Author investigated the psychological disposition of Soviet teachers and compared them to those of Western teachers. (RK)

Twenty-eight learning disabled children, 6 1/2 years of age, who lacked skills and maturity for first grade placement, were tested randomly, assigned to groups, and trained either in a sequence of activities to improve grouping and memory strategies (experimentals) or in a specialized program of art experiences (controls). (MC)

The relative effectiveness of learning aids as measured by tests for achievement, transfer of acquired skills to novel situations, and ability to retain principles for students of varying abilities and age levels were examined in a series of studies at George Peabody College for Teachers. (Author)

The study examined the performance of 72 intellectually average children in primary grades and 72 educable mentally retarded adolescents (mean mental age 8 years) on target subsets of work pairs when employed in mixed lists. (Author/MC)

A need exists for wider communication of cost-effective and generally applicable experiments in improved learning. Two highly enrolled and innovative approaches of a department of Science and Human Affairs are described. (Author)

Thirty institutionalized mildly retarded adolescent Ss and 30 matched MA elementary school nonretarded Ss were presented 18 items for five free-recall trials in a study of basic determinants of clustering behavior (the recall of sequences of related items following their random presentation). (Author/DB)

The present study operationally defines selective attention in terms of tactile observing responses measured by percentage contact time per trial to the relevant stimulus dimension, and investigates the changes of these responses in a discrimination shift paradigm under the effect of overlearning. (Author)

Second-, fourth-, and sixth-grade children were tested on a multiple-classification task to investigate the relationship between age and observational learning. (Editor)

The experiment was designed to test the hypotheses that instruction in techniques of programmed learning (a) transfers to the classroom-teaching situation, and (b) raises the level of teaching performance of student-teachers, irrespective of the age-group of children taught. (Author)

Article describes two studies designed to develop an adequate level of reading comprehension for elementary students. A technique, known as an advanced organizer, is used. (RK)

Three experiments extended the 1971 findings of J. S. Reitman that Ss presented with 3 words could spend 15 sec. detecting tones in white noise without forgetting the three words. (Editor)

Analyzes the effect recordkeeping has when it is designed to assess children's problem-solving and thinking processes over time. (Author/RK)

This is a position paper on the place of training in group process and participation in groups as part of teacher education. (Editor/RK)

Article considers the Worth report, which evaluates early childhood education and two important future possibilities - homing and educational technology. (Editor/RK)