Results of paper were reported at the 1969 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. (WY)

Describes formulation of distancing hypothesis, and introduction of the terms distal and distancing, reflecting interaction between understanding origins of intelligent behavior, which is genetic epistemology, and the education of the child. (Author)

Points to three deficiencies in values clarification as a program of moral education; i.e., failure to distinguish the intellectual traits essential in moral valuing; failure to contribute to students' moral development; and failure to consider the purpose and mechanics of moral argument. Concludes that values clarification promotes ethical…

A structural arithmetic curriculum is designed to help students develop their own powers of thought. (Author/MLF)

Argues that two linked intellectual developments--the "Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns" and the evolution of the genius concept--played an important role in the rise of the modern intellectual. (Author/MP)

Investigates the development sequence of children's comprehension of riddles. In Study I riddles and jokes were collected and classified from children of grades 1 through 10. In Study II, students of grades 1, 3, 6, 10, and college were given selected riddles from three categories determined in Study I to test the predicted comprehension sequence.…

The author stresses the importance of including foreign language in the education of gifted children. Bilingualism, the author asserts, aids the development of mental abilities which assist in using language creatively. (PHR)

Two pairs of conflicting and interrelated values (the public good and the private good; freedom and equality) can be made compatible through education. (JD)

Investigated the role of cognitive complexity in the career maturity of college students. Results generally supported the prediction that career maturity would be positively associated with cognitive complexity. (Author)

Antioch College co-op freshmen (n=179) completed the Measure of Epistemological Reflection; 4 years later, of the 45 remaining, 20 retook the measure. Transitional knowing at entry increased to independent knowing as seniors. As freshmen, they exhibited higher levels of intellectual development than comparable groups at a highly selective…

The ways in which the mind creates new worlds, new contexts, and possible alternate realities are described. It is proposed that with this information, facility in devising new worlds and realities may be enhanced and imaginative reach expanded. (MSE)

The assumptions of career education for intellectually and academically gifted students are examined with reference to new research about the characteristics of these students. It is suggested changes in career education in gifted programs are warranted. Discussion relates four initiatives for changes to the issues of careerism and…

Identifies and describes the features of spoken discourse that native speakers of English consider to be indicative of level of intellectual functioning. Discourse criteria include detail, coherence, story construction, storytelling performance, and metacomments. (SR)

Presents a theory of intellectual development in which human development depends on environment, self is autonomous and communal, diversity and dissent are anticipated, emotional intelligence is acknowledged, abstraction is reconceptualized and placed in a dialectic, learning is a reciprocal activity, and classrooms are interactions among…