Distinctive theoretical features characterizing research in the area of the self-concept are related to investigations into the nature of the black self-concept; a modification of Mead's symbolic interactional approaches is developed; the epistemologic grounding of the research reviewed makes it inapplicable to blacks. (Author/JM)

Analyses revealed consistent support for the hypothesis that number conservation is developmentally prior to liquid quantity conservation. (Authors)

The data indicated that disadvantaged children required more time to process visual information than did middle-class children, but the processing speed for the 2 groups tended to become more similar as grade level was increased. (Author)

Part of a doctoral dissertation submitted at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. (DS)

Discusses the relationships between cultural characteristics and cognitive styles of learners and notes the resulting identification of a society's place on the global-articulated dimension. (Author/RK)

A study comparing Chicano and Anglo children in spatial and language abilities showed that Chicanos were better in spatial ability and poorer in language comprehension. The findings were interpretated as demonstrating ethnic group differences in information processing strategies and the polarity of verbal and spatial skills in some children. (JB)

Reports on a survey of college students regarding what professors made them think and how the instructors initiated this response. (HS)

A significant relationship was found between modes of teacher influence and use of cognitive levels, as well as between levels of teacher cognition and that of pupils in pupil response categories but not in pupil initiation categories. (Author)

Points out the diagnostic and instructional value of children's reading miscues and provides methods for handling errors. Bibliography. (RW)