This report outlines the accomplishments of the LOGO project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory during the period 1973-1975. Three major areas of work are listed: (1) building learning environments, (2) the theory behind the environments, and (3) experimenting with learning environments. Advances in…

This theoretical paper deals with a comparison of the structure and content of primary and secondary thought processes. While secondary processes (cognitive thinking) are effectively dealt with and taught in schools, there is little or no relating to the primary processes (affective thinking). This is due in part to teachers' own difficulties in…

Numerous investigations have used father's occupation as the central index in reports showing, in heterogeneous samples, a definite relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and measured intelligence on academic achievement in favour of the upper SES individual. Thus, commonly used terms have emerged, such as "middle-class bias" and "formal…

The three phases (finding seventh and eighth grade mathematically talented students, studying them, and helping them educationally) of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) are detailed, and examples of the superiority of educational acceleration over educational enrichment are pointed out. Results of standardized intelligence tests…

By using complex multiple regression models to generate regression surfaces, the relationships between academic achievement, creativity, and intelligence are examined. Findings indicate that for certain academic subjects creativity is related to achievement up to a threshold level of intelligence, but after the threshold has been reached…

The purpose of this study was to describe relationships between selected characteristics of the physically disabled and acceptance of disability. Client characteristics (N=27) were treated as independent variables. Statistical analysis indicated significance on only 3 of the 27 variables. However, trends toward significance were observed on five…

Examined were differences between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test scores for 99 children with learning problems who were patients in a multispecialty group medical practice. (Author/DB)

Describes a program for understanding and generating natural language which handles paragraph-length imput. Its core, "preference semantics," a system of preferential choice between deep semantic patterns, is contrasted with: (1) syntax-oriented linguistic approaches, and (2) theorem-proving approaches to understanding. Available from…

Demonstrates the existence of six factors of social intelligence dealing with understanding other people's thoughts, feelings, and intentions. Called factors of "behavioral cognition", they refer only to the abilities to cognize or understand behavior and not to other abilities which might more broadly and inclusively be termed…

This article reviewed literature relating to growth stages in children and how these growth stages influence what is drawn. Additionally, a review of research was presented using the human-figure drawing in measurement of intelligence, personality assessment and prediction of learning performance. (Author/RK)

The WISC-R scores for groups of children identified by school personnel as needing special education services were factor analyzed according to type of classification. Overall, results show the WISC-R to be factorially similar for all groups. (Author)

This study was undertaken to determine the suitability of the California Abbreviated WISC--Form 1 (CAW-1) for use with WISC-R subtests. Results indicate that the CAW-1 was suitable for use with WISC-R subtests with minor alterations. (Author)