Adolescents identified letters presented to them on the basis of color. Subjects (n=20) with mental retardation exhibited facilitation when the target was identical to the target on the preceding trial but did not exhibit inhibition when it had been a distractor on the preceding trial. Inefficient suppression processes may result in performance…

Tested 160 children on a Stroop-like day-night test that involved 2 rules. Also tested for whether remembering two rules alone was sufficient to cause difficulty. Concludes that the requirement to learn and remember two rules is not in itself sufficient to account for the poor performance of younger children (under five) in the experiment. (DR)

Discusses design options for CD-ROM storage. Highlights include a marketing strategy resulting in the creation of the jewel box; replacement and duplex jewel boxes; caddies; business furniture companies for large collections; flip-racks; and lazy-susans. (AEF)

Play dough is the perfect medium for creating, observing, and thinking about change. Whether the use of play dough is seen as play or a demonstration of physics, through its use children learn about transformations of consistency, color, and identity; and teachers observe how young children learn. (LB)

Three tasks focusing on perceptions of gender toy preferences and activities and 1 addressing color and sex identification were completed by 15 boys and 15 girls aged 8-9. Children clearly differentiated between toys, activities, and colors appropriate for males and females. They viewed male gender roles and activities as more rigidly proscribed…

This study asked whether a mediated transfer procedure could facilitate acquisition of labeling tasks in learning-disabled students. In two experiments three young boys learned multiplication facts and number labeling within days following introduction of a color mediation procedure. (Author/PB)

Presents guidelines for using color effectively in instructional communication. Topics addressed include an explanation of color mixing; color schemes based on the color wheel; contrast; background, text, and highlights; consistency; symbolic associations; and color testing. (four references) (LRW)

Examines the effect of skin color differences in African-American society and their influence on social and political attitudes. Finds color stratification persists but makes little difference in social and political attitudes, except that darker-skinned Blacks were found to be consistently less civil libertarian. (DM)

This interview with Allen Say, a Japanese picture book author and illustrator, discusses his apprenticeship to a cartoonist; the use of color; the role of editors; the theme of searching for identity; landscapes; and his move to America. (LRW)

Investigates the role of background color on phonological decoding in children with reading difficulties--10 elementary students with reading difficulties and 10 controls read pseudowords presented on white or colored backgrounds. Finds students with a history of reading difficulties pronounced fewer pseudowords than controls for either…

Presents a system which supports image retrieval by high-level chromatic contents, the sensations that color accordances generate on the observer. Surveys Itten's theory of color semantics and discusses image description and query specification. Presents examples of visual querying. (AEF)

In Hong Kong, 122 design and technology students, of whom 7 had color vision deficiency, completed design projects on the use of color. Teachers rating the projects could not tell which students had the deficiency. (SK)

Describes some of the factors that affect computer monitor display design and provides suggestions and insights into how screen displays can be designed more effectively. Topics include color, font choices, organizational structure of text, space outline, and general principles. (Author/LRW)

Describes one teacher's use of color to make classroom instruction more interesting. Techniques included using colored paper for handouts, conducting an experiment to see whether the use of colors could enhance students' memory power, and using colored flashcards to teach vocabulary. (Author/VWL)

Responds to an earlier article that investigated sex and language proficiency differences in the color-naming performance of Chinese-speaking English learners at the university level. (Author/VWL)