Discusses the six steps of the PQ4R study method: preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review, and argues that the support of the building administrator is a major factor affecting the transfer of the method on a large-scale basis. (FL)

A theoretical model depicting the mental process of inquiry is presented and discussed. It is mainly composed of givens, operations, transitional outcomes and terminal outcomes. The different mental paths followed as well as the various alternative outcomes are also discussed and a number of implications deduced. (Author)

The author discusses ways that Ausubel and Novak's theory of concept learning might be applied to aesthetic education. (SJL)

The author reviews some of the recent research on learning to read, and discusses two theories prevalent during the 1970s of the process of perception during mature reading--the Hypothesis Position and the Direct Perception Position. (KC)

A comparison is drawn between acquiring linguistic skills and acquiring creativity. It is suggested that aesthetic values have to be taught, that literalism has an important function in artistic development, that media can help to control and direct a child's attention, and that formulas impart a necessary competence. (Author/KC)

Reviews major learning theories that can be followed by business communication instructors, including those by David Ausubel, Albert Bandura, Kurt Lewin, Edward Thorndike, B.F. Skinner, and Robert Gagne. (LRA)

Successful students use a learning style that involves thinking deeply about what they are studying. Several teaching techniques that can encourage this are discussed. (Author/MLF)

Discusses Jean Piaget's information-processing model of cognitive development. (FL)

Investigates the type of individual who works and learns most effectively in a group setting. Results indicate that people who fit into Robert Bales' Upward-Positive-Forward personality type perceive the group and group activities to be more effective than do other personality types. (Author)

The authors challenge some of the conclusions reached about Piaget by Brian Rotman in his book. (MK)

The paper presents a selective review of current alternative conceptualizations of learning disabilities and reading disability. (Author)

Presents a single integrated set of procedures for both analysis and design of instruction according to the Elaboration Theory. (JEG)

Three experiments investigated factors influencing the integration of facts acquired from texts. Subjects encountered related facts in the context of relatively long, meaningful texts, a single text, or in two separate texts. Results indicate that integration can occur in both cases. (SW)

Identifies and discusses a change in the theoretical bases of contemporary psychologists' views of infant development: the replacement of the constructs of energy, drive, and motive with cognitive constructs. (CM)

Skemp's new model of understanding in learning is described and explained. (MK)