Article describes how music, being a system of logical thought and a bridge to consciousness, can help the gifted child who cannot always handle his emotions in a culture where the function of the school in furthering the socialization process has been vastly oversold. (Author/MM)

Results are discussed in terms of why children of the same age fail to conserve number in the standard conservation task and how complex number concepts might develop. (Author)

Describes a reading and listening study aid called a map" which, in addition to synthesizing information, displays it in pictorial form with special markings for main and supporting ideas. (MS)

A study investigated whether activities could be designed to elicit seven specific language functions in kindergartners: self-maintaining, directing, reporting, towards logical reasoning, predicting, projecting, and imagining. Language functions were not equally elicited by all activities, but changing activity was effective in varying language…

The absence of references to educational research in "Philosophy and Education: Eightieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education" is seen as evidence that educational researchers and educational philosophers are isolated from one another. A rapprochement between the two fields is recommended. (PP)

The article demonstrates how the theories and methods of law-related education can provide direction for instructors of gifted children. Four goals of law-related education (including improvement of critical thinking skills) are discussed, and specific teaching strategies are suggested. (Author/SW)

Examined relationships between integrated process skill and formal thinking abilities of middle/high school students (N=492). Results indicate that science process skill ability is strongly associated with logical thinking, suggesting that process skill teaching may influence formal thinking ability. (Author/JN)

Simplified interpretations of brain function portraying rationality solely in the left hemisphere and creativity solely in the right are incorrect, but the two sides of the brain do differ in important ways. Conclusive implications of brain research cannot yet be drawn for educational practices, but certain inferences can be made. (Author/JM)

Tested a sample of college students to determine the validity of Ellis' contention that irrational beliefs: (1) are held dogmatically and (2) interfere with logical inference making. Found greater endorsement of irrational beliefs on the Irrational Belief Scale associated with (1) greater dogmatism and (2) less critical inference making.…

Compares the importance of role taking and the logical operations stage of child development in predicting children's understanding of the purpose of television advertising. Research on children's comprehension of television commercials is briefly reviewed and the subjects of the study, as well as the study methodology, are described. (Author/JL)