Reports reasoning skills of graduate nutrition students assessed on the basis of their performance on Piagetian-styled tests. Teaching strategies suggested by Piagetian theory resulted in significant gains in the use of more effective reasoning skills where as the traditional lecture-discussion format did not. Nutrition educational and training…

This brief research note suggests that while further research on the topic is needed, it would appear that the current practice of teaching most academic material in the morning may be ill-founded. (KC)

This article offers a curriculum scheme which responds to the nonverbal and intuitive character of learning in the visual arts and which is framed to deal specifically with content in the visual arts. (Author/SJL)

Several different conceptions of the relationship between learning and development are considered in this article. It is argued that dialectical and ecological developmental orientations might provide a useful basis for synthesizing the contrasting frameworks of the operant, information processing, learning theory, and knowledge acquisition…

This study illustrates a process for selecting a preferred model in the validation of hierarchical learning scales. The test performance of 100 8-to 11-year-old children on subtraction tasks involving variations in borrowing are examined. Goodman's response scaling technique is illustrated. (Author/GDC)

The complexity hypothesis suggests that the hierarchical arrangement of learning tasks is related to the complexity of the task. Using a definition of complexity based on an analysis of the rules governing performance on a task, the present study lent support to the hypothesis. (Author/GDC)

Discusses conceptualization in relation to technology education. Includes an evaluative instrument to assess instructional models. (JOW)

A parent education program using a classroom format was effective in teaching parents concepts and application of social learning theory to child behavioral development. Results are discussed in terms of efficiency, prevention of childhood behavior problems, program content, and changes in parent behavior. (Author)

Substantial sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability in favor of males was apparently found by this study. The data was collected in an investigation of intellectually gifted junior high school pupils who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (MP)

Research problems related to developing programs for mathematically gifted students are identified and discussed. Identifying children who should participate in programs and developing activities for those selected are viewed as the two major areas of concern. (MP)

The time at which component skills are taught is studied to see whether it is a significant instructional variable. This research involved the instruction of a multiplication algorithm to 15 below-average first graders. (MP)

Presents selected position papers and research papers influenced by the work of Jean Piaget, intended to help science educators understand Piaget's work and how it applies to science education. Emphasis on formal reasoning stage of development. (SA)

The holistic-discriminability model of object-space perception recognizes various classes of stimuli having different task requirements, with few assumptions. The alternative analytic model, contrary to Dykes and Cooper, is inadequate; it involves many assumptions, predicts only a limited set of data and makes some incorrect predictions.…

Cognitive interactions of science lessons can vary along many different dimensions. Although teaching practices in secondary science classes generally progress from knowledge of facts and principles to applications and problem solving, the trend is reversed in grade 12. Less practical application is evident in early secondary grades. (SB)

Explains how the instrumental enrichment program helps adolescents and adults develop higher order thinking and problem-solving abilities. (Author/MLF)