Answers to theoretical questions about the place of input in a formal second language acquisition model are dependent on a distinction between two kinds of learner hypotheses. Type-N hypotheses require "negative evidence" for testing, while Type-P hypotheses are tested on the basis of "positive data" alone. (Author/CB)

With a knowledge of students' thinking processes, activities advisers and leaders can design environments for maximum learning and development. An interpretation of Perry's model of intellectual and ethical development is provided. (MLW)

Data and models about recognition and recall of words and nonwords are unified using a real-time network processing theory. Adaptive resonance theory arose from an analysis of how a language system self-organizes in real time in response to its complex input environment. (Author/LMO)

An experiment conducted at the University of Haifa School of Education examined the cross-cultural usefulness of educational anthropology's theoretical core. Ways students reorganize their cognitive maps are demonstrated by highlighting personal, organizational, social, and cultural conditions that effect the assimilation of new learning.…

Results indicate that subjects first observing apparatus operation by electromechanical means performed task better than those who had not, and that there is no significant difference between performance of subjects who had observed demonstration by electromechanical device and those who had observed a human model. Applicability of findings…

Reading comprehension, indicated by motor behavior and multiple-choice picture selection called for in written instructions, was taught to an autistic child (12 years old). (Author/PT)

Exploring ways to help primary school teachers extend the literacy of their pupils, this paper devises and classroom-tests strategies whereby teachers might develop the abilities of their children to use literacy more effectively as a means of learning. It focuses on the reading and writing of non-fiction text. Outlining four basic insights into…

There are many educational situations where the student learns by using a model and we are beginning to explore the benefits of using an interactive computer to give a greater understanding of the relationship between the model and the real situation, and also of the real situation. Article gives a broad introduction to applications in the field…

The purpose of the experiment was to ascertain whether the duration of the spiral illusion could be extended by a 'learning procedure' which would distinguish a longer-term learning effect from short-term adaptive changes due to inhibition. (Author)

Described a cooperative effort in instructional development in the community colleges in New York State. (Author/RK)

Two theoretical models of visual attention and contingent learning were presented to provide a framework for the consideration of how observed individual differences in infant behavior may interact with nonsocial stimuli and caretaker-mediated stimuli to influence the individual's development of patterns of visual attention and contingency…

The approach to the organisation of learning resources that has been outlined in this article offers the possibility of a more embracing concept of educational technology, combining both the task and the human relations orientations associated with the competing educational technologies current today. (Author)