The analysis of logical and antilogical influences on preference made by Bradbury and Nelson is extended to a consideration of choices by children in kindergarten, Grade 4, and Grade 8. Conclusions are drawn concerning the dependence of intransitive preference on the collative variable of novelty in choice context. (Author/SDH)

Directed primarily toward the person familiar with computer technology rather than the traditional art educator, this master's thesis addresses new approaches to color theory and its impact on electronic art media. Technical considerations related to color coming from electronic sources, i.e., radiant light, and differences between radiant and…

This report summarizes the results of more than 10,000 individual judgments, carried out in five related studies, all concerned with perceived reading efforts of text on visual displays and printouts. Students and personnel in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Stockholm served as study subjects. In experiments in which…

Designed for use in conducting media production training with Peace Corps fieldworkers, this manual is divided into three sections: skill exercises, line drawings, and directions for making art supplies from easily obtainable, low cost resources. Nineteen step-by-step skill exercises cover basic cutting, wet and dry mounting, simple drawing,…

To investigate the effects of distraction, task performance with or without within-task color, holding task complexity constant, was assessed with 25 hyperactive Ss and 22 controls (5 to 10 years old). Two visual-motor drawing tasks, one visual concentration task and a combined visual-motor and visual concentration task were given. Error analyses…

Instructions accompanied by illustrations for building a low-cost demonstration spectroscope are presented. Materials and tools are pictured and labeled. Cost is estimated at five dollars (in 1980) and twelve hours of work are required to build the spectroscope. (SA)

A sample of 118 children in kindergarten through grade three participated in this study of the effects of illustrations on pupils' nonverbal responses to the story "The Giving Tree." Children in the experimental group were shown none of the illustrations in the book; the control group were shown all of the original illustrations. After…

This study was designed to determine whether subjects who received one of three treatments of color cues in an instructional program differed significantly on three learning tasks. Subjects were randomly selected from the kindergarten populations of two Michigan public schools and were assigned to one of three treatment groups. Eight letter-like…

An elective course in Concord authors enables students to study the major writings of the mid-nineteenth century American Renaissance in literature and see how the development of American thought, major literature, philosophy, and historical background relate to the literature of the Concord-Boston-Cambridge group. Course content includes works by…

A sequential framework of study, that can be individually and creatively expanded, is provided for the purpose of developing in children understanding of and enjoyment in art. The guide indicates routes of approach to certain kinds of major art, provides historical and biographical information, clarifies certain fundamentals of art, offers some…

This booklet describes the program in Harlem (PS 133) which is based upon Dr. Caleb Gattegno's reading and mathematics in color. The program was primarily intended to test the teaching of Gattegno's methods and materials. PS 133 was considered to be a good site for the program because it was stable, pedagogically traditional, and staffed by a…

"Spoon River Anthology," by poet Edgar Lee Masters, consists of epitaphs spoken by the defunct inhabitants of imaginary Spoon River, Illinois. The poems are a composite recollection of several small, turn-of-the-century Illinois towns, where Masters lived as a boy. Students of these works came to realize that the small town, as assessed…