Proposes an operant framework for the analysis of environment-intelligence interactions in old age and calls for an implementation of research aimed at examining the range of modifiability of intellectual proficiency in the elderly. Intellectual decrement is interpreted to reflect the lack of supportive environmental contingencies. (Author/SDH)

In recent years, pre-service teacher education has attempted to incorporate into programs an understanding of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences as it applies to schools. In this paper the tension between "learning about" multiple intelligences and "learning through" multiple intelligences supports Gardner's (1993)…

Maternal attitudes and behaviors that result in infantilization and thus deter a retarded child from attaining potential were examined in 52 mothers and their borderline or mildly retarded children, 7- to 12-years of age, who had been tested previously. (Author/MC)

To learn if differences in age, intelligence, and sex account for differences in children's recall of TV commercials and in the degree of insistence with which they request that the advertised product be purchased, 54 gifted, 71 normal, and 53 educable mentally retarded children of both sexes were questioned after viewing commercials for breakfast…

The annual report of the Department of Computer and Information Science includes abstracts of research carried out during the 1976-77 academic year with support from grants by governmental agencies and industry, as well as The Ohio State University. The report covers the department's organizational structure, objectives, highlights of department…

This paper reports on a two generation study which began in 1965 with the interviewing of 223 black men who were in their thirties. The study incorporates data on the wives and children of the men. It focuses on the extent to which the school achievements of one generation are repeated in the following generation and the extent to which such…

Examined in the doctoral dissertation research was the effectiveness of a humane value activity oriented summer program to increase IQ scores and improve behaviors of 40 educable mentally retarded (EMR) children between 6 and 12 years of age. Teachers of the experimental group participated in a 10-day workshop on ways to incorporate the humane…

Argues that standardized IQ, aptitude, and achievement tests are biased against persons of low socioeconomic status. (IRT)

Reviewed are 40 years of research on the prosthesis of communication deficiencies using chimpanzees, and severely retarded or deaf children. (DB)