Four observations are offered on the development of oral communication in relationship to classroom teaching practices. (CH)

Preschool children's ability to associate pairs of toys was studied under one of four experimental conditions. All three subject-involvement conditions produced better learning. (ST)

Kindergarteners, first, third, and fifth graders were statistically indistinguishable in their recall of short stories containing either full passive or truncated passive target sentences. (CS)

The effect of phonetic similarity was reported in a study of sound imitation and recall in 14 first or second grade children. (Author/DB)

A brief, personal account which gives the general recommendations resulting from the seminar. (SP)

The study indicated some superiority of the Bereiter-Engelmann Program, a structured, behavioristic method, over traditional language instruction methods. (MH)

The stimulus environment of institutions for the mentally retarded is examined from the point of view of its effect on the development of speech. (Author)

Defines culture and language, and examines their interrelationship as it applies to the inner city child. (MB)

Success of the student is an important goal for the teacher. This goal should be achieved in elementary school. (MR)

A review of The Acquisition of Language: The Study of Developmental Psycholinguistics" (Harper and Row), by David McNeill. (RY)

An alternative to the ego-based explanations for the autistic child's characteristic patterns of pronominal reversals and avoidances is an approach based on studies of echolalia which considers grammatical aspects of acquisition, reversal, and nonreversal. Focus is consequently shifted from primacy of expressive I to comprehension of you/me…