This article discusses several principles derived from learning theory which aid in understanding the use and abuse of drugs and illustrates their role in behavioral group counseling, a promising new strategy for drug abuse prevention. (JC)

Using a developmental model, this article uses a hierarchy to describe the developmental reinforcement process as it occurs in a child's life and discuss some educational consequences of a deficit in this development. (Author)

Piaget's constructs of concrete-operational and formal-operational stages are illustrated by quoting comments from Piaget and Inhelder (1958), summarizing the kinds of reasoning to be expected at each substage, and relating this reasoning to specific mathematical items. (DT)

Information integration theory is a unified general theory that covers several areas of psychology from psychophysics to clinical judgment. It rests on a mathematical basis that has had considerable success in some precise and demanding tests. (Author)

Critical evaluation of Schlesinger's theory of language acquisition as expounded in Production of Utterances and Language Acquisition'' in The Ontogenesis of Grammar'', p63-101, New York: Academic Press, 1971. (RS)

Issues relevant to teaching social studies are examined from a historical perspective. A curriculum plan, based on key generalizations from the social sciences, geography, and history is described. Emphasis is placed on development of intellectual skills, active involvement of the child through direct experiences, and the teaching of values. (SM)

This article presents information on how classroom processes (teaching techniques) are related to learning theory. The eight points presented have been gleaned from educational psychology sources and represent points which learning theorists agree alter the learning process. (JC)

Author served as a reactor to Professor Moore's presentation The Responsive Environment Approach'' at the Symposium of the Day Care Council of New York in April 1969. While preparing for this task she became fascinated with the formulations underlying the Talking Typewriter. (Editor)

The primary goal is to explain the theory, and further, to expand a scheme of instruction and classroom procedures that arise as a consequence of his theory. Whenever possible, these ideas will be put forth using examples in physics context in an effort to elucidate difficult ideas. (DF)

A study of methods, goals and uses of behavioral counseling. (MM)

Summarizes a doctoral thesis that validated a Gagnian learning hierarchy and showed that graphical skills were more quickly learned the greater the guidance that was given, but that there was no difference in retention and transfer between guided and discovery learning of these skills. (AL)

Describes a set of presuppositions concerning teacher education associated with curriculum reform, including the roles of planning, school involvement, universities, educational technology, and educational research. Strategies of leadership and diffusion of responsibility are also discussed. (AL)

Organize refers to written material that serves the function of facilitating the incorporation and retention of subject matter. The organizer provides a brief summary of the more detailed material contained in the learning passage. (Authors)