Comments on a recent article by DeLuca on electronic "measurement of logical thinking" questioning four aspects of the article. DeLuca responds to the criticism on those four aspects in question. (GA)

In this study 60 first and fourth graders selected pictures that best represented the meanings of sentences read to them. Results indicated that children were instantiating the target words with specific concepts rather than bringing to mind abstract, undifferentiated meanings. (HOD)

Two types of educational programs for young children were examined, the formal based on Ausebel's learning theory and the open-framework based on Piaget's theory of intellectual development. The formal program resulted in improved performance on both classification and conservation tasks. (MF)

Those involved in higher education must be involved in the stimulation of intellect, and such stimulation must come from practiced scholarship. (JD)

A television documentary course is described and critiqued in terms of three stated objectives: to study the conditions under which TV documentaries are produced, to analyze what they mean, and see how that meaning can be related to production; to increase knowledge of political institutions in general, and the media among them; and to increase…

Fifty-one children who had spent their first 2-7 years in institutions, and who had been visited previously at the age of 4 1/2 years, were reassessed at the age of 8. Seven children had never left the institutions, the rest had been adopted, fostered, or restored to their biological parent. (JB)

It is our understanding of comprehension that must be studied, not the child's comprehension. Language develops in a child over time and is dependent on the child's culture and individual experiences for its rate of development and its character. (Author/IRT)

Suggestions for improving listening and questioning skills in elementary school children are offered, since children do not always think to ask questions when something is not clear to them. (MJB)

The development of cognitive processes is essential to the development of reading comprehension skills. (MKM)

The ability of two and three-year-old children to comprehend the prepositions in, on, and under was tested. Results suggest that the young child's comprehension of locative instructions involves an interaction between aspects of the instruction's word meanings, word order, and the child's understanding of the context. (Author/MV)

Discusses the need to teach earth science material at the cognitive level of development of the student and presents examples of earth science related tests of formal and concrete operational competencies. (SL)

Presents a developmental study of children's understanding and appreciation of figurative language. Results replicated previous findings that kindergarten children are capable of interpreting figurative language whereas appreciation appears to require increased cognitive sophistication. (JMB)

Cohort-sequential analyses were conducted on measures from the Primary Mental Abilities Test and the Test of Behavioral Rigidity for 2,151 participants at the first testing and 723 individuals at the retesting 7 years later. Data were examined for 7-year age intervals from 25 to 81 years and cohort intervals from 1889 to 1938. (Author/JMB)