Presented are: the specific causal relationships between skills assessed on the various subscales of the tests employed; the value of the cross-lagged panel correlation technique in causal analysis; and, an extensive methodological examination and qualification of this analytic model. (Authors/MB)

In a Parent Child Center, disadvantaged mothers learn to stimulate cognitive growth in their children and, through other activities, gain in self-esteem. (DM)

An investigation of the relationship between mental health and work training in specific growth dimensions. Based on the March, 1965, national population survey and presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (New York, New York, 1969). (JM)

Discusses experiments which show difficulties in putting mastered skills to good effect arise through deficiencies of cognitive control: subjects knew what to do but couldn't" do it. Authors believe traditional response-oriented feedback impedes control, hence performance, and that subjects must see why errors are made to improve. (PD)

Author reviews gains made in the last decade in knowledge of the nature of child development and learning, and cautions against a lessening of commitment. (MB)