Argues that first language acquisition is essentially based on a process very similar to classical conditioning. (TO)

An overview and analysis of the use of learning hierarchies in instruction and research, examines some current research on learning hierarchies, and considers the implications of this research for instructional psychology and for theories of cognitive development. (Author)

Discusses the importance of the language-learning environment, appropriateness of language courses, language comprehension, and self-evaluation. (RL)

Based on a series of lectures given at the Summer Language Program, University of California at Santa Cruz, August 1972; translated from the English; special issue on "Changing Linguistics." (DD)

The main tenet of the theory is that the minimal experimental situation for making psychological observations is a conversation. The theory is exemplified by work on learning and teaching using CASTE which is itself a physical embodiment of the theory in the form of a vehicle for observing conversations. (Author)

Author seeks to orient the adult basic education practioners to the special learning problems that confront the disadvantaged and under-educated adult. (GB)

Educational psychologists can help create and preserve an experimental mood in education whereby scientists, educators, curriculum designers, teachers, parents, and students feel they have a direct part in decisions to improve their schools. (Author)

Research supported by grants to the University of Minnesota, Center for Research in Human Learning, from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. (DD)

Study tests four predictions derived from Piaget's cognitive theory. (CB)

Some of the procedures for developing and validating learning sequences or learning hierarchies are explored. For each of these procedures, references are provided that can be used for additional study or clarification of the procedures. (Author)