This study attempted to determine if white noise (an arousing stimulus), when presented at the time of recall, facilitates performance of second and fifth grade students, and if this effect generalizes across different kinds of learning tasks. Findings indicate that white noise produces improvements in performance in both age groups. (GO)

Four experiments, all employing the conditioned suppression of licking in thirsty rats, examined the extent to which reinforcement of one component, A, of a compound conditioned stimulus, AB, would "block" conditioning to the other element, B, on the first compound trial. (Editor)

Concludes that children scoring high in picture arrangement on the Wechsler have significantly poorer problem solving ability than children with low picture arrangement scores. (RB)

Compared retention functions for children with those for young adults and elderly subjects in continuous recognition memory for words over retention intervals ranging from 2 minutes to 2 hours. (SDH)

Urges teachers to move beyond the technical in the classroom and become storytellers who impart the awe and mystery as well as humanity of science to youth. (BR)

Two attempts to facilitate the aural reception of prose material in educationally subnormal children were compared. (Editor)

Article discussed the background for an art program that focused on the powers of communication that the visual language of art provided. (Author/RK)

Discusses two experiments in which middle-aged, elderly, professional, and non-professional males and females were given the Conceptual Styles Test. An analysis of variance on the percentage of complementary responses revealed significant effects for age, occupation, and th interaction between age and sex. (ED)

Article focused on the power of visuals - to carry information, to evoke emotion, to order thinking - a new and growing power in the education of children. (Author/RK)

Tests the hypothesis that there should be an early age range during which inhibiting and facilitating sets do not result in appropriately differential behavior, and that at a subsequent age, there should occur differentiation of GSR conditioning rate as a function of the differential sets. (Author/SDH)