD)