Modified version of a talk given at the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, December 30, 1970--January 2, 1971. (DD)

Study sought to identify those attitudinal and cognitive factors which prompt an individual to participate in protests designed to change government policy (DM)

Butch and Slim was written as a response to a need for a rather specialised group of items in the Reasoning sub-scale of the British Intelligence Scale. (Author)

A significant positive correlation between multiple classification was found, in testing 65 children aged 6 to 8 years, at the stage of concrete operations. This is interpreted as support for the existence of a structure d'ensemble of operational schemes in the period of concrete operations. (Authors)

Results obtained from the research were inconsistent, indicating no support for the thesis that objectives aid learning. Research recommendations are submitted, with conclusions drawn reflecting the positive attitudes toward presenting objectives. (JB)

Assuming he has basic work recognition skills, any child can read any book with some degree of comprehension if the teacher conveys a positive attitude and students learn to read with purpose. (Author/RB)

The nature of silence is discussed as an imposition of mind, as an interdependent signification ground for speech signs, as a relationship to mental time (as opposed to artificial time), and as it relates to sensation, perception and metaphorical movement. (Author)

Purpose of this study was to explore the effects of stress produced by recitation strategies on retention for learners who differ in their response to anxiety. (Authors)

Authors interpret the evidence from the three experiments to mean that highly cognitively structured small-group activities have positive effects upon cognitive development, at least for a relatively short period of time. (Authors)

Report offers several working definitions of the process of critical thinking, then describes several ERIC documents dealing with ways of teaching critical thinking in general on the secondary level, and finally points to some aspects of learning about literature and language that involve critical thinking skills. (Author)

Study focuses on children aged 3 to 5 years from 3 London areas. Contrary to expectation, awareness of differences in skin color was not a simple function of age and contact with colored children and adults; no clear evidence of prejudiced thinking was found in the subjects studied. (RJ)