Analyzes the process of learning--both intentional and non-intentional--and concludes that the view that learning is learning only if it is formal and intentional is false. (RK)

In these studies, people recalled additional, previously unrecalled information from stories following instruction to take a new perspective. The data clearly show the operation of retrieval processes independent from encoding processes. (SW)

The progressive inflection "-ing" appears to be the earliest verb inflection acquired by children learning English as their first language. Explanations are made on why the progressive is rarely, if ever, overgeneralized to inappropriate forms. (SW)

The Tactile Test of Basic Concepts (TTBC), a tactile analog to the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC), was field tested with 75 blind students (kindergarten to grade 2) and the scores compared with those of sighted Ss used in the standardization sample for the BTBC. (Author/IM)

The author discusses the impact of social change upon the schools and the families of students, the shifting of values, and the comparative responsibilities of schools and society as a whole in the education of children. (JD)

In this article the stages of learning how to read are outlined, and successful methods of teaching reading are described. (JD)

Research undertaken in Russia examines how elementary students in experimental and conventional classes assimilate the concept of a problem. The criterion of assimilation is defined as the pupil's application of theoretical knowledge of the problem to the solution of the problem. (Author/RM)

The process of developing teacher training materials from research findings is necessary in order to investigate the applicability of the findings of these studies to teaching in classrooms. (JD)

Comparison of performance between subjects who practice transcendental meditation and those who do not revealed that meditation does not improve fine motor skills although it has many other benefits. (JD)

Aspects of the processing of frequency information were investigated in two studies. The first showed that second graders were as prepared to process frequency differences as adults. The second showed that practice at frequency counting does not improve the performance of young adults and neither does feedback regarding earlier performance.…

This research used two components of the suggestive-accelerative learning method, Mind Calming and Early Pleasant Learning Recall, to teach twelve rare English words to 64 fifth and sixth graders. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (CFM)

Racial and social class factors as a determinant of school achievement for minority group children are discussed with reference to the many empirical studies in this area. (Author/AM)

Results show that student differences in time-on-task to learn to criterion are alterable and can be minimized over a sequence of learning units given appropriate adaptive learning strategies. (Author/DEP)

Notes that Markle's (April 1975 issue of this journal) summary of the current state of research regarding concept teaching conveys a major misconception and omits a major conception. (Author/AM)

The nations put forward here are that assessment and forward planning are interdependent. Continuous assessment is an essential feature of informal education and it is the basis of day-to-day planning. A cumulative record of childrens growth throughout their school life is also needed. (Author/AM)