An extremely unpleasant film was shown to one group of students, while another group served as controls. Results suggest that, under conditions of stressful emotional arousal, learning outcomes are influenced predominantly by the combined effects of personality traits, motivational dynamics, and emotional states, which outweigh the influence of…

Responding to McQueen (this issue), Epstein notes that the Cognitive Levels Matching project in Shoreham, New York, is entirely independent of his brain studies, which merely provide corroborating physiological evidence for a theory grounded in educational psychology. (TE)

Using electromyography (EMG), researchers studied changes in the control of biceps and triceps brachii muscles that occurred as women college students learned two elbow flexion tasks. Data on EMG activity, angular kinematics, training, and angular displacement were analyzed. (Author/PP)

A comment from the author on the design and validity of the research concerning the use of teaching methods on children's progress and achievement in primary schools is discussed. (Editor/RK)

In a critical examination of competency-based teacher education, the author suggests that it should be placed in a wider framework recognizing that the learning process includes conceptual and perceptual thinking and subjective individual values and purposes. (JD)

To reverse the general decline in school performance, educationists must restructure learning experiences to balance the present fragmented and specialized linear processes with the sensory/spatial processes, so that an educational system commensurate with the neutral balance of both cerebral hemispheres might emerge. (MB)

The purpose of this paper is to show that the sex-role learning by the black male child is very much influenced by the institution of slavery and post-slavery conditions, arguing that blacks have been conditioned since slavery to hide their feelings so as to avoid punishment, so that their actions many times are not reflective of the whole person.…

Author sees a bleak future for the under-fives in the wake of cuts in the nursery programme. (Editor/RK)

Errors made by the foreign language learner are classified and discussed. (RM)

Pattern practice is recognized as one among several methods in the drill-and-integration phase of the learning process. Contradicting many opinions, the article argues that it can be very useful in acquiring communicative competence. But along with it the learner must use real cognitive strategies. (IFS/WGA)

This paper demonstrates how attention to developmental skills at every stage of language instruction enhances mastery of specific structural targets. A college German course in which a high degree of reading comprehension is the objective is used; Modified-Adjective Construction is the specific structural target. (CHK)

Generalization of articulation instruction was examined with three children (5- and 6-years-old) who were taught by their mothers at home and tested periodically at a speech clinic. (Author/IM)