Uses the Outward Bound School in Colorado as a metaphor for a school that emphasizes putting practice into theory, which suggests a willingness to improvise on the part of teachers and students who are fully capable of figuring out for themselves the individual and social imperatives of education. (Author/IRT)

The adaptation of Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SOI) model by M. Meeker to a kindergarten through twelfth-grade gifted curriculum is discussed. The key to the SOI model curriculum is diagnosis and prescription. The theory that 120 various cognitive skills can be differentiated and remediated underlies the curriculum. There are five workbooks…

Suggests that attempting to define an all purpose literacy that does not vary with subject matter, personal experience, and occasion is an illusory task. Presents data on standards of literacy among the Australian population that tend to refute claims about declines in literacy standards. (AEA)

Reviews the history of language aptitude tests in the U.S., examines the notion of aptitude in general, and attempts to answer the question of whether the notion of "language aptitude" is a valid one. (AM)

Sebastian de Grazia's image of clockwork collectivism is contrasted with the views of Thomas Green concerning the relationship between leisure and the clock, and supplemented by Edward T. Hall's analysis of what is entailed in coping with clockwork culture. Synchronization learning is proposed as necessary to the effective functioning within the…

The relation of reading comprehension and information retention is discussed with emphasis on teaching methods and learning activities. (DS)

Scientific developments during the last few decades offer a radical new way of looking at learning--one that appears to have enormous potential for helping teachers bring about major gains in students' achievement. (DS)

The hypothesis that free recall involves the generation of candidate items followed by a decision process was tested in a situation which compared a standard recall test with a test that involved the overt generation and recognition of candidate items. (SW)

Arguments are presented against making instructional decisions based on cognitive style as it is typically conceptualized. (JD)

Presents an ethnographic study of "The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives" (Bloom, ed., 1956). The research represents an attempt to examine a familiar document of our own culture using the methods for analyzing songs, stories, and myths of a foreign culture. (KC)

Challenges the use of the term instructional psychology by those involved in instructional technology and discusses the lack of an adequate definition of instructional psychology. (RAO)

The relationship between physiological learning theory and the school-aged child with minimal brain damage is explored. (Author/SBH)

Suggests a theoretical framework to address some phenomena of mathematical behavior. Defines the terms "pseudo-conceptual" and "pseudo-analytical" and analyzes examples from classrooms, exams, and homework within the framework. (Author/AIM)

This model of self-directed learning integrates three dimensions: self-management (contextual control), self-monitoring (cognitive responsibility), and motivation. (SK)

Review of 39 studies on perspective transformation reveals the need to recognize the significant influence of context, a lesser role for critical reflection, and a greater role for other ways of learning. A more encompassing view of transformative learning includes affective learning, nonconscious learning, relationships, and collective…