The purpose of this paper is to show that the sex-role learning by the black male child is very much influenced by the institution of slavery and post-slavery conditions, arguing that blacks have been conditioned since slavery to hide their feelings so as to avoid punishment, so that their actions many times are not reflective of the whole person.…

Author sees a bleak future for the under-fives in the wake of cuts in the nursery programme. (Editor/RK)

Errors made by the foreign language learner are classified and discussed. (RM)

Pattern practice is recognized as one among several methods in the drill-and-integration phase of the learning process. Contradicting many opinions, the article argues that it can be very useful in acquiring communicative competence. But along with it the learner must use real cognitive strategies. (IFS/WGA)

This paper demonstrates how attention to developmental skills at every stage of language instruction enhances mastery of specific structural targets. A college German course in which a high degree of reading comprehension is the objective is used; Modified-Adjective Construction is the specific structural target. (CHK)

Generalization of articulation instruction was examined with three children (5- and 6-years-old) who were taught by their mothers at home and tested periodically at a speech clinic. (Author/IM)

Reports on 5 experiments investigating the effect of blocking words according to semantic category on ordered recall in adults and young children. (Author/RM)

Three experiments were conducted to examine the relations between retrieval and encoding in a levels-of-processing framework. (Author/RM)

This study formulates an empirically derived model of the cognitive transformation of information from urban geographic fields to map representation. It appears that four variables (subject, touring, environmental, map) all contribute to levels of map performance. (BT)

Discusses some aspects of science history and educational theory to support the idea that concept learning is the most important objective in the design of effective biology instruction. (MLH)

Discusses the goals, the theoretical base, and the implementation of the Personalized System of Instruction in speech communication courses. (MH)

Some of the problems encountered by elementary grade second language pupils when they do uncontextualized written exercises in numbered lists from a course book are discussed. Ways to partially overcome such problems are suggested. (RM)

Examines one aspect of communicative competence: the recognition of linguistic correlates of sex roles. Acquisition occurred according to 2 patterns: (1) increasing approximation to adult norms, and (2) rule learning and rule differentiation. Timing of these developmental sequences is discussed. (GO)