The role of outdoor education activities in the Kanda University English language institute is described. The outdoor program was developed to unite faculty and students interested in recreational activities and provide an opportunity to explore common interests in nature, sports, and language learning. The activities develop self-esteem,…

This paper describes the highly gifted student population and provides principles for establishing inclusionary educational environments for them. Highly and profoundly gifted children are described as those who score above the third of fourth standard deviation on IQ tests or who are prodigies in a particular domain. Principles for placing highly…

This document consists of the first five volumes (10 issues) of the serial "Research in the Schools," a nationally refereed journal published by the Mid-South Educational Research Association and the University of Alabama. It publishes original contributions related to research in practice, topical issues in education, methods and…

The importance of dynamic testing procedures for understanding reasoning and its underlying cognitive processes as well as for increasing validity is investigated. An experiment tested the premise that African American and White college students demonstrate equivalent inductive reasoning ability when tested under induced mediation procedures,…

Adopting perspectives based on applications of artificial intelligence proven in industry, this paper discusses methodological strategies and issues that underlie the development of such software environments. The general concept of an expert system is discussed in the context of its relevance to the problem of increasing the accessibility of…

This book is intended to assist in using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised (WPPSI-R) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition as tools for identifying a child's strengths and weaknesses for the purpose of improving academic and behavioral functioning. The first chapter focuses on using the…

The study compared play among five groups of children (ages 3-7 years): normal children (N=41); those diagnosed with language delays (N=241), those with autism but normal intelligence (N=71), those with autism and mental retardation (N=97), and those with nonautistic mental deficiency (N=86). Each child was evaluated using a 25 minute structured…

This study examined the application of adaptive behavior assessment to a gifted population. It addressed the following questions: (1) "What is the nature of adaptive behavior in gifted children?"; (2) "With which adaptive behaviors does intelligence quotient correlate?"; (3) Are there adaptive behaviors that distinguish the…

Arranged in three sections, this resource for secondary school students provides an introduction to the computer's impact on society. The first section surveys historical methods of recording and storing information: clay tablets, papyrus, and books. The second section describes how computers work and ways they can be used. Also considered are the…

Self-report research has inconclusively linked complaints of poor memory functioning, memory performance, and intellectual ability with depression in older adults. In order to investigate more conclusively the correlation between these variables as well as to investigate the effect of age differences, 159 older adults (49 young-old, aged 55-70; 60…

Three hundred twelve Kentucky trade and industrial juniors' mental maturity was compared to data supplied with the California Mental Maturity Test. Aspects of vocational maturity significantly related to mental maturity measures for the group, and factors of mental maturity significantly related to aspects of their vocational maturity were also…

Reviews descriptive and recent experimental studies of the undesirable behaviors related to temporal orientation. Areas included are social class, delinquency, academic achievement, alcoholism, and vocational-educational counseling. Recommendations for further research are made. (ED)

Investigated the general relationship between children's performance on social and physical measures of cognitive functioning, possible sex differences in performance on the two types of tasks, and the relationship between boys' and girls' performances on these tasks and age and IQ. (SDH)