Explored Neimeyer's notion that moderately depressed people have relatively disorganized personal construct systems, that non-depressed people see themselves consistently positively, highly depressed people view themselves negatively, and moderately depressed people view themselves with ambivalence. Using a grid measure of logical consistency,…

Examines assumptions underlying alcohol education programs and program impact from inferential and deductive logic perspectives. Combines review of existing empirical evidence concerning effectiveness of alcohol education with the outcome of a deductive-logical analysis, resulting in a series of explicit, realistic, recommendations for effective…

Describes three models for teaching effective thinking, but warns against oversimplified approaches. (SRT)

Describes a community college project which incorporates literature into course content outside the English department to enhance students' ability to respond to subject matter and develop critical thinking skills. (NH)

Notes that recent work in argumentation has emphasized social and disciplinary influences on argumentative discourse, that rhetoricians have also been debating the role of good reasons in argument, and that the informal logic movement has shown increasing awareness of the rhetorical dimensions of argument. (SKC)

Legal education today focuses too narrowly on the profession itself, and fails to meet the larger obligation to probe the interrelationship of love and justice as well as the development of civic virtue and a sense of public duty. (MSE)

The educational value of courses in computer programing must be judged by sound curriculum criteria: they should fit a logical sequence of K-12 learning objectives, expose students to future career opportunities, and teach students reasoning skills. (TE)

Examines the factors influencing the use of a plan by four- and five-year-old children to judge the relative number of two sets by one-to-one correspodence. Results suggest that most children have one-to-one plans in long-term memory by age four. (Author/RWB)

Discusses logical errors, such as converse reasoning, that are made by students in mathematics and science courses. States that many students apply incorrect forms of reasoning to concrete mathematical problems. Concludes that material should be taught as concretely as possible, and that mathematics students should be made aware of reasoning…

Using cross country skiing and snowmobiling as contrasting examples of leisure activity (amusement or recreation), this article shows how to use the tenth book of Aristotle's NICHOMACHIAN ETHICS to help high school students make intelligent decisions on a variety of activities. (JDH)

States that childrens' spatial conceptualization of maps progresses from topological to projective to Euclidean. Provides guidelines for conducting map activities with young children which take account of these and related factors. Recommends block play with verbalization for very young children, followed by mapping of familiar environments. (JDH)

A theorem is given for a property of right triangles. From it, students can deduce significant relations. (MNS)

To evaluate prevalence of perseveration in early search, nine-month-olds were tested on both two- and three-location version of Piaget's AB task. Three principal findings emerged: (1) infants did not show systematic perservation on either location task; (2) they did demonstrate positive search skills; and (3) they searched using similiar methods…

Examines the relationship between development of logical processes required in deductive reasoning and their use by preschoolers, also considering possible explanations for children's deductive reasoning. The relationship of problem content to real-world knowledge and the sequence of presentation of problem types were found to affect the display…

Liberal education, like a scarab, appears simple but is very complex, linking many fields of learning. It impels students to view the critical relationships in their world and enables them to feel, create, and understand, combining the characteristics of each discipline into an ability to understand the world and shape it. (MSE)