Studied the effectiveness of using a structured set of exercises to help sixth and eighth grade students in learning compensatory tasks. Concluded that students in the formal operations stage could benefit from training on logical operations. (CC)

A strategy game is presented that teachers (1) logical reasoning; (2) how to formulate a clear verbal argument that explains your reasoning; (3) basic mathematical skills and (4) computational skills. The game is adaptable for many levels of instruction. (JP)

An extension of discrimination-learning theory based on the inhibition of stimulus intensity was proposed and supported as a mechanism of cognitive development. Among 48 normal and 37 educable mentally retarded children the predominant category of transistional children conserved at a low level of stimulus intensity but failed to conserve at a…

Butch and Slim was written as a response to a need for a rather specialised group of items in the Reasoning sub-scale of the British Intelligence Scale. (Author)

A workshop concerned with Dienes' six stages in the process of abstraction and generalization is described. One of the logic games used with children in one of the demonstration lessons is explained in detail. (DT)

Results are discussed in terms of the development and activation of cognitive structures. (Authors)

A summary of the changes in content and method taking place in secondary school geometry in South Australia. (MM)

Defends the role of humanities instruction in the education of engineering undergraduates in the areas of problem solving, risk taking, and the synthesis of metaphors and symbols. (AEA)

Both first-order creative, intuitive thinking and second-order critical thinking can and should be encouraged in writing instruction. The first helps generate ideas, and the second is useful in refining expression. The two kinds of thinking enhance different writing skills and can be mutually reinforcing. (MSE)

Children need more than activities to help them see that the relationship expressed in a formula is true. Giving them the underlying principles will contribute to better comprehension, retention, and transfer. (MNS)